Monday, March 21, 2005

Bad Day..

After reading this story, I don't know who was having the worse day; The Patient or the Paramedics who "Pronounced" her.

Cegurna Thomas says she had stopped breathing and the paramedics couldn't find a pulse when they came to her home back on February fourth, so they left, leaving
police to process the scene. But police noticed signs of life, and called the paramedics back. They took her to a hospital, where she remained for four days before being discharged.
Oh... Bad Ju-ju, Skippy. That would be why this County requires us to hook them up to a monitor, and get a code summary, etc. So this crap don't happen.

Have a great Monday, firm in the knowledge that no matter how bad it is.. This lady had a worse day!

1 comment:

TheBitterAmerican said...

Mike, it's ALS protocol in EVERY county in Pennsylvania for the medics to hook the patient up to the monitor and confirm asystole (no electrical activity) in 2 leads before declaring.

Hell,..we have to get a rhythm strip on refusals before we get the ER doc to sign off on it.