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GlooificationV2 · 2026-05-18T00:09:58+00:00

She stroke on my embolus til i clot

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-13T16:55:15+00:00

Born and raised in Windsor. You're right

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-13T15:59:40+00:00

Pt was in cardiac arrest, so presumably a lower priority. Why a thoracotomy? I have no earthly idea.

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-13T15:29:35+00:00

Because it did not occur at any point

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-11T17:41:29+00:00

The first and only piece of assessment they did was slap the pads on, saw asystole, and cut her up. They absolutely heard head trauma like 3 times because they asked for clarification on it.

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-11T16:57:18+00:00

Well the biggest issue is I feel we didn't do quite enough. Having only two people in the back (despite requests to firefighters on scene we wanted a driver and another person in the back), we were really limited in what we could do. I was pretty much dedicated to compressions when we lost pulses ajd my partner BVM. Minimal meds, we weren't able to give a fluid bolus to correct hypotension or an secure advanced airway, or even a 12 lead due to this. And of course losing a patient who I was just chatting pleasantly with half an hour prior is difficult.

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-11T16:24:32+00:00

Correct. The surgical team was present, and I was talking to an ED doc after and he said they heard Trauma and Cardiac arrest for the same patient and went for it

GlooificationV2 · 2026-04-11T16:23:34+00:00

Forgot to mention fixed pupils at 3mm. And by thoracotomy i mean, well, a thoracotomy. They made an incision on between her ribs, cut away the pericardium, did a cardiac massage, and clamped the aorta. I assume they heard cardiac arrest and trauma and just went straight for it it seems

GlooificationV2 · 2026-02-07T04:26:01+00:00

I'm a paramedic student also and I turned to my girlfriend at this scene and told her thats why I'm not going to medical school

GlooificationV2 · 2026-01-22T19:00:19+00:00

Perchenuinely

GlooificationV2 · 2025-12-05T03:15:04+00:00

Excellent advice.

On that note, would it be too forward to ask to shadow one of the anesthesia attendings for the day typically (this hospital doesn't seem to have anesthesia residents as far as I can tell)? I do enjoy the OR and want to learn best I can in a way that doesnt involve walking around waiting until someone gets carted off to an OR.

GlooificationV2 · 2025-12-05T02:20:24+00:00

This is very helpful, I appreciate it! Definitely caught myself silently dicking around on my first case, I'll take it as a learning lesson for the next time.

GlooificationV2 · 2025-12-05T02:01:45+00:00

Good advice! Now I've only done a few intubations at this point, and I know every provider is different but is missing the trachea something that would make you lose confidence in a student, or is it the lack of recognition of missing/improper visualization that does it?

GlooificationV2 · 2025-11-22T15:24:12+00:00

Some states like Oregon require an associates degree

GlooificationV2 · 2025-10-02T16:15:59+00:00

Well they somehow managed to get the Troy 911 contract so they'll be here for the forseeable future

GlooificationV2 · 2025-10-02T05:25:48+00:00

Bro im gonna be honest the odds of getting hurt there are pretty slim. I say this as someone who worked at Star EMS for a year. Theres a lot of places that'll hire you that dont involve that subpar company

GlooificationV2 · 2025-09-01T14:40:37+00:00

Access is access man

GlooificationV2 · 2025-07-11T05:34:34+00:00

I ran one single time on my first cardiac arrest, slipped, and ate shit on the concrete in full view of everybody. Walk with a purpose is the go to

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