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Old 15th Mar 2007, 13:32
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jackjack08
 
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Even if they had been able to carry her ..... if she had arrested in flight there PROBABLY would have been no way to to get her back .... Rubbish!!!

1. Could you have defibrillated the patient in-flight ?
2. If the patient went into a shockable rhythm, then why not consider landing. resus guidelines now say 2 mins CPR then shock
http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/als.pdf
3. Could easily maintain airway with laryngeal mask.
4. Drug therapy

Obese patients are one of those things all paramedics and air crew hate!
1. I think your comment 'HATE' above is too strong. individuals of the larger size may be difficult to manually handle but they deserve the same life saving clinical interventions as the next person ! I certainly don't hate people who are overweight and i can say that you do not speak on behalf of All Paramedics
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