FL_Medic Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Dispatched to two teenagers down at a residence. Ask away. I will bold all my responses so they are easier to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Time of day, weather? Location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Has law enforcement secured scene? What do we see/smell as we arrive at the location and as we approach the teens? When you speak to the teens do they respond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FL_Medic Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Time of day, weather? Location? mid-day, clear weather. The backyard of the house. Has law enforcement secured scene? What do we see/smell as we arrive at the location and as we approach the teens? When you speak to the teens do they respond? Scene secure Smells like spring time, looks like an average backyard. Playset, pool, garden, and patio area. No response to verbal stimuli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Any other people there? If so what did they say happened? ABC's? Skin color, skin temp? Pupils? Vitals? Glucose level? EKG's? Do have to wonder about toxins with the pool, the garden etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Were they cooking? Or any lighter fluid around? Do they respond to pain? Breathing, pulse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FL_Medic Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Any other people there? If so what did they say happened? ABC's? Skin color, skin temp? Pupils? Vitals? Glucose level? EKG's? Do have to wonder about toxins with the pool, the garden etc. Both patients similar Just the caller, the backdoor neighbor. He doesn't know what happened. States the kid is alwys getting himself into trouble. Airway still patent Breathing: 20 resp/min. unlabored with good tidal volume Circulation: 130 bpm at carotid Pupils 7mm sluggish BP 148/88 BGL 90 ECG shows sinus tach Were they cooking? Or any lighter fluid around? Do they respond to pain? Breathing, pulse? No cooking or lighter fluid one groans to pain, no response from the other one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Skin temp and condition? Is it hot outside? Is there anything around the patients or in the backyard? No one saw what happened? Patient info? allergies, medications, history? Call for a second unit if there wasn't one coming. high flow o2 for both patients, IV access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FL_Medic Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Skin temp and condition? Is it hot outside? Is there anything around the patients or in the backyard? No one saw what happened? Patient info? allergies, medications, history? Call for a second unit if there wasn't one coming. high flow o2 for both patients, IV access Skin is hot and flushed on both patient's. It's Florida in the spring (hot outside). The backyard is as described. No witnesses. Second unit on the way No changes after O2 therapy. IV access made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 lets run some saline in those IV's 20cc/kg cold packs on back of necks, armpits and groins.. get them inside the ambulance with the a/c on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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