L.Smith

Hey, If you where calling in a head wound how would it be worded? Laceration to the temporal region??

Also, would this be an accurate thing to say when you brought someone into the hospital?

BP is 110 over 82. Heart rate 120. Pupils are fixed and dilated. Started an IV?

And, would her blood pressure be higher than that?

Thanks,

Laurie

Is your patient suffering a type of head injury you want to portray as a concussion, or is a shock from a traumatic event, such as seeing Doczilla, uhhh I mean Godzilla, killing the other loved ones in the scene.

Both ... and ... too funny!

please do NOT dummy down our profession and make it out to be idiotic 'ambulance drivers'

That is why I am on here asking questions. I love the internet. I have been to so many different sites asking to understand what people do and how they work so that I can portray them correctly. I am so impresed with how much help that everyone has been!

Now, as aforementioned, the vision/point of view in the back of the ambulance is from the patients' view point, correct? An IV bag hanging, O2 mask in place, heart monitor beeping (like someone else mentioned), Pt feeling confused and cold because she will be getting exposed for assessment by the medical team, hands touching her body, making her very scared, she should be strapped down to one of those cold long hard boards with a VERY uncomfortable collar on her neck. Her head will be taped down. She won't be able to move... very claustrophobic. The sensation of cold, confused(due to in and out of consciousness), restrained, scared, angry all need to be considered.

Thank you for this. It helped me to be able to feel what it would feel like!

If you do a ride out as suggested please make sure it is with an EMS service that is respected by EMS Professionals

I really like the idea of going on a ride along! I love to see how stuff is done. Guess that is why I'm a writer.

So how do you find a respected service? What are they independently run? I mean can anyone start a service? Strange, something I've never thought of. hummmm

"You're going to be alright. Hang in there?"

I like this. Thanks. Didn't think of it!

Having one paramedic asking her questions and performing procedures while the other calls in a radio report to the hospital (even if you only hear snippets of it) will allow for some exposition regarding her injuries and what they know of what happened to her.

I like this. Do you usually have a driver and two people in the back?

My recommendation is to go to your local paramedic training program, talk to the instructors, and ask them to run a simulated call with you as the patient. That will probably give you more information than anything else, and can help you set the tone for the scene.

I will check this out, thanks.

How many people are usually working on one ambulance? Do you have a driver and two to work in the back?

Instead of her going in and out of consciousness so often (which rarely happens unless on a long ambulance ride) and answering questions, have her "packaged" ... And have it seen through her eyes,

That'll be $100.00 for the creative input....each.

What is packaged?

Yeah, that was what I was going for, her point of view.

And the good thing about scripts instead of novels is I just have to have the outline, everyone else makes it look good. Scripts, the lazy mans novel. HEHE

And hey, the check's in the mail... :wink:

An unnatural being?

Sorry to disappoint you but it's ... Joan Rivers ... I don't know a more unnatural being than that!

Checking, stating vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, EKG, glucose reading, coma scale.

I saw a scene that I liked. They where taking the patient into the hospital.

GSW to the shoulder. BP 110 over 82. Heart rate 128.

Started an IV (Dsw or something. Couldn't make out what they said)

This is very similar to what I want. So if GSW is gun shot wound, what would a head wound be? And what would be a reasonable BP and heart rate? Similar to those?

Thanks,

Laurie

Laurie ,, good luck with your storty,,, but be careful of your use of abbreviations

POV= Personally Owned Vehicle .......... as well as Point of View,, and some others as well

LOL

I forgot, i'm not talking to actors and director where POV iS point of view. I guess for a cop it could be Pursuit on vehicle. A paramedic, passed out victim. I guess you might be dealing with a hooker in that case it would be ... oh well, i'll leave it open to the imagination. HEHE

Well, CRAP, clearly I waited too long to check this post. You all said some good things and I want to comment on all of them. First I have to figure out how to use the quote thing. So I may need a day or two.

To be continued...

Laurie

UGH……I typed up a response and must have hit preview instead of submit. Me and electronic devices don’t mix. (Remove mind from gutter immediately) hehe

Anyway, the woman has witnessed her mother and young son killed by an unnatural being. She has a head injury that is bleeding but it did not knock her out. She lost consciousness later. She was found on the street, no ID. It is also very cold and she is not dressed appropriately.

I am a screenwriter not a book writer so we are talking a limited scene. What I was thinking was a series of shots from her point of view where she comes in and out of consciousness. So it would be seconds of dialog followed by blackness.

My thought was:

1) She opens her eyes. Maybe they ask her what her name is? (Would that be a reasonable thing to assume would be asked?)

2) She comes to again. Maybe we hear what her blood pressure is? I don’t know.

3) She comes to in the hospital while being handed off from the paramedic to the doctor. I guess they would tell her stats or what? Nothing over the top, just to add a little action.

The angles and camera work would be rough. I want it to feel like we are her. So from her POV it would be a lot more intense then someone just watching.

Thanks for your thought.

Laurie

I am writing a scene that will take place in an ambulance. The woman was found passed out in the middle of the street. She is going in an out of consciousness and is going into shock.

I was hoping someone might be so kind as to tell me what would be going on and what type of dialog there would be.

Thank you, thank you,

Laurie