Don1977

I believe EMS should not transport psych patients period! Unless they slashed there wrists and are bleeding out or overdosed and are unconscious, in otehr words we should not transport unless its a medical problem! Violent psyche, hmmm, sounds like a police matter, what the hell am I going to do as an EMT, Im not armed. A medic can push drugs, but really, not an EMS matter, sorry. If your a voluntary commit and want to open the backdoors and run, I am not stopping you, run Forest run! I cant stop you legally and even if you are a involuntary, I still am not stopping you! im not a cop, not my problem.

We have a hospital in Pittsburgh suburb taht has a SOL next to it, just means thats the elevator EMS uses for transfers and stuff

I can add a few! I work with a service who does NET's (non emergency transports) for 7 nursing homes in Pittsburgh and a borough of 5,000, so ive seen some dumb shit... 1. Please call when patient gets sick and not til next shift so when you call the medics, the current RN or LPN says "I don't know whats wrong, I just got here" or my favorite "Im not from this floor" or "This patient just got here the other day, so i dont know him/her" 2. Also please dont put the patient on a Non-Rebreather at 4lpm, so when u get there they are in respiratory failure because the reservoir bag suffocated them! 3. And finally, when I get there please dont be filing your nails or talkin to your homegirl on your cell phone while the patient is blue and my paperwork is incomplete. Yes Ive had all the above happen to me already

Well, honestly my 1st patient was a dialysis patient!! Hahahahahaha cant remember 1st emergency.

*Shakes head* that was dumb........

nipples

Don or Fred as Lone calls me.........EMT/FF/VRT for Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh area.