RE: Question....
BY: THOM RILEY to TRACEE THACKER on Tue May 28 1996 19:38:06
 > While a petite medic(or two) may not have been able to lift this man,
 > they are trained and would be able to render care untill such a time
 > when other help would be available.  The fire dept. is always a big
 > help and can usually help us out tremendously and are also often
 > dispatched, but this all depends on who and what resources were
 > available at that time.  Immediate O2 and stabilization of this pt. was
 > accomplished by the two medics untill further help was available.  We
 > do what we can with what we have, that's all we can do.
Thom,
     I appreciate your view on my question.  However, I was one of the last
people to see the patient as he was taken to the ambulance and I know there
was no oxygen tube in sight.  Unless there's some other place besides the
nose, they didn't give him oxygen.
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