Mark3743

43.You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably... I think that is my personal favorite! :twisted: Yes I have!! :twisted:

Possible CVA/TIA, I would realy like to know vitals esp B/P, and this is an obvious transport with O2 and an als intercept.

Any previous med hx? Medications? What does she mean, "I don't feel right?' Pain? Recent falls? Illness? there are a whole lot of questions to ask here and how are the vitals?

Any reccomendations on alternatives to GCS?? I don't see too many TBI where I work!

Any possibility of Hepatitus? The enlargement of the liver leads me to ask about Jaundice or yellowing of the eyes?

I am reading all this and am impressed with the depth of knowledge I am seeing in this thread, however I do have to make one comment. The GCS score seems to be important in a small category of pts such as those with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), but for most of the pt's GCS just doesn't seem that important. I would have to agree that a total GCS score of less than 8 is nesscary before anyone really is going to care at the recieving hospital, But that kind of a score requires severe motor impairment and that is the more important finding!! I also think that the GCS should be revised so as to be able to assign a zero score. Our PCR requires a GCS score and I am tired of explaining to a lawyer or manager why this person scored a three and had been dead for two days and a pt alive and seriously injured scored no better.

No documents found!! :lol:/

I did too!! The person below me hates midgets. :twisted:

Nope, I never miss a meal! The person below me, hates broccoli!

I have SBC DSL and they have their own version of a browser. I like it alot, tabbed browsing, yahoo messenger built in and several other nice feature that I have never seen elsewhere.

I did!

I would prefer an ambulance, but given your situation up there it is better than waiting for a taxicab! :shock:

Thanks to whoever posted about Deism.com, I think I will enjoy checking it out! I believe there has too have been/is some kind of adaptation or evolution occurring but I am more than a little skeptical about the genesis version of events. So I come firmly down on the side of evolution.

Would have been nice if you had put a Yes, share it because I would like to at least try!

I still don't like that you don't do 5:1 if you don't intubate them! I understand that they (AHA/RED CROSS ) are trying to make CPR as simple as possible but 50:1 just seems a little hard to swallow. N.B. I have not read the JEMS article!