mrmeaner Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 So, has does anyone done a 6+ hour transport with a diabetic patient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 So, has does anyone done a 6+ hour transport with a diabetic patient? Nope, not me. 6hrs is nuts for a transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentMedic Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 So, has does anyone done a 6+ hour transport with a diabetic patient? Yes, their food or nutrition was by peg, NG or IV from a closed bottle. If the patient must have food PO in a situation such as a long transport, that may be a necessity. Caregivers electively dining in the patient compartment is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamaith Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 i agree pats and gino's overated.... i personally like jims or i found a new place at 16th and dauphin. little corner store. 2.75 for a chicken cheese stk. not bad and i like to see others react when i enter cause im white. but all joking aside i would of kept the food in the front and if it goes cold then it goes cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Sounds like I will have to make another trip down to Philly and try Jim's. Anyone for a road trip? I'll bring the IV errr cheese steak warmer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B the EMT Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 1) I have a lieutenant keeps verbally warning me I am in department violation to even eat food while in the cab of the ambulance. He never gave me requested copies of any department edicts to that effect. 2) Then, there was the time I came to an ambulance I usually did not work, knowing that the truck had been unused for a week, while undergoing maintenance, and found a half full urinal bottle while doing a vehicle checkout. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 1) I have a lieutenant keeps verbally warning me I am in department violation to even eat food while in the cab of the ambulance. He never gave me requested copies of any department edicts to that effect. 2) Then, there was the time I came to an ambulance I usually did not work, knowing that the truck had been unused for a week, while undergoing maintenance, and found a half full urinal bottle while doing a vehicle checkout. Ugh! I bet that smelled just fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBEMT Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) And for the record, I don't store or eat food in the patient compartment. I just dispute the notion that, if I did, sticking a wrapped sandwich into a bag warmer is somehow going to give me the plague. Edited March 11, 2009 by CBEMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentMedic Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 And for the record, I don't store or eat food in the patient compartment. I just dispute the notion that, if I did, sticking a wrapped sandwich into a bag warmer is somehow going to give me the plague. It is not going to give you the plague. I just don't see how some could not have gotten the basics of OSHA regulations either in school or from their employers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I honestly don't remember that being covered. Maybe I dozed off for that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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