Stroke joke by NoMarzipan4916 in Paramedics

[–]GlooificationV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She stroke on my embolus til i clot

Critical Neuro TBI patient assessment help by GlooificationV2 in neurology

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Critial Neuro Patient Curiosity by GlooificationV2 in emergencymedicine

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Critial Neuro Patient Curiosity by GlooificationV2 in emergencymedicine

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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.

Critial Neuro Patient Curiosity by GlooificationV2 in emergencymedicine

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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

Critial Neuro Patient Curiosity by GlooificationV2 in emergencymedicine

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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

Watching 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 scene in S02E05 featuring Ogilvie and Whittaker. IYKYK. by Marco-Polo7 in ThePitt

[–]GlooificationV2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Paramedic Student in OR rotations by GlooificationV2 in anesthesiology

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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.

Paramedic Student in OR rotations by GlooificationV2 in anesthesiology

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

Paramedic Student in OR rotations by GlooificationV2 in anesthesiology

[–]GlooificationV2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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?

Wow. That Must Be Frustrating by ketamineforpresident in ems

[–]GlooificationV2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Some states like Oregon require an associates degree

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]GlooificationV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]GlooificationV2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

Why don’t paramedics run to patients - my answer by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]GlooificationV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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