Michele

CONGRATS!!! I passed everything but I failed the written so PA has to wait a little longer. I am so sad! I will get it next time. Again, congrats....job well done.

God....someone help me. I took the written last month and failed. I just cant seem to get my act together to start studying again. SO DEPRESSED!!! There seems to be 2 anwser for every question. I am ready to hang myself!

Okay, you think that was bad not taking everything in your truck to the 7 th floor to the unconscious patient. Listen to this one. You are called out to a 39 year old female with numbness and tingling. Ems crew arrive with all there bags and oxygen. The crew never interduced them selfs to the patient. The so called medic asked what was going on and felt the patients back and said it seems like a pinched nerve. No stroke like assessment was done and had the patient walk to the ambulance. The medic asked the patient to smile and the patient had a equal smile and then looked at the EMT and said your call and I will drive. Now the patient symptoms were neck pain, arms were flacied, numbness in right leg to the knee, dizziness and blurred vision. She told the EMS crew all of this. No bp was taken,no neuro assessment, and no oxygen applied to the patient. Patient ended up in ICU with Vertbral Artery dissection. Doctors stated patient had a TIA while the Artery was dissecting. How about that! What are your thoughts as a provider. Do you think the medic had no clue or were we just lazy?

Thanks everyone for your anwers. Sorry that I placed this under funny stuff I didnt realize I did that.

Thanks for getting back to me on this. The anwser they wanted for our county is you wouldnt give Narcan because its not for benzo but he wanted us to put down oxygen. ekg.montior. Well dah thats just assumed that would already be done as our first treatment anyway. I just cant win with these drug quizes.

just curoius what you would put down for an answer on a test. THE QUESTION reads this.What is the appropriate treatment for an overdose of Lorazepam in the prehospital settings? I need feed back please. thanks, The unhappy medic student