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Garage Thermostat at Station 20
By: Director Date: November 18, 2011, 7:55 pm
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See attached file. The new temperature of 59° is based on United
States Pharmacopoeia (USP) recommendations.
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Re: Garage Thermostat at Station 20
By: kkimple Date: December 19, 2011, 10:07 am
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I have a simple question about the temp in the squad bay. Now
I'm just an EMT but a Medic in training. I understand the
research says 59 degrees to (STORE) the drugs and also
understand we are trying to save money. But what about Pt care?
In medic school we were taught ( COLD WEATHER= WARM FLUIDS ) and
maybe the Medics could answer this for me as they have a lot
more experience . If we get a code or a trauma and we push 59
deg fluid thru our Pt what are we doing to our Pt. Hypothermia ?
What about the drug won't that make it harder to push into our
patient? What about the Oxygen being that cold we are trying
to warm our patient up and sticking a mask on their face with
59 degree O2 is that much different than leaving out patient
outside breathing cold air? How cold is to cold when it comes to
patient care. I have work at a few different ambulance company's
over the years and the bays were not less than 68 degrees at any
time.
Now about saving
some more money. How about either issuing everyone a key to the
man door or place a coded lock on the man door. Most of us are
forced to use the code for the bay door to enter the building
which lets a lot of heat out of the bay and makes the furnace
come on, which in turn costs more money. With the man door you
do not lose a lot of heat so it does not kick the furnace on as
much and would save us money
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Re: Garage Thermostat at Station 20
By: bday Date: December 20, 2011, 7:59 pm
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I agree, Kevin.
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