Playground Training Scenario

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Jerry asks the little girl to help him, in which should get her mind off her brother and keep her focused, so not to become another victim of the incident. Once we have the equipment we need, we can now work at immobilizing him to be transported.

LIFEFORCE has consent of the EHSC of BC to provide emergency Patient transport if requested to do so from BCAS Dispatch. However, in this setting we are within a reasonable response time of receiving more advanced care from the BCAS to better stabilize this Patient through the advents of; Airway Intubation, Cardiac Monitoring, Nitrous Oxide and Intravenous administration.

Hard collar applied, patient covered and packaged on a Ferno clamshell device, Spider straps, and transferred to our main cot. Off in the distance we hear the relieving sounds of our back up, BC Ambulance from station 249.

Lifting him is a breeze, even with all our equipment; he must only weigh in about 100 pounds soaking wet. Once in the back of our unit Jerry throws the heat on full blast, as I continue assessing his Vital signs:

• LOC-5,
• Pulse-120 weak and thready,
• Respirations-28 rapid/shallow and clear with equal expansion,
• Eyes-6x6 and slow to react,
• Skin-pale, cool and diaphoretic,
• BP-90/42.

I think to myself, this doesn’t look good. I suspect; he’s either suffering from neurogenic shock (damage to his spinal cord), or he’s suffering from internal bleeding sustained from the fall. Either way, I’ve done all I can do according to our company policy and Protocols.

The rear door swings open, it’s Paul and Darryl, two friendly faces I’m used to seeing through numerous other incidents around the lower mainland. “Whatcha got Del?” I immediately ramble off my patient notification, as Darryl hops in and reassess’ the boys status. Paul then jumps in asks Darryl to retrieve his I.V. tray as he figures that the patient requires a line as injuries Not Yet Determined. Once established, the little boy is then moved from our vehicle, and placed into the BC Ambulance with the little girl riding up front with Paul. End of Scenario.

This is just one of many practice scenario’s that LIFEFORCE personnel train for.

Our company believes in always being prepared for every situation we may encounter, whether it is a simple treatment of applying ice to someone who has twisted their ankle, to an explosion that has occurred in the Coastal mountains north of Vancouver with 8 workers injured from an Excavator damaging a gas line that was buried from a mudslide which air evacuation was called in to Medevac 2 of the injured workers that were thrown down the embankment during the blast.

We never take for granted, “Nothing ever happens here”. Accidents do happen, all of the time. And when they do, having LIFEFORCE on scene you can be assured your getting the best available for the job.

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