Reply To: Treatment

2scents -“Are for real?”

I just think, & sometimes it’s out of the box!

“Give sugar for a comatose trauma patient? I guess TBI is of no concern to you?!”

Funny! So you wouldn’t give dextrose to a pt. whose BGL is 30?!?

Oh, that’s right you don’t check glucose levels?!!

“Unresponsive Trauma patients do not come in to the ER with Dextrose bags hanging or with narcan on board. In fact there is no coma protocol in EMS (at least NY and the surrounding states) EMS should assess and if they find a problem refer to the appropriate protocol as a guideline and treat accordingly.”

Oh that’s right – you can’t save the pt. unless you have a written protocol!!!

That’s why I wrote at the beginning of the topic:

“ok there is a difference in the assessment between a 1 car accident and a multi- car crash. In any car crash, even though there’s the possibility of a medical cause, it’s Not probable!

But in 1 car crash, it has to be treated as a medical call, along with trauma.