tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.comments2009-10-15T14:51:25.851-07:00Squirrel En RouteMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845725013006796815noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-62872699405789131682009-10-15T14:51:25.851-07:002009-10-15T14:51:25.851-07:00A personal jet-pack for quick getaways when bystan...A personal jet-pack for quick getaways when bystanders get unruly, or the patient projectile vomits in your direction or the ugly ER nurse tries to ask you out on a date.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132001547259418656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-26898606405916809402009-09-18T10:30:23.551-07:002009-09-18T10:30:23.551-07:00I've done CPR in both the field setting and th...I've done CPR in both the field setting and the hospital setting. We leave it up to the family as to their wishes. Some want to see and make sure that everything that we could do is being done. I think having a good liason with the family so they can explain what's going on and why we're doing what we're doing is a definate must.klynfire19https://www.blogger.com/profile/16877725834549372251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-77050845079416611772009-09-16T10:24:27.367-07:002009-09-16T10:24:27.367-07:00General consensus where I work is to allow them to...General consensus where I work is to allow them to watch. Really, if they don't want to watch they most often leave the room. If you want a good opinion regarding this, try talking to the parent of a SIDS child. Somewhere deep inside most of them know there is nothing that can be done by the time EMS arrives. Yet they still want "every effort" made. We often teach our students that Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08698027622571619450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-56881279969680673612009-09-16T10:18:27.507-07:002009-09-16T10:18:27.507-07:00I fully agree to allow them to watch if they so ch...I fully agree to allow them to watch if they so choose. If they choose to watch, then it gives them closure. Something they don't get after we transport them. On scene they witness the effort. Then we laod them up, transport to an ER, where they sit in a room waiting. Then someone they don't know in a lab coat comes out and says, sorry. I think we are more real life to people, in Monhaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568287103598288842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-79990933014015749192009-09-16T10:15:32.264-07:002009-09-16T10:15:32.264-07:00Is that a plush reindeer in the upper right-hand c...Is that a <i>plush reindeer</i> in the upper right-hand corner of the picture?! *giggle*goblinboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124122583668582948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-85880474777117851782009-09-16T10:10:39.618-07:002009-09-16T10:10:39.618-07:00I think the answer is: it depends.
What I know o...I think the answer is: <strong>it depends</strong>. <br /><br />What I know of CPR is what I've seen on TV. I've never seen it performed in real life except on CPR dummies, and never in earnest. (If I'd ever bothered to really think about it, I think I would have intuited that it could be a frantic, rib-cracking mess... but I didn't really <i>know</i> that until just now.)<br /><goblinboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124122583668582948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-10301502241621464282009-09-16T10:10:19.508-07:002009-09-16T10:10:19.508-07:00In 17 years of being a medic, I have had good and ...In 17 years of being a medic, I have had good and bad experiences. Had a scene that I had no 1st Responders and actually had the son in law bagging while EMT did compressions and I pushed drugs and defibbed. When we finally called it the family was at peace that we had done all we could. It gave them great closure. <br />I had another scene that the son began throwing furniture and screaming at the Ambulance Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675723750870719562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-24574733379151448792009-09-16T09:59:27.743-07:002009-09-16T09:59:27.743-07:00You should read the beginning of “The Year of Magi...You should read the beginning of “The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion where her husband goes into cardiac arrest in their apartment and she watches the EMTs work on him. Later she becomes obsessed with figuring out the exact moment at which he died, and she wonders whether the EMTs would have done all they died if he weren’t still alive in the apartment. It only brings more questions andEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08886504079639418890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-3331385938709714122009-09-16T09:54:41.672-07:002009-09-16T09:54:41.672-07:00I share Greg's view that it's up to the fa...I share Greg's view that it's up to the family. One might suggest that they wait in the next room, but if they want to stay let them. It's their family member, their loved one.<br /><br />And not to stay on the band wagon with Greg, but I'm also curious as to people's opinions on "going through the motions." To me it seems that it is a necessary evil in some EMT Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012704974274912343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-60527542793289892582009-09-16T09:40:11.944-07:002009-09-16T09:40:11.944-07:00I got to go to a CPR call once during a medic ride...I got to go to a CPR call once during a medic ride-along. The resuscitation took place out in the street where a good size group of family members and bystanders had gathered. Personally I think one of the police officers should have been assigned to taking care of the family. A firefighter did help get a chair for one of them. Bottom line with me someone should be assigned to being a temporary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-73556653663841560322009-09-16T09:33:34.682-07:002009-09-16T09:33:34.682-07:00If the family wants to watch I say let them watch....If the family wants to watch I say let them watch. As a first responder I say yes to family requests to help when I am there alone waiting for more personnel to arrive. Just make sure your directions are really clear. <br /><br />I think the more significant issue is going through the motions when the patient is obviously dead to just be able to tell the family that you did everything you could (Greg Friese, MS, NRPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018827980161622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-37466265900295090122009-08-31T16:32:04.745-07:002009-08-31T16:32:04.745-07:00I live in a geriatric neighborhood and am sometime...I live in a geriatric neighborhood and am sometimes awakened by sirens. I don't consider it noise pollution; I figure y'all are out there doing your jobs. I roll over and go back to sleep.<br /><br />It never occurred to me that people complain about emergency vehicle sirens as noise pollution. They wouldn't call it noise pollution if they were getting the ride themselves.goblinboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124122583668582948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-66846413168219345722009-08-25T14:45:55.990-07:002009-08-25T14:45:55.990-07:00There is no hope for you now. You are trapped! MU...There is no hope for you now. You are trapped! MUAHAHAHAHAHAThe Happy Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521335229435386281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-21922926001370972892009-08-25T14:26:44.970-07:002009-08-25T14:26:44.970-07:00Welcome to blog land. It is a lot of fun.Welcome to blog land. It is a lot of fun.Greg Friese, MS, NRPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018827980161622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634175407385789178.post-78593821003599720712009-08-25T14:10:46.727-07:002009-08-25T14:10:46.727-07:00Glad to see you finally got started. You now have ...Glad to see you finally got started. You now have a follower. I look forward to reading your future posts.TBChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288432926998345355noreply@blogger.com