devonplante (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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devonplante (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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bled12345 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

we get people to stand and walk to the stretcher on chest pain calls all the time, especially if they are in a tight area thats hard to get the stretcher into. Its not like we're asking them to 100 jumping jacks, or 50 pushups, if standing is physically draining for you damn you're out of shape. If you lifted every patient complaining of chest pain onto a stretcher that was capable of standing on their own (they're usually big people) your career would be VERY short, back injury = career ender.

jesseluver1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This isn't even on discovery health anymore!!

DMfilmproduction (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i miss this show, thanks for posting this

whittvet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

They did not have it on the ems unit then. It would have been lidocaine if they even had that. This was from a few years ago.

whittvet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That was the way they use to teach CPR. Its hard to see, but he was going quite deep on the compressions. He only got nitro.

scaryspikes23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The early difibrillation in that situation is what saved that gentleman's life. Also the epinephrine/nitroglicerine he received in ambulance and hospital is what helped, the CPR did virtually nothing. The compressions were not deep enough (should be 1/3 the depth of the chest) and the rescuer has to be above the patient directly, with elbows locked for CPR to be effective. Great timely response to an emergency though, they got the job done in the end.

Sweden80Here (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wow this is scary stuff. I admire those who choose to work with this on daily bases. God bless em!

LA29PM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

screw being on an ambulance your whole career! I was on a BLS ambulance from 18-19, then on an ALS ambulance from 19-20, then thank God I got on a Fire Department with no ambulances, just squads! and we do not have to go to the hospital unless they are real sick! Thats y I became a paramedic to help sick people, not frequent flyers and toe stubs! 20 years on an ambulance is like dog years. 20 years equal 60 years on an engine or truck company!