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Originally Posted by MDEMT280
So let me get this straight... I'm assuming you're talking about a situation where providers are responding directly to the scene, not together on an ambulance. If you have a BLS provider show up first, your agency will have the BLS provider continue to provide (BLS) patient care, and the ALS provider will drive -- even though the patient requires ALS interventions?
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We try to have three people on the truck if we can. Of course, that would never work financially with a commercial service. I've been of calls with a critical patient where we have had 5, (one driver, one doing airway, one doing CPR, one pushing drugs, and one taking vitals every 5 mins--no one isn't busy). I have no idea how 2 can handle a code effectively. We often have several show up on scene, if only to calm down the family or help move furniture out of the way to get the patient out of the house. If the person needs an IV or drugs or whatever, the Intermediate or Medic would obviously be in the back. If only two providers were present, the Basic would have to drive. If we have three or more providers, the Basic who arrived first, interviewed and assessed the patient first, and has the whole history from the beginning should remain with the patient and give the hospital report along with the ALS provider if it is possible.