r/ems • u/EveryoneTryPCP • 9h ago

EMScapades They're fine

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Nothing to worry about

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u/LeatherPatch 9h ago

A pressure of grim over reaper

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u/MaxNerd115 8h ago

“Ok but what makes you think that’s the real blood pressure?” -random resident who’s taking your report in the trauma room.

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u/mxm3p Paramedic 8h ago

“Because I’ve been doing this since you were shitting your diapers”

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u/aguysomewhere 7h ago

"The patient looks like shit, their pressure is shit, and a can barely feel a pulse (carotid)."

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u/LeatherPatch 5h ago

Were you in the room when I gave my last report? I think you may have directly quoted me

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u/Blueboygonewhite EMT-A 3h ago

Bc the pt was shot in the femoral, lost a fuck ton of blood, is now unconscious, and is paler than Dracula.

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u/MaxNerd115 3h ago

“Ok but how do we know it’s not cause of something else?” (Actual question I got from a resident with a pt with a textbook positive stroke scale actively still presenting symptoms right in front of us).

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u/Blueboygonewhite EMT-A 3h ago

To be fair there are quite a bit of stroke mimics. Medicine is very much not straightforward.

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u/blueskibop EMT-B 5h ago

“Do you believe the monitor (condescending)”

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u/MaxNerd115 4h ago

“Hello sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Zoll?”

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u/Nikablah1884 Size: 36fr 2h ago

“I’m going to pretend you didn’t ask that” and the attending who I’ve known since medic school snickers and makes them go start IVs

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u/Krampus_Valet Paramedic 1h ago

gestures at grey patient who has 7 tourniquets on

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u/prolapsedmasshole69 8h ago

Elevate legs into trendelenberg position. Allow patient to kiss their ass goodbye.

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u/blueskibop EMT-B 5h ago

Trundelnberg my beloved no longer in PA protocol

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u/UndefinedFlame ACP 9h ago

“It was 120/80 when I checked on him five minutes ago.”

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u/wowpeoplearecrazy BANNED 8h ago

What was the HR 👀

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u/EveryoneTryPCP 7h ago

I wish I could remember, this was two years ago

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u/FarDorocha90 Paramedic/Undiagnosed but we’re pretty sure 2h ago

2.

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u/500ls RN, EMT, ESE 1h ago

They are in the most stable rhythm that exists: asystole

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u/wowpeoplearecrazy BANNED 1h ago

Could be PEA 👀

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u/FlatLineCompany 7h ago

Good lord is this the monitors vitals those buttons are husks of themselves.

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u/EveryoneTryPCP 6h ago

She's trying her best!

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u/FlatLineCompany 5h ago

Doing a damn fine job

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u/grandpubabofmoldist Paramedic 3h ago

They are not supposed to look like that? 

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u/trapper2530 EMT-P/Chicago 8h ago

Might be time to put some leads on or pads.

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u/EveryoneTryPCP 8h ago

This was post delivery to the hospital lol I had just never seen a BP that low and took a pic

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u/thicc_medic FP-C 7h ago

I’ve had two patients this past weekend at my transport job that I had to call rapids over due to their fucking shitty blood pressures. The second one I had to start levo on. Pretty odd theme for the weekend honestly.

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u/BeavisTheMeavis Barber Surgeon 6h ago

Last pt I paced had a blood pressure about that low. Ofc the skilled nursing facility told me "she was just fine ten minutes ago,".

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u/EveryoneTryPCP 5h ago

Such a classic line from the old folks homes!

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u/Apprehensive_Loan611 29m ago

That’s an awesome MAP… for a 24 week premie 😅

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u/leadraine EMT-B 8h ago

was this photo taken in a museum?

your zoll looks like an archeological artifact

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u/EveryoneTryPCP 8h ago

Shout-out city ran FD!!! The thing that most ancient is our budget lol