Quote:
Originally Posted by 52bravo
good case doc!!
i dont spent allot of time, on the no TQ bleeding.
tells us why the EZ-IO tag, is one that arm?
|
That was the real question...why was the EZ-IO tag on the amputated arm????
When I asked the medic he said it was the closest extremity to him when he had the tag in his hand, and he knew it was coming with the patient...he realized the 'mistake' once they started transport and he laughed about it with us. Should have been on the other arm or either leg. I didn't have the heart to write it up as a problem for his medical director, he figured out the problem, education accomplished in my book.
__________________
'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
|