Patient cool, clammy, diaphoretic with sudden crushing chest pain, family history of MI. We do a 12-Lead ECG. If the 12-lead shows ST elevation of ≥1 mm in 2 contiguous limb leads or 2 mm of ST segment elevation in 2 contiguous precordial leads, we take the patient to a hospital capable of percutaneous coronary…
A fellow medic told me about a cardiac arrest he did recently where in the middle of CPR, the patient opened his eyes and flailed his arms. He and his partner stopped CPR thinking they had achieved Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC), but the patient slowly went unresponsive, and when he checked for a pulse,…
So I finally got to watch the Ambulance movie, now that it is available for free streaming on Amazon Prime. I did not have high expectations for the thriller (having seen the trailer), but I am always interested in how EMS is portrayed by Hollywood. The movie is simply one long chase scene as the…