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we have the supplies to deal with the bad things that may happen, we have ambulances from coffee county stand by and we have two helicopters stand by too, we can handle injures and heat sickness/injuries, we really dont get alot of the other things that may happen from day to day outside of the roo.
Post by klimfactor on Jan 31, 2011 18:35:28 GMT -5
I've been to the last five 'roos, and I'm also thankful for the medical staff. I've seen them working on people who were seriously struggling, and they were true professionals. Also, three years ago I picked up some kind of sketchy insect/parasite in my leg a day in, and they helped me with it.
I visited the tent after my neighbor nearly killing me with CO. I felt okay, but I wanted to have my vitals checked to be sure. I was out in BFE and I asked a person on a golf cart how to get to the medical tent. He proceeded to tell me that I needed to walk around the fence, never once asking me if I was okay and if I needed a ride. Some training in that area would be nice. I'm an RN and if someone asked me for directions to a hospital, I would assess the situation before sending them off in their own.
Once I got there though, they were great. My SpO2 was fine, but my HR was in the 140's from anxiety. They let me rest on a cot and drink some water until I calmed down.
Later my neighbor stabbed herself in the leg and I walked her to the Pod to get a steri-strip after convincing her that she needed to have it cleaned up and bandaged.
How does one get hired on medical staff? It would sure be interesting to work an event like that. Also, are there many AEDs around?
I was one of those folks going in for dehydration. Great staff, very nice and attentive, might have just been the lack of water but I just wish that the person treating me knew how to find a vein. Ended up leaving hydrated but feeling like a pin cushion.
I'm an EMT, and I can tell you that dehydration makes it MUCH more difficult to find a vein. As you dry out your intravascular volume decreases. Your blood pressure drops, causing vasoconstriction. Your veins are therefore smaller in size and tougher to stick. More than likely that's why you were a pincushion; more than likely it wasn't the medic's fault.
I was one of those folks going in for dehydration. Great staff, very nice and attentive, might have just been the lack of water but I just wish that the person treating me knew how to find a vein. Ended up leaving hydrated but feeling like a pin cushion.
