altamedic

I just came on and my crew prior to me had a call and they signed the guy off. We are in alberta and legal issues vary from province to province ; state to state. Let me know what you think. Call: OD / Poisoning for a 43 Yo Male. Got on scence, a 15 yo female byster approaches ambulance and states that you are not allowed to come into the house. Female appeared intoxicated, and did not own the house where the person that was injured lived. The house was a known crack house. RCMP was called at this time. The crew went into the house after they talked the female into letting them into the house with out RCMP. On arrival the pt was semi-concious (responded to verbal, no response on deep pain). The pt and the bystanders were definatly intoxicated. The pt passed out and the crew preceeded to load the pt. on the stretcher. Bystanders state he was coming down off of crack, meth and cocaine high and described it as a speedball high. The pt came concious and became violent and began to run. Bystander physically pinned the pt. to the ground. The pt. was attimate about refusing care. The pt eventually agreed to care prior to passing out again. Vitals were stable...for a crack head. One of the emt's stayed with the pt, and the other one went into the house to get a hx from the bystanders. The pt. woke up and became violent as well as the bystanders. The pt. stood up and falls on the wood burning stove. Pt. was taken back into the house where received 3rd burn from falling on the stove. The pt was pulled off the stove due to no sensory and did not respond to pain. The pt. began to vomit and aspirate and was put into the recovery position. The bystander became very violent at this time. The crew went to the ambulance to wait for RCMP. RCMP show up approx. 60 min after they retreated to the unit. The RCMP was briefed and went into the house with the crew. The pt was woken up and the pt refused care and passed out again. The RCMP refused to come to the hospital along with crew. The RCMP stated he wouldnt take custody of the pt and take him to the drunk tank. The RCMP asked a bystander to be a legal gardian of the pt. The bystander appeard to intoxicated. The crew signed the pt off with the guardian signing for the pt. Now I am saying that they should have taken the pt. to the hospital wether or not he said yes or no because he was not compitant to sign off himself, especially with 3rd burns and the intoxication. Where would I find the act or case in regards to taking custody against their will and what would the conditions be.

Mee-s thinks your right. It sounds like Cops meets Ems meets Scrubs

White shirts are horrible, especially if you work in a service where you have to go from the hospital to the next call. Changing in the unit on the way to the next call because you have (insert your favorite bodily fluid here) on you

I dunno I am a fan of the 40 year old virgin top 2 lines... I hope you got a big trunk, cuz Im putting my bike in it. and I dunno what that woman is doing, but she scares the shit outta me. Cheers

You dont need to ask there is usually 5 or so laying around that rarly get used, I believe that they are on things called "Crash Carts" They wont miss one for an hour or so.

Aww thats so cute. I was asked once and I was ignorant to their learning level, I started off with hey boys and girls who do you call if you are in trouble? Sure enough one eager girl put her hand up and said, "My daddy is a business man" and then another boy put up his had and said "Do you like hide and go seek?" So that point on it was heres some stickers. I found that letting them listen to their own heart really facinated them, also if you can borrow a heart monitor they seem to like that. Contact your local Red Cross and see if they have some stickers that you can have, it worked for me.

Was helping hospital staff with an arterial bleed when I asked how many drinks the patient had, he replied 16, my partner goes "In 2 hours!?!" The DR replies, michelle not everyone drinks like you. Kinda unrelated, but funny.

Try me, I am from the same type of town in southern saskatchewan. Probably kicked your towns ass in rec. hockey.

3 words that I hear on a daily basis, that makes me cringe. "I CANT POOP"

1. 2-Radio as required by company 2. Tubes. They sit in the unit, and i take them in with me into the call, better have them and not need them than to need them and not have them. 3. Pen Light 4. Letherman . Somepeople laugh but it has come in handy in a few situations 5. Shears 6. Cell Phone, our radios usually only work in towns and not in rual areas 7. 3 or 4 pair nitle gloves 8. Safety Glasses, used on all calls most importantly for me, maybe not needed for pt. care but.. 9. Coins, why? Because sitting in the hospital hallway for 5 hrs and not having change for the vending machine sucks, and they dont take debit.

I would have to disagree here, There is not a whole lot of work for EMRs on services especially here in Alberta, they usually work on the rigs. Everyone has to start somewhere right? I mean in our service, they run calls, some are more competent than some of our EMT's. They get paid half what McDonalds employees get paid, get the the calls where there is puke and other fluids are all over them, they clean the unit after every call, get stuck in a area where there is 1 call ever like 4 days, and they still love their job. I would have to say that is dedication, and I would suspect that its thank kind that will make great emt's and medics. Just my 2 Cents

In the middle of shaving, or on thursday wich ever comes first