D.C. Firefighters Fail Patient Assessment

WASHINGTON (WTTG) – The D.C. fire department is investigating two of its firefighters after they failed to notice a patient they were caring for had a serious gunshot wound.  The initial assessment was that the man was just high on PCP.


Assessing Your Assessment (Dennis Edgerly, EMT-P)

Don’t Underscore the Value of a Trauma Assessment (Fran Hildwine, BS, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P)

 

 

 

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