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Salutatorian t1_ixxx937 wrote

Reply to comment by billybeat in OD terribly handled at the Filmore Philly, and I need to vent by [deleted]

> palpated a weak irregular carotid but they quickly went pulseless

Especially if op is touching the person. As an EMT, how would they react showing up to a scene and random people are all over the person they're supposed to treat? In a space that already has contracted medical service providers, letting people from the crowd jump in unprompted could be seen as a big liability.

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Kyrthis t1_ixy0y2p wrote

Good Samaritan laws cover the rescuer, and medically-trained people recognize each other by the handoff they give. I’ve begun an EMS work up on a train with no tools, praying I wouldn’t have to start CPR before we reached the next station, and gave a quick EMS/ALS history on a patient with an allergic reaction affecting his tongue. Sweeping airways are a bitch when you have no tools. An OD, you can breathe for them until someone arrives with an ambu-bag.

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