Paramedics are dispatched to the home of a 42-year-old male…
Paramedics are dispatched to the home of a 42-year-old male who complains of diarrhea for the past 3 days. He has been unable to eat for the past 24 hours and would like to go to the emergency department. He is visually impaired by complete blindness and has a leader/work dog to assist him. He states that he can walk and would prefer walking to being carried on a stretcher. How should the paramedic proceed?
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Paramedics are preparing to transport a clinically obese patient to the emergency department for severe substernal chest pain. The patient weighs more than 500 pounds and is on the third floor of an apartment complex with no elevator. Currently, there is only one EMS crew in the apartment. The patient states that he can walk and doesn’t want EMS to call for extra lift assistance. As the paramedic, how should you proceed?
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