Medical Field Emergencies

S (situation): Hi, my name Kelsey and I am a nurse in the emergency department. I am calling about Shannon O’Reilly’s most recent laboratory results.

If there is an accident carers should press the emergency alarms situated in every room this will bring instant assistance.

Emergencies- make sure all personnel is familiar with what to do in case of an accident

In order to survive during an earthquake, you must be very aware of how exactly to react and what to do in order to survive. The California Department of Public Health informs families to make a plan to evacuate their homes and find a safe place to go after the first sign of an earthquake (Earthquakes). This is the right thing to do, but people need to know where to go and how fast they need to act. Currently “California does not have an operational earthquake early warning system” (California Seismic Safety Commission) which could warn people when they need to evacuate before the earthquake even hits. I believe that the government of California needs to bring the early warning system back into their safety procedures. The government could also make clear where citizens from each county should go short term and long term in the case of an earthquake. Evacuation plans need to be made for when the earthquake is occurring when people need to find cover where nothing is going to fall on them. Plans for after the initial shaking need to be made as well, telling people to start heading inland toward surrounding states. This plan, however, requires the public to avoid driving over fault lines that could potentially move again. The San Andreas fault system is more than 800 miles long (Oskin), therefore people will need a set evacuation plan in order to know how to evacuate properly. The

When I lived in Los Angeles during high school, me and my neighbor Brandon would frequently take the Metro train to get to school. While we waited for the train, we would occasionally hear the automated intercom say, “In case of an emergency, don’t hesitate to locate the nearest emergency phones or Metro sheriff.” This recurring message was often ignored by us as well as passengers who were occupied with other things or had earphones in. The problem with this is, if an emergency or disaster happened at that moment, we wouldn’t know how to properly engage in saving ourselves. There were no specific instructions on what we could do in case an emergency arises. In Amanda Ripley’s The Unthinkable, she covers disasters when they happen and how

A study was carried out to assess the required knowledge, skills and competencies to deal medical emergency incidents successfully. Study finding showed that there is superficial knowledge on medical emergencies, drug and equipments among health professionals working emergency unit (McGaghie.et al, 2010).

Having self-awareness during emergency situations is a vital piece to protecting yourself as well as others. It is crucial to be aware of signs that will lead to endangerment such as a fire alarm going off. As a medical assistant, it is important to help patients evacuate the building safely as fast as possible, but in order to do that, you must protect yourself and your coworkers. Therefore, having an easy to understand strategic evacuation plan will be beneficial in efficiently removing patients from the building. Communicating with your team as well as the patients to make sure everyone understands what to do is important. When you are evacuating, always remain as low as possible to minimalize the smoke and heat. Always remember to check

6. All staff must know the emergency number, be aware of the exit plans when an emergency or crisis arises, and report to the proper authorities of any suspicions activities.

Four emergencies a medical office should be prepared and equipped to handle are fire, cardiac arrest, seizers, and bleeding. Fire can happen any time so it important know where the exit, calm and not running around. Cardiac arrest- heart attack is also can happen to a patient at anytime in the doctor office and we would need to know CPR procedure. Seizers is another one that can happen to the patient and we need to make sure that the patient not left alone. Another big thing bleeding, when bleeding happen we need to protect our self and the

You should always be prepared for any type of event. Whether it is an earthquake, tornado, or a blizzard you should be prepared. Being ready for major events is very necessary.

Thus, emergency physicians cannot rely on earned trust or on prior knowledge of the patient's condition, values, or wishes regarding medical treatment. The patient's willingness to seek emergency care and to trust the physician is based on institutional and professional assurances rather than on an established personal relationship. Fourth, emergency physicians practice in an institutional setting, the hospital emergency department, and in close working relationships with other physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians, and other health care professionals. Thus, emergency physicians must understand and respect institutional regulations and inter-professional norms of conduct. Fifth, in the United States, emergency physicians have been given a unique social role and responsibility to act as health care providers of last resort for many patients who have no other feasible access to care. Sixth, emergency physicians have a societal duty to render emergency aid outside their normal health care setting when such intervention may save life or limb. Finally, by virtue of their broad expertise and training, emergency physicians are expected to be a resource for the community in pre-hospital care, disaster management, toxicology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, public health, injury control, and related areas. All of these special circumstances shape the

The long term effects of an illness or trauma are influenced by timely, appropriate medical care. This begins with what interventions the ambulance crew provides if one is called. In the prehospital environment, there are four levels of providers: Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), and Paramedic (National Scope of Practice Model, 20-21). The EMT is considered the “backbone” of prehospital emergency medicine (National Scope of Practice Model 23). It is the first level that a provider can either give a patient medicine or assist with the patient’s own medications (National Scope of Practice Model 24). Medicines that an EMT in Kansas can use are supplemental oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin, epinephrine and glucagon by auto injector, oral glucose, activated charcoal, and breathing medications such as Atrovent or a metered dose inhaler (Kansas Board of EMS 1). An EMT may also use a autoinjector antidote on themselves or their partner (Kansas Board of EMS 1). Medications used in emergency situations may reduce disability or prevent patient mortality.

The emergency room is a stressful place to work, but I love it. It keeps you on your toes and everyday is different. You can not let the stress get to you or someone could lose their life. When you are the only one in the household working that is the stressful part. Getting sick is not an option. I can not call out if I get sick as I will lose twelve hours of pay. Being the only person in the house working you can not afford to take a sick

In some instances, COPs may find themselves in dangerous situations where there may be many casualties or situations that my demand that the medical staff needs to protect themselves as much as they need to protect their patients- the COPs. As much as evacuation is essential, there is need to provide adequate information through information sharing systems. This can be classified under their preventive role in a bid to approach the job in a proactive manner. Through this the COPs may have basic and fundamental knowledge of what to do in certain

In an event of a flood, the employees will need to work together and decide on where to move all the patients, either to higher grounds or to another facility. Sandbags and shovel will be useful to have because this will help slow down the flood of entering the hospital or area. Also, if the water if too high and the patients can no longer stay in their beds, having something that floats would be useful so patients can be pushed through that method. For the medical records, if there is any paper patient information, the records should be kept at least 24 inches off the floor and/or placed in Ziploc bags to prevent damage. Similar to if there is a fire, as the patients are being moved around, placards should be used to indicate whether the patient