New Medic

Just as a refresher question... When dealing with a Incompetent Adult and they do not have a guardian or aide around etc. Do you consider Implied consent with this patient? Sorry for the Silly Questions. I have not been working in the field even though I am an EMR, due to the fact that I do not yet have my class 4. I have been out of school for a year so some of the simplest and most obvious questions I have forgotten. It's the hard and 'important' ones that I remember. It's been a while and after no review or really practice after a while you start to forget some things. I am asking these questions because I am reviewing my EMR for when I start my EMT classes here in January. I want to be prepared.

If the child was 6 years old lets say and there are seat belts in the back if the father is not badly injured then I take it that it would be alright to bring the child along? But if the child is 6 years old and the father is in critical condition and all hands on deck is in fact needed I realize that you would not be able to bring the child along. But what would you do if EMS was first on scene, Police have not arrived yet, there is no one to stay with the child and police have not arrived yet. What should be done in a situation like this? Obviously your partner etc could not stay and wait with the child because they are needed and you cannot delay emergency care especially in a critical situation. I realize that this specific and very difficult situation may be very rare, but it does happen and I would have no idea what to do in a situation like this because at this point EMS would be responsible for both the patient and the child under neglect and possibly abandonment. Correct?

Hey Guys, I'm sorry for this question as I find it to be quite obvious. However, a friend and I are both EMR's and have been for the past year. We are going to school for our EMT but we both disagree on the answer to this following question. It was brought up that if a Trauma patient (seriously injured or not) that needed to be taken to the hospital via ambulance and they had a child, should the child be allowed to be taken to the hospital with their father in the Ambulance? Does it matter if the father would allow it? I had the opinion that weather the father/ patient would have allowed the daughter to ride in the ambulance with him or not that the child should not be allowed to be taken with the patient. I believe that it would be to traumatic for the child emotionally and could even be physically dangerous. As the child would take up more room in the ambulance which could possibly take away from patient care and could cause emotions to be high and if anything were to happen now the medic has neglect of the patient and the patients child to worry about. However, my friend disagrees. she also brought up the good point of what are you supposed to do if it was just the patient and the young child and no one is there to look after the child. What would you do in that circumstance? call for back-up? or allow the child to be transported with the patient? Your Help Would be much appreciated as this is probably a very common issue and we are bound to experience something like this eventually and I would like to be prepared for a situation like this!!

Hey guys! I wanted to introduce myself before I started commenting on streams, helping on or asking questions and before I started sharing or commenting on shared stories and experiences. I am introducing myself because I would love to be a part of this site and to get full advantage from it. I am a relatively new medic - EMR for 1 year and an EMT student shortly and new to this site. Love to learn from other peoples experiences and to apply their knowledge to my own. I am technically a new medic but have been in the field as a volunteer since I was 12 and grew up with Doctors and other EMS. Would love to exchange stories, experiences and questions! Don't be afraid to reach out. Let's have those conversations that we are dying to tell to our friends but don't because it would either terrify, disgust, or freak them out!