mutts252
05-14-2007, 07:12 PM
well, we had a doozy last tuesday (a week ago tomorrow for those keeping track)...
called to a person in seizure, only a block or two from the hall. i was in the med truck with one other ff, others responding in POV's...
as i grabbed the O2 and trauma bags from the truck, thinking of course that it would be an easy call (always a bad idea lol), the patient's wife ran outside and yelled that he had stopped breathing. ... our pace quickened a fair bit at that point, and we updated EMS to step on it...
we checked ABC's and AVPU... nada on either. long story short, CPR, the BVM, and an OPA were all used, and our defib delivered a couple shocks. paramedics eventually showed up after what seemed like an eternity of compressions... his wife had stayed in the room the whole time, the others couldn't get her to leave. i rode in the ambulance to continue CPR en route... LONG trip...
found out once we arrived in the ER that he was closely related to a member of the department, and i know his two daughters (who are my age)... i had never met him before, though. ... i was in the room when they pronounced, too. talk about weird.
anyway... funeral was saturday... most of the dept showed up. i have to say, it really made things seem a lot better when the family gave us big hugs and thanked us... but i also know i'll never be able to be in that room again without reliving the events, and nor will i be able to forget what happened... but it definitely set my mind at ease knowing they appreciated it, and we had done everything in our power to help him.
called to a person in seizure, only a block or two from the hall. i was in the med truck with one other ff, others responding in POV's...
as i grabbed the O2 and trauma bags from the truck, thinking of course that it would be an easy call (always a bad idea lol), the patient's wife ran outside and yelled that he had stopped breathing. ... our pace quickened a fair bit at that point, and we updated EMS to step on it...
we checked ABC's and AVPU... nada on either. long story short, CPR, the BVM, and an OPA were all used, and our defib delivered a couple shocks. paramedics eventually showed up after what seemed like an eternity of compressions... his wife had stayed in the room the whole time, the others couldn't get her to leave. i rode in the ambulance to continue CPR en route... LONG trip...
found out once we arrived in the ER that he was closely related to a member of the department, and i know his two daughters (who are my age)... i had never met him before, though. ... i was in the room when they pronounced, too. talk about weird.
anyway... funeral was saturday... most of the dept showed up. i have to say, it really made things seem a lot better when the family gave us big hugs and thanked us... but i also know i'll never be able to be in that room again without reliving the events, and nor will i be able to forget what happened... but it definitely set my mind at ease knowing they appreciated it, and we had done everything in our power to help him.