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Mon Oct 24 14:10:36 BST 2005

I agree with Pret (did I really say that?) EMT-B classes are entry level
and teaching things that they can't use is just time consuming and
confusing.
REM 

-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Bjorn, Pret
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:04 AM
To: 'Trauma & Critical Care mailing list'
Subject: RE: Colloid infusion in the trauma patient

Where's the need-to-know?  I'm all for education and transparency, but
it seems to me that at the EMT-B level, you've got bigger things to
teach than controversial or contraindicated medical management
strategies.  Do you talk about the Whipple procedure too?

Trauma education for basic field providers must be very specific:
excellent first aid in the process of rapid conveyance to surgical
resources.  End of chapter.  Move on to seizures and heart attacks and
insulin shock.

Pret

-----Original Message-----
From: oded private [mailto:tangentcarrot at hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:46 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Re: Colloid infusion in the trauma patient

I just wanna make things clear- we don't train them to use them, but we
do 
teach them about thier excitence, since they are available for
physicians 
(who also are not too couraged to use them).
It's beeing taking into consideration today to withhald their
availablity to

use by physicians as well.

>From: "p.bjorn" <p.bjorn at netzero.net>
>Reply-To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list <trauma-list at trauma.org>
>To: "Trauma & Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
>Subject: Re: Colloid infusion in the trauma patient
>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:07:41 -0000
>
>Excellent question, for which I wish I could recall an answer.  The
last
>time I recall giving albumin was at least a dozen years ago.  Might
have
>been a burn... ?  But that was back when I was doing other emergencies
too,
>and I haven't much of a memory.
>
>The point is, colloids don't have any common use in acute trauma
>resuscitation.  Training medics to administer them is a waste of time,
>effort, and expense.
>
>Pret
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "oded private" <tangentcarrot at hotmail.com>
>To: <trauma-list at trauma.org>
>Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 3:18 PM
>Subject: RE: Colloid infusion in the trauma patient
>
> > By the way, I think it's the first time I hear that someone used
Albumin
>for
> > a trauma patient.
> > (though I have heard about using it for hemotoxic venoum poisoning)
> > Happen to recall what indicated it for that patient?
>
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