Can't help but wonder with the below comment from Matt Dinnery
"Someone who, without your volunteering, would quite possibly not have made it tonight!"What exactly did this BASICS Doctor do that ParaGirl could not? If ambulance was already there would they not have assessed this patient as needing to travel and immobilised appropriately? Only treatment given is IV Fluids which is in paramedic skillset. Going to a MTC is also a decision made by paramedics.
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Don't normally have a lot of time for BASICS docs as they can sometimes be GP's who like the adrenaline rush.
This guy however is an A&E consultant who was tasked by ambulance control ie he was asked to go there. Also, he can RSI the patient which the paramedic can't. A vomiting patient who is back-boarded, collared and immobilised is almost impossible to deal with single-handed, I know, I've tried.
Indeed I understand what he could have done, but he didn't?
It is a pain in the arse when they vomit on board I accept.
I think I just find it frustrating that in the comments people think a bit of fluids and Doctor has saved day but he's not done anything that a para couldn't.
BASICS actively includes paramedicine in the provision of immediate care, and most schemes use paramedics as well as doctors. in this area, the BASICS schemes are the ones leading the way with creating and training of critical care paramedics!
lI've met that particular doctor, and he is one pf the modern breed of BASICS doctors who truely understanads how critical good paramedics are to providing effective pre-hospital medicine. Matt is an under-grad biomedical science student, and doesn't represent us!
I'm sure looking at other posts he's a good BASICS (I'd love to meet one) it just seems an unusual job to select to explain what BASICS bring to the table.
In hindsight I was tired and the title of the post is probably misleading the article itself doesn't bother me just the comment.
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