I'm three months into my two year paramedic training and during that training we undertake placement shifts on ambulances. [/back story]
On a recent shift we get called to a male with chest pain - prior MI several years ago.
We get there and start asking the questions, including the 'any prior medical conditions/surgery ect' , to which the gentleman replies 'no' (he was lucid, pain score 1-2/10 so no source of confusion) which is the same reply we get to 'do you take any medications?'
So we load him onto the truck and get him onto the bed at which point we here a knock on the door - one of his relatives opens the door and hands us 'his medicines'.
Another knock on the door and another relative hands us his prior discharge notes including his stent and a number of other procedures.
Ladies & gents - please tell us everything, we're trying not to do anything with drug interactions that'll end up causing you (in some cases) massive harm.
On a recent shift we get called to a male with chest pain - prior MI several years ago.
We get there and start asking the questions, including the 'any prior medical conditions/surgery ect' , to which the gentleman replies 'no' (he was lucid, pain score 1-2/10 so no source of confusion) which is the same reply we get to 'do you take any medications?'
So we load him onto the truck and get him onto the bed at which point we here a knock on the door - one of his relatives opens the door and hands us 'his medicines'.
Another knock on the door and another relative hands us his prior discharge notes including his stent and a number of other procedures.
Ladies & gents - please tell us everything, we're trying not to do anything with drug interactions that'll end up causing you (in some cases) massive harm.
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