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If you've already been handed the baby, your boots should be on their way to the emergency room as fast as your truck can go. It really isn't right how you peop

by tropo 10y ago

If you've already been handed the baby, your boots should be on their way to the emergency room as fast as your truck can go. It really isn't right how you people turn every call into an excuse for searching without a warrant. Unrelated stuff going on in the home or birth center is none of your business.

FireBeyond 10y ago
What on earth are you talking about? "You people"? Unrelated stuff going on in the birthing center? I am describing a situation where the midwife/ doula was MORE CONCERNED with maintaining a "positive and serene energy in the birthing space" (her words) than she was about what we would do to take care of a critically ill neonate. I can assure you, my methodology on such a call is not to "stay and play" but to "stabilize, ideally while transporting". Let alone a fishing trip. To wit, I could not care less what else is going on in the home, be it legal or illegal, unless it directly affects the care I am or need to provide. My reference to DOH was not a "fishing trip", but in regards to a provider who, in my professional opinion, was being actively negligent in caring for what was their patient, until transferred to me. I think your biases are showing.
JshWright 10y ago
I don't see any reference to 'searching'. It is very standard practice for a healthcare provider to give a verbal report when handing over care of a patient, even (_especially_) in a critical setting. You realize paramedics are qualified in neonatal resuscitation, right? While "scoop and run" is absolutely the right thing to do in some cases, if I'm handed a blue baby, I'm going to spend some time in stable, well lit environment getting an airway established. The sooner that happens, the better the baby's outcome is going to be (and it's much harder to do bouncing down the road in the back of an ambulance).

by tropo 10y ago

FireBeyond 10y ago

What on earth are you talking about? "You people"? Unrelated stuff going on in the birthing center? I am describing a situation where the midwife/ doula was MORE CONCERNED with maintaining a "positive and serene energy in the birthing space" (her words) than she was about what we would do to take care of a critically ill neonate. I can assure you, my methodology on such a call is not to "stay and play" but to "stabilize, ideally while transporting". Let alone a fishing trip. To wit, I could not care less what else is going on in the home, be it legal or illegal, unless it directly affects the care I am or need to provide. My reference to DOH was not a "fishing trip", but in regards to a provider who, in my professional opinion, was being actively negligent in caring for what was their patient, until transferred to me. I think your biases are showing.

JshWright 10y ago

I don't see any reference to 'searching'. It is very standard practice for a healthcare provider to give a verbal report when handing over care of a patient, even (_especially_) in a critical setting. You realize paramedics are qualified in neonatal resuscitation, right? While "scoop and run" is absolutely the right thing to do in some cases, if I'm handed a blue baby, I'm going to spend some time in stable, well lit environment getting an airway established. The sooner that happens, the better the baby's outcome is going to be (and it's much harder to do bouncing down the road in the back of an ambulance).