Comments on: My First Emergency http://www.thinknuts.net/2009/08/21/my-first-emergency/ Do mountains need rescuing that often? Fri, 28 May 2010 13:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MarkUK http://www.thinknuts.net/2009/08/21/my-first-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-7808 MarkUK Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:57:16 +0000 http://www.thinknuts.net/?p=689#comment-7808 Hi, I'm also a First Responder and yes, I still remember my first cardiac arrest. It was a "?K2", or possibly dead. Without the experience I just deployed the AED and then, on command, started CPR. I'm not sure what the community paramedic thought, but he went through all the procedures. It's actually very likely that the patient had arrested 20-40 minutes earlier and had received not CPR. I've been to a few since then (why do I always get 90 year olds with a terminal illness and there's no way of resuscitating them?). I've also had a couple where the patient had been dead for 15-20 hours before the call. Waiting around for the police to complete their survey can be interesting but takes me off the stack for too long. Hi,

I’m also a First Responder and yes, I still remember my first cardiac arrest. It was a “?K2″, or possibly dead. Without the experience I just deployed the AED and then, on command, started CPR. I’m not sure what the community paramedic thought, but he went through all the procedures. It’s actually very likely that the patient had arrested 20-40 minutes earlier and had received not CPR.

I’ve been to a few since then (why do I always get 90 year olds with a terminal illness and there’s no way of resuscitating them?). I’ve also had a couple where the patient had been dead for 15-20 hours before the call. Waiting around for the police to complete their survey can be interesting but takes me off the stack for too long.

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]]> By: Mally http://www.thinknuts.net/2009/08/21/my-first-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-7799 Mally Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:54:00 +0000 http://www.thinknuts.net/?p=689#comment-7799 I wonder how long your backup took? I'd imagine not as long as you mentally thought it was! Off out on an RRV tonight in that there Bristol, hopefully see some interesting jobs.. I wonder how long your backup took? I’d imagine not as long as you mentally thought it was!

Off out on an RRV tonight in that there Bristol, hopefully see some interesting jobs..

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