Proper treatment....read on.

[DwayneEMTP]

Man, this is like being in a Monty Python skit….

Medic 1: “So we’ll need to lift the weight and see what’s wrong.”

Medic 2 “Well that would be silly, now wouldn’t it?”

Medic 1: “Why is that?”

Medic 2: “Why waste valuable time when we already think we know what’s probably wrong.”

Medic 1: “But we don’t really know what’s wrong, right? We’re just guessing?”

Medic 2: “But our guess must have been right.”

Medic 1: “But how can we know it’s right?

Medic 2: “Because we’ve used it to develop a diagnosis. Certainly you wouldn’t do that with a wrong guess, now would you?”

Guy Under The Weight: “But I don’t Liiiikkkkeeeeee guessing. Besides…I’m feeling better now….”

And on and on until someone decides that adding additional weight is what’s best here….

Dwayne

[akroeze]

adding additional weight is what’s best here….

My god man, you're a genius! I'm ashamed I didn't think of this course of treatment..... all of us who claim to be competent medic should be ashamed...

[whitewolf]

LOL at dwayne! hmmm...adding more weights, why didn't I think of that? Rolls eyes.

[courageheartx]

weather,at times can be a scene safety issue and in this case @-35 it would be. you need to get that pt out of there and loaded in whatever get to the nearest hospital. load,go,stabilize. my question is why isn't there a paramedic or nurse onsite? in this case,every ounce of chance is critical...