EMS Basics – Tiny Monsters
A reminder of the importance of hand hygiene – even in the ambulance. By Brandon Oto on EMS Basics.
“Why should care about universal precautions? For one thing, to stay alive. Not long ago I transferred a nurse between facilities. She was being admitted to a medical floor for a massive MRSA-colonized abscess on her cheek; it had been surgically incised and drained, and she was now beginning a course of antibiotics and further care. The cause? She’d idly scratched her face one day at work.
For some reason, I find this argument unconvincing to many EMTs and medics. I suspect that, as usual, we consider ourselves immortal. Whatever the case, if you find it compelling, go with it, but otherwise, try the other one: precautions keep your patients alive.”
