sirenlover

Forgive me as I have not read beyond the first 4-5 pages. I will enforce what others have said though,

This scenario is just WRONG. And I can honestly say, I have never encountered this in my career. (20 years) many of which were working as a basic and then many years later as a paramedic.

I am truly alarmed at how many think this is "just reality".

It IS out of the scope of practice for a basic to administer morphine. It doesn't matter what the situation was, it should not have happened. Both parties are at fault. My opinion is, the paramedic should lose his certification and the basic should be disciplined.

Bottom line is - IT IS ILLEGAL people! Not to mention unethical. The events as well as the falsifying the documentation.

I wonder if this paramedic realizes he not only put himself, his partner, his patient, but his service in jeopardy as well?

And, just for the record, traction splint is applied on CLOSED femur fractures only.

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Though it was a rookie mistake, it was just a slip of the tongue I guess. It's a human reaction to ask someone how they are. In all honesty, I almost have to socialize with patients to gaintheir trust because of my age. I'm the upmost professional, but how man 82 year old women are going to trust a 19 year old. They probably expected me to come in with baggy pants and an Ipod in my ears. I try to be polite normally, but How are you to a woman sprawled out on the floor goes down in the "experience column"

........How are you to a woman sprawled out on the floor goes down in the "experience column"