crazyemt5150

we get a call priority one code 3 for diff breathing, pull up to the con home, and we are greated by a cna outside with a pt in a wheel chair. Chief complaint, The pt has head lice what the heck

ok we get a call for diff breathing. As well pull up the lovely nurses direct us to the room where the pt is lying down with a NRB at 15lpm. I put the Spo2 sat on and the pt is sat at 86. As I asses the pt my pt gets the hist and all the good stuff. The nurses said that they found her an hour ago like this. She has a history of CHF COPD Pnuemonia all that good stuff so I check lung sounds to here Rhales and Ronchi and deminished lung sounds bi lat. She isn't moving any air. Ok real quick what are we trained???? CHF pt's when having diff breathing you sit them up correct??? So i asked the nurses why didn't they sit the pt up and they replied they didn't have time and I also asked why did they wait to call us for an entire hour??? they said they have other stuff to do OMG do you guys run into these type of calls or is it just me

i agree

Ok really whoever filmed that should loose their license, thats pt neglect and abuse. You should of took the gurney out brought it up to the pt and sat him down, and left. Becareful on where you put the video at people will take that and turn it in to ems.

Once in awhile i will pick up a bls overtime shift. Most of the time we do transfers from a hospital to a recovery clinic, and most of the times they are teens, and from life experiences i can't help talking to them and helping them out