Medical emergencies

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…

Jeremiah Gorham Mrs. Kemmer Language Arts 3B Period 1 4 February 2015 Black smoke rises high into the sky. The wailing of sirens can be heard throughout the neighborhood. Dozens rushed down the street to the site of the fire. Men and women are pulled from the blaze while many watch in shock. The powerful hoses soon douse the flames. The surrounding crowd applauses and cheers for the heroic few. It was at this moment when I had decided that was what I wanted: to become a firefighter. To help…

Justin started home when he noticed the mountain in the distance and felt the urge to visit once more. "After today, I am not going back up here," he promised riding across the field to the flat where he had left his bike on previous visits. Slipping and sliding he scurried up the steep mountainside while trying to be quiet. From time to time, he grabbed the bushes to keep from sliding backward. When he arrived at the mines, he moved the boards covering the entrance. He stepped inside, shined a…

If you’ve been following my blog you know that at the Eustache Institute we specialize in neurofeedback therapy. However, an additional treatment we proudly provide is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber, allowing our lungs to gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal air pressure. Our blood will then carry the oxygen throughout our body and our organs, helping to fight bacteria while stimulating the…

On 10-11-2015 at about 1825 hours I was dispatched to a CPR in progress at 1605 1st ST SE, Auburn/King/Wa. Enroute dispatch advised that a 90 year old male, later identified as Marvin Lohse, was found unresponsive in his backyard by his neighbors, TY Ferguson and Steven Ferguson. I arrived on scene with VRFA and was directed to the backyard of the residence. I noticed a male, Steven, performing CPR on a male, Marvin, who was laying in the grass near a lawnmower. VRFA began CPR protocol as I…

(Ontario Renal Network [ORN], n.d.a). The ORN structure consists of a headquarters located in Toronto, Ontario, that is co-led by a non-clinical Vice-President and a nephrologist Provincial Medical Director. Additionally, there are administrators (Regional Directors) and clinical champions (Regional Medical Directors) in each of the 14 local health integration networks (LHINs) who are responsible for the uptake and local implementation of ORN strategic priorities…

Paramedics are repeatedly exposed to critical incidents. Critical incidents are events involving death, life-threatening injury, a crisis situation with a need for rescue or emergency that may result in stress-related reactions and the development of PTSD. Statistics show “paramedics have the highest incidence of PTSD, higher than police or firefighters (McFarlane, Williamson, & Barton, 2009), reporting that up to 22%, or more than one fifth, of paramedics will develop PTSD (Bennett et al.,…

Why should firemen be EMT’S A Lot of people think all firemen do is sleep and watch TV, There not wrong we do sleep and Watch TV after all our training and clean the station is done. There is a lot of stuff that we do that people don’t know and its behind the scene. Firemen have to Be physically fit to do our job. We are constantly training to stay in shape we train to learn the new technology for our job or new ways to fight fires. Now why should firemen be Medically trained? All we do is…

companies to venture into. The paramedics of today are not of the same caliper than when I first started my ems career in the late 70s and early 80’s. The education and skills that are now required makes the current paramedics well versed in emergency care, but lacks in the knowledge of psychological care. For instance, more than once I held the family members hand when informing them that the patient, or their loved one, had died. Simple acts such as making sure…