What? You mean oxygen doesn’t cure all ills?
It will be just our little secret, but oxygen is not a panacea . . . and . . . it . . . is . . . sometimes . . . bad.
The way it seems the vast majority of ALL EMS responders must think is that it’s better to give oxygen than to just transport. And god forbid you don’t have a pulse ox.
You have to consider the thought process involved.
Use the gadget with the flashing light.
vs.
Use my brain.
Gadget with flashing light wins too often . . . and . . . it . . . is . . . sometimes . . . bad.
But want to call HEMS for the cool pins and a nice hat? You’re a hero.
Use the noisy flying gadget with a lot of flashing lights and the free lapel pins.
vs.
Use the gadget with the flashing light.
vs.
Use my brain.
Gadget with flashing light wins too often . . . and . . . it . . . is . . . sometimes . . . bad.
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So, go ahead and do us a favor and get some docs with you to replace the registry and possibly the joint while you’re at it.
I am just ranting away about these darned naked emperors prancing around with nothing.
These stark naked guys are the pall bearers for a lot of flight nurses, flight medics, EMS pilots, and patients.
These killer buffoons need to be stopped.
Some of the doctors are realizing this, but many emergency physicians are fanatical helicopterists. They will transfer patients from the suburbs by helicopter no matter how much the flight delays transport and even if those on the helicopter work on the ambulance when not scheduled on the helicopter.
This often has nothing to do with quality of care.
This often has nothing to do with speed of transport.
This is purely for the emotional satisfaction of the person calling for the helicopter – regardless of whether that person is a first responder with minimal medical training or a board certified emergency physician.
The only thing that changes, from Ricky Rescue to Dr. Rescue, is that Dr. Rescue uses fancier words when making his lame excuses.
This is irresponsible behavior.
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Couldn’t agree more. Like I said, It makes for some noteworthy discussions around the crew room or the fire station about “the one we flew”. People are sheep, and will continue to be sheep until the novelty of free dinners, hats, t-shirts, and facebook pictures wears off……HA! Who are we kidding? It’ll never wear off. Until then, proceed with laziness and incompetence! 🙂
Coma Toast,
Maybe it will take some lawyers to straighten this out. Then the problem will be reversed. We will have everyone afraid to fly even the patients who should be flown.
Avoiding legal consequences would require that we understand what we are doing. What are the chances of that?
Does your service have the <a href='’> machine that goes ping? Administrators are very impressed by it.
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