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Hmm, interesting thought that makes a lot of sense! Who would have thought you could make sense?

Thank goodness I'm a medic, I'll let the BLS cut them off while I pretend to do some ALS type stuff.

I don't usually name drop. If you know you know, if not better for everyone!

I wouldn't doubt it !

Yea, I've had similar situations. I'm happy reminding them I love them as much as everyone else.

Sure. I could amputate it too, would also do the trick but it maybe a bit too serious. Come on now...

Yea, no benefit in that, If they never learn to take them they never will.

Here the protocols are written by a board of doctors, there are 2 Paramedics who sit on the board as observers only, they may occasionally add in something function a Dr. may not think about, but there are no EMT's ... Protocols here are changed based on how many times NYC gets sued.

Well this thread didn't blow up in the wrong direction at all lol ..

NYC has lots of sue happy people. Protocol is written that way to protect the provider in the long run, it encourages getting a signature for protection of liability.

RIP Brother...

RIP Brother...

+1

Need an even edge to put a "cap" on ?

I can live with that lol ...

We still agree lol

I remember a time where it was so bad in parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx when we walked into certain buildings the LEO would hand you their spare piece and say point and shoot I'll worry about paperwork. (And this was not that long ago but it doesn't happen very often at all, it was common practice 15/20 years ago according to one of my partners who's been a Medic 25 years.)

Tell us something we don't know!

Check again, and remember its live, so you may not always see it. The view right now, I can see oil leaking, the one an hour ago I could not.

I could just as easily choose the EJ. That's not the point. I said if its compromising to patient care, there are a lot of what if's to be discussed but I'd rather not. You propose I use the A/C, I say my imaginary what if patient has nothing but flat and heroin abused veins in his A/C. See how this gets us no where? So lets not do that. If it compromises patient care it goes. If it doesn't it can stay. I've cut off teenage females "uggz" because they we're trauma patients specifically to the lower extremities, they were quite clear they didn't want them cut off, and I was quite clear I needed to check for distal perfusion, and they couldn't "slip off" the boots because of the pain it was causing. This week a patient refused an IV because "they hurt too much" as he sits in SVT with a rate of 200. "Okay no problem pastor." Attach Defib pads on him, "whats this?" "Pastor, since you didn't want an IV I can't give you a medication to fix your heart, so I have to use these instead its going to hurt are you sure you don't want an IV?" "No IV they hurt to much" *charging* point being sometimes people refuse whats best for them because they are just set in their ways. Wendy I'm in agreement, if there is a medical need do it, do it and that's the end of it. I personally will not go out of my way to cut along the seams I put my rescue hook or scissors at the first edge of clothing or boot etc... I can reach and go from there. Maybe I'm a jerk for it, but I don't have the frame of mind where I feel clothing takes priority over taking care of the patient.

wow that's pretty cool, hope it works.

I was joking, and my 1/2 I meant .5 not 1 or 2 inch...

I'm sure that's a large part. Very grateful for it.

Whats in your trucks now ?