Xtreme87

TV told you scary things today? Are you going to be ok? Keep living in fear sheep.

Huell

Fear ... LOL .... Some of the best examples I have found were by the thread starter on this one:

If you support ANY covid propaganda



Have a blessed day

firefighterplt

No, I’m a firefighter/EMT who regularly treats and transports COVID-19 patients. I converse with ED physicians and RNs on a daily basis, and follow-up on my patients. As a compassionate human, I am concerned for their outcomes.

I’ve gotta ask though: were you born believing your own bull****, or did you have to work at it? Keep that tin foil hat on, buddy

Gordie H

"Thank You!" - for what you do. Must be frustrating to hear many seem to think it's all some scam or whatever.

firefighterplt

Thanks, I do appreciate it.

Mesabah

It was well known since earlier this year, I even posted about it, that Covid was damaging epithelial cells in all organs of the body. Other countries are treating for this, and having significant success, the US simply does not.

rickair7777

That seems odd. Doctors, not countries, do the treating (at least in the US). Our docs have full access to the same literature as anyone else in the profession, why would they collectively disregard significant information?

Mesabah

That is the $64,000 question isn't it. Get Covid in Singapore, and they test you for immunothrombotic dysregulation
immediately, and treat accordingly, CFR there is ~0%. In the US, you need to have abnormal vital signs before you get access to proper care, it's too late for a lot of cases at that point.

f10a

Off topic but I met some pilots recently for some rich dude who said they have to fly their pax even if they have covid! I asked if they were equipped for medevac and they laughed. I see so many things wrong with this but since you are an emt and an ambulance has to have a sealed off driver's section I was wondering what could possibly go wrong... (Id tell them no way would I fly a c+ pax).

firefighterplt

We have a crappy veneered MDF door complete with sliding plexiglass window (real fancy) between the box and the cab up front. We try to keep it closed with a possible or confirmed C19 patient in the back, but it makes communication difficult. If I have the door closed, the sliding window is usually open so the driver and I can converse.

The ambulance isn’t the only concern, though. You’re usually spending 10-15 minutes in the patient’s home doing your initial workup and packaging for transport. You figure that patient has likely been pumping nastiness into that place for a while before you arrived...it’s probably just as much of a hazard as being in the bus with them, despite being larger.

Anyway, we’ve all accepted the fact that we will likely all get it at some point. We have SCBAs, but the decision was made to not use them due to communication issues and fear of scaring the patient/family.

We are tight on N95s. I have some personal KN95s that I’ve been using, with a surgical mask over the top as a prefilter—helps keep the 95 cleaner longer. NYSDOH recently put out a strong recommendation for eye protection. Gloves, obviously.

We put a surgical mask or non-rebreather mask on the patient as soon as possible, run the HVAC in non-recirc mode, and keep the windows open to the max extent. We decontaminate the bus and equipment as much as possible between calls.

Would I feel comfortable flying a airplane with known C19 positive pax for non-medical purposes? No. First of all, they shouldn’t be going anywhere—they should be quarantining. Second, I’m okay risking my skin for someone in peril, but not for some ******* who doesn’t think the rules apply to him. It’s an incredibly selfish act, IMO.