FAQ

Discerning generalized seizure from hypoxic seizure activity

Is it mechanism or injury that dictates protocol choice?

Brett Patterson fields a question from a comm. center unsure whether to choose Protocol 26 or 28.

Protocol 30 handles both of these questions.

Brett Patterson discusses situations when dispatchers may need to interrupt current calls in favor of incoming ones.

Blood-borne pathogen fear should not preclude CPR.

Taser Use: If law enforcement uses a Taser on a patient, does the call have to be coded under MPDS v13.0, Protocol 4?

Brett Patterson looks at EMD questions about MPDS Chief Complaint Selection as it relates to patient breathing problems.

In this issue, FAQ looks at a call in which a patient inhaling steam complains of chest pain and a burning sensation.

Patient says he can’t breathe