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Crew discouraged hospital trip

Posted By Carsten On 24th June 2005 @ 18:46 In EMS, Asides | No Comments

It's because of dumb-asses like these that highly trained and highly skilled EMS providers will never be viewed as more than taxi, oops I mean ambulance, drivers: [1] Crew discouraged hospital trip, wife says. Man waited 16 hours before 2nd call to 911 — died the next day. I mean the pre-hospital standard of care for chest pain is a 12-lead EKG (among other things), which could have possibly picked up the heart attack that the family claims the patient had… ([2] This study reports 100% sensitivity if just 5 of the 12 leads are used.) Haven't they heard of 12-leads in San Francisco?

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[1] Crew discouraged hospital trip, wife says. Man waited 16 hours before 2nd call to 911 — died the next day: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/22/BAG38DCJLC1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
[2] This study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=3407971&query_hl=1

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