tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post395854613065429843..comments2023-09-26T12:58:21.651+00:00Comments on The Paramedic's Diary: People keep falling downXfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-17848257382400646372010-06-01T08:17:39.029+00:002010-06-01T08:17:39.029+00:00anonymous
We get no training for this and no, so ...anonymous<br /><br />We get no training for this and no, so far I haven't gone to a call where I've known the person well. It's always a good idea to work in an area that is far away from where you live so that you can avoid this possibility.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-32593411424216672112010-05-31T19:34:16.559+00:002010-05-31T19:34:16.559+00:00Hi, I know this comment is totally unrelated to th...Hi, I know this comment is totally unrelated to the post, but I have a question that I'm hoping you can answer, so hope you don't mind!<br /><br />A friend of mine just recently committed suicide, and paramedics were called to the scene. I am going to be studying paramedics come September, and this incident just made me wonder what kind of training you would receive in order to deal with a situation where you turn up and you know the casualty. Has this ever happened to you?<br /><br />Thanks. Great blog by the way!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-69160415151251304452010-05-29T16:04:15.019+00:002010-05-29T16:04:15.019+00:00If your call was given as a fall, and the caller g...If your call was given as a fall, and the caller gave the patient as being unconscious the call goes red 1.<br />It works on the basis that anyone that can knock themselves unconscious after a fall has a good chance of doing some serious damage, as ever its only as reliable as the caller.JB102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-20976940998819472462010-05-28T17:10:52.125+00:002010-05-28T17:10:52.125+00:00What if the diabetic was lactose intolerant (possi...What if the diabetic was lactose intolerant (possibly not even knowing they were?) That'd obviously make the milk inappropriate for increasing their blood sugar as it'd just pass through with the bacteria converting it and using the sugars themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com