Jared Karayan on HHNK:
JK>The answer to Lou's Question about how an EMT treats this in the fiel
JK>DON'T !!!!!! You would have to be ALS certified to perform any of the
JK>treatments he disscused. But the treatment would be pretty much as
JK>he discribed it or as the M.D.'s orders at MEDICAL CONTROL. Call it
JK>in and take the monkey off your back and put it on the D.R.'s.
JK>Jared Karayan Va State EMT-C.
   CYA is the name of the game in the medical field.
   If EMT's are allowed to initiate IV access, why not begin an IV of
Lactated Ringer's ?
Lou, RN
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