Hello and thanks for answering questions! My wife is currently taking the EMT-basic prep class at our local CC. Recently they've been discussing triage and prioritizing patients on a scene. She has really struggled with the concept of not helping someone who would be considered beyond help but still alive (the example she told me was a woman with a slow pulse, rr, and an open brain injury). How do you cope with making that call? Do you feel like there's ever been a time where you made a call like that but were wrong?
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Hello and thanks for answering questions! My wife is currently taking the EMT-basic prep class at our local CC. Recently they've been discussing triage and prioritizing patients on a scene. She has really struggled with the concept of not helping someone who would be considered beyond help but still alive (the example she told me was a woman with a slow pulse, rr, and an open brain injury). How do you cope with making that call? Do you feel like there's ever been a time where you made a call like that but were wrong?
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