Kurtz91

Kurtz91 specializes in ED/Critical Care.

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1. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   Kurtz91 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, but again this is not about finding fault or one person being right and one wrong. Both parties have valid concerns, and the patient has a complex disease process. Very few (if any) things we do to people in medicine have no negative seq...

2. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   Kurtz91 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   First of all, both the nurse and the paramedic are right, and they are both wrong. There is no clear cut yes or no answer in this case; it is a judgement call. The nurse must remember that the paramedic is working under the medical controls license...