Re: Interesting Flight stories
Have to confess a time when the helicopter should probably not have been called.
During my volunteer BLS days about 45 minutes drive from the trauma center, I get called to a head on MVA on a busy 4 lane highway. Patient one is in his car awake and talking, no evidence of major trauma, really lucky. Says this other car just swerved right at him.
Both cars had pretty bad damage, patient two not so great shape, she is unresponsive with no outward signs of trauma. Medics are already on the way, bird gets a green light. Patient one goes to the community hospital while patient two goes to the LZ with ALS on board. About a five minute wait once we get to the LZ and she is still unresponsive, definitely not faking, no odor of ETOH or anything, medics say, "while we're waiting, what's her sugar?" BOOM- sugar is 45! OOPS, push half an amp of D50 and she wakes up wondering why everyone is staring at her just as the chopper hits the ground. Boy were there some embarrassed faces and ****** off flight crew.
Moral of the story: which came first the chicken or the egg; low BS causes unresponsiveness; causes MVA, need for ALS-you bet, need for helicopter transport? maybe not so much.
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