Originally Posted by Old_Toot
Originally Posted by smarquez
Originally Posted by antlers
Originally Posted by readonly
IF they don't have a pulse.....they're already phuggin dead.
Your wife or kid in cardiac arrest...you OK with calling them at the scene and not even working it further...?


Modern properly equipped paramedic units are equipped the same way as a hospital. If they are not responding, they are not responding. I think the only exception is cold water drowning.


Time element involved here for the non responders?

For cold water drownings? None really. Medical control would make the decision but the rule was they aren't dead until they are warm and dead. I will amend my statment to include any drowning. You never know until you clear the lungs and get oxygen circulating again.

Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.

Stupid always finds a way.