mgthompson

As an EMT, I know we are not allowed to administer anything other than O2. If the pt has an inhaler or SL nitro, we can assist them with self-administration, but other than that, no meds. As a paramedic, there are more meds that can be administered if directed by Medical Control, but I do NOT believe that they include narcotics in any state. Not positive, but I really don't think so. In an emergency situation, generally the LAST thing you want is to alter their S&S (other than ABCs) before they get to the ER. If a patient got to the ER medicated, how would the MD figure out what was wrong? *DISCLAIMER: I may be completely f***ed in the head, ya never know..*

Transcribed dictation is a constant source of hilarity for me.. on the OB floor: "Gross fecal movement noted" (the doc said "fetal").. or on lady partsl exam: "small bloody shell" (that would be "show" - I haven't seen one hatch yet.. )

Oh my god, that reminds me of when I was a new EMT (back in the far mists of antiquity). I was doing a shift in the ER, and one of our pts was a diabetic with bilateral BKAs. I walked past his bed, and saw him holding an emesis basin filled with clear yellowish liquid with brown flakes - *Coffee Grounds Emesis*... Little did I know, in my panicked state, that he had a big wad of dip in...

My childhood dentist was Dr. Fillmore, and at the hospital I was at as an EMT we had 2 ER docs named Dr. Holmes & Dr. Watson:)