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her niece to assist for her 2 hours Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 11am to 1pm. Pa is very unsteady on her feet and due to her LE edema and stiffness, she is a falls risk. Pa has ERS button through Lifeline Systems to increase her access to emergency medical services. Pa currently receives home delivered meals through PCA she continues receive 7 frozen home delivered meals weekly through the PCA Meal Distribution…

Around approximately 2:16 AM on Wednesday, March 8th Residence Hall Director (RHD) on call Tay Richardson received a call from Public Safety. Public Safety informed RHD Richardson that a resident Adrian Mcafee (am4407) from McBain 501 had made another "attempt" and taken 10 Benadryl. Public Safety also informed RHD Richardson that the resident's mother had called to inform them. Public Safety shared that there were already officers on scene. RHD Richardson informed Public Safety that they…

Introduction Our mission is to support and advance the emergency medical dispatch professional ensuring that the public’s need of health related emergencies are coordinated rapidly and safely with the most appropriate effective medical response. The communication industry is changing more rapidly than most agencies can keep up with, and Emergency Medical Dispatch is the most effective and economically feasible advancement for the services response. Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) is a…

Reserve Component 68W Sustainment The Army Reserve Component (RC) is, in general, required to meet the same training requirements of the Active Component (AC) but must do so with less time available. The RC must also be proficient in their Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) and remain qualified for those MOSs. Due to a lack of the necessary required training days needed to meet obligatory sustainment mandates, the RC is not as welled trained or proficient as they could be. This is…

My sister was with her and called 911, and emergency medical personnel arrived. My sister was a licensed practical nurse at the time, and knew that my grandmother wanted no life-saving measures; however, my grandmother did not establish her wishes in a legal document. CPR was started and continued…

There is an emergency every day in the world, it could be a terrible car accident with many injuries, a heart attack, or as little as someone needing to be transported from their home to the hospital. In all of these cases the lives of people are needed to be taken care of as quickly as possible. Emergency Medical Services, also known as EMS, are the first responders that take care of the people who need emergency care ("What is EMS?"). Paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, and even police officers…

In a perfect world, brutality, car crashes, and other catastrophes would not occur. Then infections and sickness would be nonexistent. EMTs or paramedics would not have a purpose for their job. Unfortunately, our world is not a perfect place. EMTs or paramedics are globally essential to our society. In Breathe: Essays from a Recovery Paramedic, the author, whom is a former paramedic emphasize the stressful circumstances and difficult incidents that she experienced on a daily basis. Using…

Pencil in the eye, gunshot wound to the chest, amputation of the arm—these are the calls for which I was prepared during my EMT training. I wanted to perform CPR, I wanted to deliver a baby. I could not wait to ride in the back of the ambulance treating a patient in dire condition, speeding down the street with blaring sirens. I failed to foresee that the only time the ambulance would speed to the hospital, sirens fully blaring, would be when my patient direly needed to use the bathroom. In the…

Psych Emergency can be as simple as a man talking to himself on main street not making sense with his words. EMT's have seen and dealt with patients that have delusional thoughts. When on a mental health call EMT's have to be calm and be aware of the setting and…

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving method that is used daily in many emergencies that involve trouble with the heart or breathing. This technique allows you to restore flow of oxygenated blood to a person’s brain and heart, and restore breathing in the person when the heart is stopped. When the heart stops, blood flow to the brain and organs stops which causes damage to these necessary body parts. Without help, the person could die within eight to ten minutes. Therefore, knowing…