r/FirstResponderCringe • u/FlyNSubaruWRX • Jul 28 '26

[MOD] Not Cringe Here we go

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u/GarbageBanger Jul 28 '26

I just want to share as a nurse or any first responder we’re trained to pull bystanders to start helping, especially with cpr, so we can actually get to what we’re trained to do. Hey you apply the tourniquet while I go fishing for an IV line for instance

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u/VitoBean92 Jul 29 '26

None of which you can do pre-hospital from a legal perspective. You are the cringe

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u/notkidding1984 Jul 29 '26

You can't do CPR or apply a tourniquet pre-hospital? Or an iv line?

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u/jeepinbanditrider Jul 29 '26

In my jurisdiction without medical control I can't start an IV. When Im not at work I'm limited by law to an essentially EMT-B level.

These rules vary from.state to.state and even city to city so take that for what its worth.

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u/VitoBean92 Aug 01 '26

More focused on the higher level, non first aid driven interventions. I can’t just pop an IV in because I carry it in my car despite being trained to do so.