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Lee C Kresge wrote: > I've been asked to give a short seminar on water/diving accidents > (specifically DCS and AGE) for my sisters EMT class which she is > teaching. I'm not asking for people to do my work/research for me, I > think I can pretty well handle the information/theory, etc. What I would > like is suggestions on is how to convince the EMT's that 100% O2 is > significantly better than the partial rebreather O2 that most > EMT/Ambulance units provide. Another point: If there is 100% O2 avail > at the accident site (provided by the divers), will the ambulance people > refuse to use it due to increased liability? (Liable for using something > that is not theirs and they have no first hand experience with). > It is not the EMT's that would need need convincing but the ambulance service owners A lot of services go with the partial masks because there are situations where the mask is put on and the patient is not being monitored full time(such as in a triage situation) By using the partial mask , which has one of the one way valves removed, if the oxygen supply becomes depleted the patient will still be able to breathe through the open port Even though partial masks are being supplied to to the emts the standing orders are to give 100%. Therefore technically if I came upon a situation where there was a non rebreathing mask in place already, I would use it as long as i did not alter the mask by adding the extra valve myself -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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