This department is stacked with not only staff but also carry infusion pumps, have a lucas, and a portable vent. Great funding. It's truly absurd that paramedics are paid the rate they are when they're doing 4 different ER professions in people's homes.
They are definitely good on equipment, I have to say that they should have taken her top clothing off to have better access and the first firefighter is doing CPR incorrectly
As a medic of 25 years, I can say without hesitation these folks are the ones you want coming through the door when you call for help. Professional, educated, solid, psychologically stable, and both confident and humble with each others ideas for treatment. Great work, so glad your patient is doing so well!!! 😊
First, I want to thank the patient and her family for granting permission to upload this video. I'm so happy she survived and appears to be doing well. First responders...what can I say...your calm teamwork was heroic. I know you'll say it's just your job, but you save lives. That's heroic. Amazing.
@@j.rcoker9051 men playing football and baseball provide way more revenue for their cities that can help funding for everything including first responders. We do need them
@JamieAug What they meant was that the patient talked it over with her family whether or not to release the video, and ultimately, it was her decision.
This was really hard to watch but I’m so grateful she survived!! I lost my husband of 16 years, just 3 years ago. He’s was only 38 and in great shape too. He went into cardiac arrest driving down the road but let me tell you the fire medics and paramedics worked so hard on the side of the road that night to try to save him. I will never forget them. Months later around Christmas the volunteer FD that ran his call that night showed up at my door with 300.00 in gift cards for me and my 2 boys. I’ll never forget their kindness in one of my darkest times.
Stephanie, I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. You’re in my family’s thoughts tonight and so many others. Sending love your way - grateful for you and the support team that tried to save your husband.
ER nurse here. Respect!!! Well oiled machine, no egos, everyone playing their part without breaking from ACLS algorithm and constantly reassessing and cross checking. Wish I could have a team like this every time I have a code. And to do all this out of bags and in people’s homes and/or all stuffed into a tiny box (an ambulance). Exemplary clinicians!! Hats off 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I think they're absolutely amazing! Kudos to you as well! I KNOW that your job isn't easy at all. I have so, so much respect for you and the others who kick everything aside to save lives. I can't even express how thankful I am for people like you. ❤️
@@SHESajoiner The ACLS algorithm must have changed in the past 30 years. It used to be Shock-shock-shock, Epi, shock, Lido, shock etc. I saw that was partially followed. Maybe all that had been done before the full body cam paramedic got there. I wish someone had given the one guy a break from compressions. I'll have to watch again to see if that hapoened. You could tell he was getting worn out. Compressions for even 2 minutes is tiring!
Glad to have you still here with us ma'am. Do you remember the event before the drop? Or remember anything at all aftermath? I've always been curious bout the event.
I have never seen a well run hospital code, usually full of panicking, no one's in charge and the basics aren't being done as they're too busy playing with fancy equipment
tell me about it. Try running a code with a room full of brand-new nurses. Yikes! I never get impatient with any of them because everyone in this field has a starting point. That is how we gain experience and become great at what we do!
@@aliciagrant1166 That's a very strong point that you raise. Even when it's the same attending running the code in the hospital, the pharmacist, respiratory therapist, nurses, students are all different every single time. Less chemistry, worse communication, and I've no doubt seen some poor quality compressions in hospital codes
Paramedics are not paid enough. This team is incredible. Saving a life in someone’s living room. They should make at least $150,000-$200,000 a year! Not $65,000…
Paramedic pay costs money. They should be making that but as soon as you mention higher taxes to pay for critical high-skilled positions, people start rioting.
More like $48k take home for many of these folks... in some areas they work multiple agencies to get more hours a week just to bring home more $ for their familes.
Hey Jackie I am from NZ and have never seen AED PADS connected this way. I have only seen them upper right and lower left across the chest or does this depend with the medics and country . Craig
@@craigbooker1503I would imagine this way was more to do with the type of defib and pads being used, could also be a policy to do it this way. Upper right and lower left for adults and front/back for children, always on the front/back would prevent mistakes maybe?
I had a sudden cardiac arrest October 2017. They gave my paramedics an award ceremony for saving my life. God bless all paramedics, medical staff and I truly thank everyone involved in my case.
Me too …. Gotta lump in my throat for the sadness of it all and a swelling of pride for this absolutely stellar group of, well-organized, well-equipped, and cool-headed people who choose to do this job every day. They are a finely-oiled machine. Thank you for your service.
Retired ER nurse. This team absolutely AMAZING! I’ve never seen a cardiac arrest handled so well! The knowledge level is beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed! Mind blowing. Thank you for your expert knowledge and amazing calm!!! God bless you!
Knowledge is one piece of the puzzle, it's the calmness with which the CPR is conducted that matters. ER nurses are extremely chaotic in codes (don't follow commands, shout unnecessarily, abandon an already-assigned task, etc.).
@@melvillefletcher4332 Actually, I find it depends on who runs the code and not JUST nurses. We have to be well versed in ACLS , unfortunately however this is like many ED skills are not taught in nursing school. Quite like with other ER skills. We care for people from cradle to grave which is a large territory. But I appreciate your view point.
I've been a trauma nurse for 10 years! I absolutely love it and my team. I can't wait to say I have been doing this for as long as you have! I am sure you have seen it all! I would love to sit down with you and share experiences! I have some stories to tell. Some of my favorite cases are the elderly trauma patients. Some of them are so cute and hilarious!
Indeed. This was a very calmly conducted CPR. Hospital RNs are extremely chaotic under pressure (don't follow commands, shout unnecessarily, abandon an already-assigned task, etc.).
best team work you've ever seen and you work in a trauma hospital? Wow. What a poor hospital it must be. I work in a regional center and the vast majority of codes in department are smooth like this. It's our everyday bread & butter.
@@melvillefletcher4332 we had pre-assigned tasks to the floor nurses during each trauma code. Scribe couldn’t write and absorb fast enough. Blood warmer nurse rarely used. As Trauma Clinical Leader I have to review each chart. It was terrible - these nurses wanted to leave ASAP. I’m in ME now but in DE & FL RT were expected to just proceed with intubation. Anyway, I loved trauma too.
As a retired Register Nurse who worked on the cardiac unit, this brings back soooo many memoirs! I have performed more codes than I care to remember, but what a feeling it is when you actually save somebody and actually get to see them WALK out of the hospital, returning to their loved ones!! 😊 Thank you to the EMTs, Firemen, and all First Responses and everyone else involved in your heroic efforts in saving lives!! ❤😇 You are each Superheros!!!
Being a nurse and watching this makes me miss nursing. I am retired and believe me you never stop being a nurse. Just knowing you helped someone like this lady makes my heart feel good. The person leading this code is the bomb they are working as a unit.They are doing everything an emergency room can do without all of the nonsense.
Same here only I'm near to retirement. Been in home care for a long time. This made me almost miss being in a code. It's a wonderful thing to help save a life.
Randomly realized that one of the EMT's in the video is an old friend from my teenage years. Cool to see he ended up in the fire dept like he talked about.
@Bill.R.124 AHA recommendation less than 10 seconds from stop to start of compressions. They hit that mark every time. So even if they could speed up, they still met the metrics. You can always critique a call...but it needs to be noted that they did amazing and had a great outcome.
These heroes are sooo underpaid. Working a code in someone’s living room.. unbelievable. May God continue to give peace and encouragement to these heroes!
@1990sDialUpWeb Paramedics make 18 an hour where I live, in a very rich county too. I make 17.58 an hour being a barista, unskilled labour. It is ridiculous that paramedics make merely cents more than I do when they do so much more work!
My paramedic career was many years ago, mostly before the bloodbourne pathogen standard. I am so proud of these men and women. Enough cannot be said about their professionalism running this code. Thank you and keep up the good work!
I had a cardiac arrest and the police, fire, ems , and others all came and saved my life I’m here today because of them Thank you to all our first responders ❤
How paramedics and first responders don’t make more money is beyond me. They clearly do this out of passion for helping people. Great job team! I think people forget the trauma of what they see all the time. It can’t be easy. I was married to a fire fighter and they had their ways of dealing with it. Thank you for what you do!!
Depends on where you work, and what type of system. I'm in a west coast department, and make a extremely good salary. $200K/year (with overtime) is very easy to achieve.
I worked in EMS for several yrs…. Have run a couple hundred full arrest, with only a few saves!! This is an amazingly well run code!! This team of EMS, firefighters, and Law Enforcement should all be commended!! To top it all off, this was a SAVE!!!! Way to go…. This video should be shown in all EMS classes!! Goodness…. So good!!
@@hennagal7360 keep in mind this was in the 80’s and 90’s. The survival odds may be a bit higher today with the advances in ALS protocols!! In 2021, there was a 9.1 % chance of being sent home after a full arrest…. Not very good odds..
As a new nurse I was able to call everything they were going to do next and that was a cool feeling knowing that I could be part of the team and keep up with the flow. You all are amazing. So cool to see how much you do in the field.
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE THESE GUYS! THEY SAVED MY MOM AND GOT HER TO THE HOSPITAL, SHE LIVED LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET FROM BATON ROUGE TO SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA! I THANK GOD FOR THAT BIT OF TIME, I TOLD HER HOW MUCH I LOVED HER! AND SHE TOLD ME TOO! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU GUYS, YOU ARE MY HEROS, I COULD NOT HAVE THAT PRECIOUS TIME WITH YOUR HELP! MAY GOD WALK WITH ALL AS YOU ARE AMONG ALL OUR HEROS! GO WITH GODS PROTECTION! THANK YOU FROM ALL AMERICANS ! 🙏🏻🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🙏🏻👏👏👏👏👏😇
As an RN, I can tell you that this EMS crew did a fantastic job of saving this woman’s life. It is one helluva job to do compressions for that long, until you finally have a rhythm. SO glad this lady lived!
My old cpr trainer and a crew of first responders were on vacation in the mountains. Long story short, one of them went into arrest, and the other 4 did cpr for hours before the rescue could get there. He lived. Cpr saves lives. Congratulations to all of them ❤
My fiancè saved my life by doing chest compressions for 10 minutes until EMS arrived. They got stuck at the gate for a few minutes. I want to hug him every time I think about it how hard it must have been for him 😭
Amazing that one paramedic with the body cam knew exactly where everything was and what was needed and use it appropriately. Very well trained. Everyone of those paramedics worked together. Amazing to watch.
Well, he should know we're everything is they train to know where it all is everything has its place as if it's not what good are you if you're looking for something and you can't find it, that could cost someone their life.
Kinda goes with the territory. Ret. vol FF apparatus engineer/First Responder, and even responding as an ambo driver, just like on the pumper or ladder truck I usually drove, I had to know what was where and how it might be used when. I may not have had the training and expertise to physically use everything on the ambo, but had to know where to find it for the crew members that did.
This is ACLS at its finest and the most put together, knowledgeable and calm group of EMS I've ever seen. PURE EXCELLENCE!! This video NEEDS to be included in all ACLS classes! The mannequins and "mock mega codes" taught in hospitals are so unrealistic. This video showed how a perfect code is ran. GREAT JOB!!
3:13 for anyone who doesn’t know, the sound of the drill right here _is_ actually a drill. They’re doing an IO infusion which is essentially an “IV” directly into the bone. It’s amazing to watch and even cooler to do.
Yup. Into the bone marrow. I prefer direct IV access first than IO… (Paramedic) I wouldn’t go straight to an i-gel, but that might be their protocol… but it’s a great team effort! They did achieve ROSC 😊 BUT, they’re on scene WAY to long
More of these!! Please! As a current EMT-B student with professors/lectures that do not inspire, and do not make use of visual aids like so many students like myself NEED to properly solidify information.. This was such a good learning experience!! It helped me better understand the ‘why and how’ component of the technical information I’ve had crammed into my head. I feel more confident going into the field having seen the reality of how knowledgeable professionals work. Even the tiny pro tip that came from troubleshooting the stacked ETC02 was hugely beneficial. For the pro’s, it may seem a trivial/obvious thing; to us newbs nervous as hell to start working on dying people, it’s invaluable! Encore!
I was thinking the same thing! All my training and all the things I learned don't even come close to how this video has educated me. They need to be showing things like this into every first aid training.
I was an EMT and I have to say, I didn't think they were going to be able to save this victim. Her pulmonary was zip. Zero. Not getting any kind of heartbeat at all. They did an amazing job saving her life. Great job guys! ❤
She was knocking on heavens door , but no-one answered. She looked gone .Its a fine line between life and death !.Maybe her fitness from working out ,helped her heart to get going again .
This would be a good training video for many departments. Much better than the fake ones we usually watch. Thanks to the patient who allowed this released. Great job to all who worked on her.
@@NatureRocks. no where did I down anyone in the profession. But the training videos here we watch for renewal are outdated & sometimes not accurate enough. It’s great when patients allow others to use them as examples.
My Father suffered cardiac arrest shortly after his 50th birthday. He did not survive due to underlying conditions, but his team of first responders fought hard. Had his underlying conditions not been a factor I'm confident they would have saved him. I'm grateful to them and all first responders. Thank you! Thank you to the patient for allowing this to be shared!
When I did a ride along with paramedics in my town. A woman was saying it was really hard to breathe, they said she had to go down her porch steps. They dropped her because she couldn’t support her weight and they yelled at her for not working with them. These paramedics in the video are angels We need more people like this
My mother was in extreme pain from cancer that Dr’s weren’t able to find yet. One paramedic was insisting she walk down the few front steps even though she was 89, & weighed 95lbs. I’ll never understand why she had no empathy. Luckily, all the other times she needed an ambulance everyone was very professional.
@@susanb.4965the profession can burn you out, specially if they are understaffed and unsupported. EMTS are humans too and they will lose their empathy if their work environment is toxic. Im sorry your family was mistreated.
Retired Paramedic here, great team work .... if this patient was myself or someone I cared for, this is the kind of team I'd want working on me. No 'one-man- team bursting through the door million miles an hour. Mindful, methodical, observant, great questions, beautiful delegation & team work, anticipating & confirming one another's movements. These guys are well trained & practised. Well done by the reporting person too, keeping it together in a highly stressful and emotional situation handing over relevant / critical information. Well done everyone ❤⚕
pleaseeee, im a MICU nurse who does post arrest care, trust me, there is A TON to do TTM, central lines, balancing sedation/pressors, blood work trending, electrolyte mgmt, neuro status mgmt, tons of drips, family communication....but def shoutout to EMS theyre heros I am amazed at what they can do out there 👏
@@leah_slvmust've hit a sore spot cause this was such a self-righteous comment 😂 i don't think they ACTUALLY meant theres nothing left for the hospital to do
8:15 and 9:20 - I LOVE this call! Stay & play until she’s stabilized rather than the outdated push to load & go. Unfortunately the public doesn’t always understand this, but hopefully through videos like this, they’ll become better educated about the need to get ROSC & stabilize on scene. Exceptionally well done!
This video is 45 minutes long. Usually you want patient at hospital door within 60 minutes of arrest. I get why they stayed on scene post-ROSC to stabilize, but I don’t get why they didn’t start moving sooner after she was in the rig unless it’s a long transport time, which is possible given it’s Texas. I can’t imagine they delayed transport just to swap an iGel for an ET
Follow the research stay and stablize has a much high return to post arest life than load and go. For those saying intubation was a waste of time on sceen, her post arrest lungs say different.
As an Critical Care RN, and a patient for EMS, these Paramedics are the BEST! All units should have the equipment and staffing that these have. I want to thank them for remaining so calm and professional during this critical event. Thank you also to the patient and her family. I hope you are doing well and that they were able to find out why this happened to you! You’ll never know how much hope you’ve given people. Also, the need for EVERYONE to be trained in Basic CPR. This also shows the average person just how much work, knowledge, and training these heroes have. Thank you to ALL EMS! God Bless.
As a lay person, I am in awe. You all worked together like a well oiled machine. Incredible. Thank you to the patient for permitting the usage of this video.
As someone without a medical background, I am deeply moved by this video. There cannot be a profession more important than our first responders and health care workers. Bless you all
Just found this video. Amazing medical staff. I had a widow maker heart attack out of the blue at 42 years of age and was pronounced dead on scene and brought back. These paramedics were just like the ones I had and I thank my paramedics every day. Those medics in this video are a blessing in this world to help all those in need. Amazing job and brought back some hard memories for me. Prayers go out to this person in the video. Reminded me that my family must have seen the same scenario with me as paramedics worked on me. These medics deserve a lot of praise. Keep up the amazing work. Not sure how this female made out and how she is today, but prayers out to her and her family. Sending healing vibes from Arizona.
I wanted to extend my thanks to the patient for agreeing to share this experience. The EMS and FD did a fantastic job. I was a little unsettled watching this because this lady and I are the same age. Thank you again!
I live in Parker County Texas, where this team is based. I am so happy to know that we have this amazing group of first responders working here. Great job!
We are fortunate that the patient was willing to waive HIPAA restrictions to allow this video to be shared for educational purposes. Thank you to all of them🙏
FANTASTIC video! My thanks to the patient and the crew for sharing this. Body cam footage is so powerful. Not just to show a viewer, but also for quality control. Just a great way to debrief a case and relive the call.
It hurts my soul what they are paid. In my city and state they are essentially on par with fast food workers. Theres a mass shortage of workers. The media finally covered it so they raised the pay by like a dollar an hour. big deal
i wish we could make this happen somehow. my dad used to be an EMT and has saved probably hundreds or thousands of lives. he worked his ass off saving people so he can take care of our family, but didnt make much so he wasnt home much when i was young.
What a great job by these ladies and gentleman. On March 13th 2024 I just lost my wife here at home with a massive heart attack. I gave her CPR the best I could for about 17 minutes until the rescue got here. Wasn't able to get her back. I thank the paramedics that tried their hardest to help her but, my dear wife didn't make it. We never know what's in the cards for us so to speak but, I do know these men and women in uniform do their best to save lives. I thank the first responders who worked so hard on my wife. Always indebted to these heroes. God bless all.
so sorry for your loss. i was able to save one of my parents, but ultimately did not survive. you have my sympathies. i'm having a hard time healing from trauma from doing CPR so i hope you've had nothing but peace in that regard.
I am so sorry about your wife. Lost my mom in 2013 the same way. The first responders were amazing. They worked on her for what seemed like hours but in the end, she had different plans.
I don't know if I have ever watched a 45 minute video on youtube before. But this crew was outstanding. Wherever they work, they deserve a raise, cuz as someone who operates alongside of medic units very frequently, these guys put my county's to shame. And I think my people are decent too.
Wow that was amazing. As a former EMT I am in awe of the professionalism and smooth, calm communications used by this team. You are all to be commended. I wish I could buy you all a round! And thanks to the patient and her family for letting us watch these amazing folks do their thing. I wish you many more years of health. God bless you all.
@@ggolds5 Thankfully when working in NYC we rarely had to ever use MAST trousers. By the time you get them on the patient you would already be at the ER.
👏👏👏..speaking as a trauma nurse, that was a thing of BEAUTY! This is a PERFECT example of what excellence in a team looks like. Everyone focused on their role while still maintaining a complete awareness of the big picture, and what was going on around them. It was poetry my friends..BRAVO!
This department legit runs like a very well oiled machine. Excellent communication, cooperation with each other, and nothing but what’s best in patient care from what I see in this video. Great job!
My mom is her 70’s and went into cardiac arrest in front of me at the hospital. They revived her and she coded two more times. My mother is alive and well. It’s the most heartbreaking thing to see your family almost die in front of you. This woman looks so young..I’m glad she survived
in the medical field, it seems like the closer you get to the patients in the field, the less you're seen. you're given less--no lines, no airway, no pulse, no pads, no vitals, no labs, and often no history. and yet these incredibly calm and intelligent people were able to meet a family on what was likely the worst day of their lives and completely changed the trajectory. i used to triage in the ED and interact so briefly with the finest in NYC. thank you EMS for all that you do for the world
I'm making myself watch this to face my fear and most horrific experience. I watched my Mom code in my family room and at the hospital later in the day. I am eternally grateful for those who worked on her. We lost her 6 weeks later. I’ll never be the same.
I know what your going through. My dad died in my arms August 16th 2022. The jab complications. He was 59.. I hate the medical world. They go by a pattern.. my world will forever suck now
Very GOOD EMS video! This brings back the days when I was a EMT in my younger days! This video makes my heart pump faster! This is why I say everyone needs to show love and thanks to all you fire and ems teams! 😊
Commenting from the UK. Great team work. No panic everyone played their part, knew what they were doing and gave the best care possible. A perfect example of how Cardiac Arrest should be managed
That says a lot, as the UK's hospitals, perimedics and Drs are amazing. They have trauma n ER docs that ride to and are directly involved in patient care from arrival on the scene all the way through to hospital. I'm always amazed at the care and professionalism of the patient care there.
@@brandiglover8114 I work in Cornwall and we have a Critical Care Team who respond to the most serious incidents by helicopter or response car. They bring some great skills to the table and their input is always greatly appreciated
Not many years ago, this patient would have been a DOA in the hospital. The advances in equipment, knowledge, training and especially scene management are very impressive. This is what is meant by controlled chaos. 10 different things happening at once, but all in perfect coordination.
Firstly, thank you to the wonderful survivor of this traumatic event to allow this to be aired for others to see and learn from. Secondly, that team was absolutely in-sync with each other, working like a well-oiled machine and dare I say, fine tuned symphony. The chap wearing the body cam (from who's vantage point we saw everything) was so in control, on top of everything and incredibly alert to every single thing that was happening, noticed the air in the line, dispensing narcotics needed, recording everything while never taking his eyes and ears off the patient - down to the absolute minute detail like the fact that she was stacking air giving odd readings. The whole team deserve medals of bravery for how long and hard they fought to successfully bring this lady back to her loved ones.
Those who work in medicine are a God send. Every time I see an ambulance or even drive past a hospital, the thought of someone fighting for their life is the only thing my mind goes to but then I’m remembered that there are literal angels like the ones in this video who are doing what is needed to save those lives.
it’s insane how they are so calm like it’s another day and it’s so casual. incredibly good at their jobs. i’m an EMT/ fire/paramedic student and i hope to live up to this standard.
@@jaydentrammell1148 Where I work in Australia, we average a cardiac arrest a week-often 2 a week. It quickly becomes a well practiced situation. After 27 years I still love this career. Best wishes with your training.
I got the BIGGEST chills seeing the picture afterwards!! This team was amazing. Seems like just another day to them. Talk about a well oiled machine, my God. Keep up the training!!
At first glance it appeared very chaotic but after a few moments you can see this crew operates like a well oiled machine. I love their teamwork - very inspiring!
This was a SYMPHONY of medical responders; a well-oiled machine. I've seen my fair share of codes as an RN, and this was impressive. Teamwork makes an incredible difference in cases like this. Bouncing ideas and prepping for each other; such fluidity. GREAT JOB!
Our Doctors, nurses, EMTs, firefighters, police officers, all medical staff, and military should be paid a WHOLE LOT MORE money for the work they do! These people are AMAZING!
I understand that all of this takes money. That is why I give a donation each and every month on my water bill. I am sure that there are bean counters in every county, city and state who need to watch this video. Funding is so important especially these days when money is tight. These EMT’s , firefighters, nurses, Technicians who keep the wheels turning, all those involved in saving lives need our support. God bless them
I’ve never seen such a remarkable team of professionals working together! This lady looks so young. Thank you medics and God for bringing her back to life.🙏🙏😇
Thank you to this woman and her family for allowing this to be shared. Thank you to EMTs and Paramedics everywhere for what you do. You deserve to be way better paid.
I was a paramedic/firefighter for 12 years. I can, for the most part, remember the locations of all of the full code calls I ever responded to, but for the life of me, I can’t remember working them; it’s all one big blur. I’ve had adrenaline rushes resulting from various incidents or activities I’ve subjected myself to, including 3 unmedicated births, (not by my choice, the main priority of each of my birth plans was to get an epidural) but nothing compares to the adrenaline rush when tones drop for a full code. Awesome teamwork ya’ll!
@@mburke0330 Your memory is far better than mine. Been a paramedic for 26 years, and average 3 cardiac arrests a week. Once I did two back to back. You're absolutely right about them becoming a blur after a while.
I will never forget my first code. The patient was 15 and came in for abdominal pain. We found out that his abdominal pain was being caused by a DAA. Thankfully we saved him, and he came to see us after he recovered. I will never forget how terrified his dad was! Of course, once he coded we had to have them escorted out of the treatment room. His mom held it together pretty well, but our staff had to hold his dad up. He was so worked up and upset he almost had two syncopal episodes. That man turned gray right in front of my eyes. I will never forget that night!
As a volunteer EMT for almsot 15 years, That amazing feeling when you do get a pulse back is unimaginable. And so is the feeling when you have to call it. unfortunately being a First responder in the country has its downfalls. Such a long distance to travel to most calls and another 20 mins or more to the ER. Most of the time the response ETA just takes too long.
@@shreader327 Working in the country is so different to being stationed in an urban area. I spent three years working in a small town here in Australia. I was the only paramedic for 80 miles in one direction, and 238 miles in the other. The furtherest out I got called to was a chest pain 121 miles away, down a corrugated dirt road full of bulldust. It was on a cattle property, and most properties there have their own airstrip. It was a two-hour response time, and another hour for the Flying Doctor's plane (RFDS) to land. Even in our urban areas, 20 minutes to hospital is not that uncommon.
The paramedics in this video are truly angels it shows that they really care about their patients. I hope this lady is doing well thank you to the family for sharing this video. God bless you all❤🙏
This department is stacked with not only staff but also carry infusion pumps, have a lucas, and a portable vent. Great funding. It's truly absurd that paramedics are paid the rate they are when they're doing 4 different ER professions in people's homes.
They are definitely good on equipment, I have to say that they should have taken her top clothing off to have better access and the first firefighter is doing CPR incorrectly
Feeling jealous over here in Australia. We got the Lucas recently (thanks to covid). But not much else
She appears to be young. What happened?
@@kathleendyer672 Cardiac Arrest
@@mckaylariverr149 Yes, that is clearly stated in the title.
As a medic of 25 years, I can say without hesitation these folks are the ones you want coming through the door when you call for help. Professional, educated, solid, psychologically stable, and both confident and humble with each others ideas for treatment.
Great work, so glad your patient is doing so well!!! 😊
pretty awesome that you've been a medic for 25 years!
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Can you tell me why he had his hands in her pants?
@@chocolatezenhe’s checking for a femoral pulse
@@chocolatezenchecking her pulse
First, I want to thank the patient and her family for granting permission to upload this video. I'm so happy she survived and appears to be doing well. First responders...what can I say...your calm teamwork was heroic. I know you'll say it's just your job, but you save lives. That's heroic. Amazing.
These are the folks that should be making millions.....not men playing football and baseball.
Very good point!
@@j.rcoker9051 men playing football and baseball provide way more revenue for their cities that can help funding for everything including first responders. We do need them
Her family didn't give permission from my understanding. She did.
@JamieAug What they meant was that the patient talked it over with her family whether or not to release the video, and ultimately, it was her decision.
This was really hard to watch but I’m so grateful she survived!! I lost my husband of 16 years, just 3 years ago. He’s was only 38 and in great shape too. He went into cardiac arrest driving down the road but let me tell you the fire medics and paramedics worked so hard on the side of the road that night to try to save him. I will never forget them. Months later around Christmas the volunteer FD that ran his call that night showed up at my door with 300.00 in gift cards for me and my 2 boys. I’ll never forget their kindness in one of my darkest times.
Bless you, and I'm so sorry for your loss, sweetie.
My deepest condolences 🙏 He was so young!
Stephanie, I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. You’re in my family’s thoughts tonight and so many others.
Sending love your way - grateful for you and the support team that tried to save your husband.
❤
Now I’m crying. I’m grateful the female patient survived, but my heart is breaking for you Stephanie.
You have my deepest condolences.
ER nurse here. Respect!!! Well oiled machine, no egos, everyone playing their part without breaking from ACLS algorithm and constantly reassessing and cross checking. Wish I could have a team like this every time I have a code. And to do all this out of bags and in people’s homes and/or all stuffed into a tiny box (an ambulance). Exemplary clinicians!! Hats off 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I think they're absolutely amazing! Kudos to you as well! I KNOW that your job isn't easy at all. I have so, so much respect for you and the others who kick everything aside to save lives. I can't even express how thankful I am for people like you. ❤️
Kudos to your team!
Truly Incredible! WOW!
@@SHESajoiner The ACLS algorithm must have changed in the past 30 years. It used to be Shock-shock-shock, Epi, shock, Lido, shock etc. I saw that was partially followed. Maybe all that had been done before the full body cam paramedic got there. I wish someone had given the one guy a break from compressions. I'll have to watch again to see if that hapoened. You could tell he was getting worn out. Compressions for even 2 minutes is tiring!
We need a lot more paramedics who work this hard to bring her back I hope she makes it and knows what they did for her
I had a cardiac arrest in March 2015 at age 57. ~`Nine paramedics in my bedroom saved my life with my husband watching. Forever grateful.
Glad you’re still with us
@@GinaHarrisToo that’s awesome. Im glad your here with us. A big thank you to that responding team.
God Bless you, I’m so glad you are still here.
Glad you’re still with us. A lot of people don’t survive those.
Glad to have you still here with us ma'am.
Do you remember the event before the drop? Or remember anything at all aftermath? I've always been curious bout the event.
If any EMT/Paramedics are reading this…THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO ❤️
💜🙏🏻
Thank you for the appreciation
Honestly a calmer code than some in-hospital ones I've been part of
For real!
That’s because we work with our work partners more than we see our families. It’s easy to do when you don’t need to talk & everyone knows their roles
I have never seen a well run hospital code, usually full of panicking, no one's in charge and the basics aren't being done as they're too busy playing with fancy equipment
tell me about it. Try running a code with a room full of brand-new nurses. Yikes! I never get impatient with any of them because everyone in this field has a starting point. That is how we gain experience and become great at what we do!
@@aliciagrant1166 That's a very strong point that you raise. Even when it's the same attending running the code in the hospital, the pharmacist, respiratory therapist, nurses, students are all different every single time. Less chemistry, worse communication, and I've no doubt seen some poor quality compressions in hospital codes
Paramedics are not paid enough. This team is incredible. Saving a life in someone’s living room. They should make at least $150,000-$200,000 a year! Not $65,000…
Paramedic pay costs money. They should be making that but as soon as you mention higher taxes to pay for critical high-skilled positions, people start rioting.
More like $48k take home for many of these folks... in some areas they work multiple agencies to get more hours a week just to bring home more $ for their familes.
@@DIRTDUMMY1 72 - 96 hours a week and take home about $70k. It would be about $40k if I just did my 48s. 14 years in EMS.
I feel bad for American paramedics. They make almost $50/hr in Canada starting wage.
@@chloeskylar8719Chloe, that is great!
Former Paramedic and RN of 35 years. Best run code I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. Great job and teamwork! Everyone was calm and focussed.
The 35 years of nursing don’t count nurses don’t know what paramedics know and will never do.
I've been a paramedic for 22 years and I have never seen a code/ROSC handled this good. Great work to all involved!!!
Grateful people like this exist. So calm, cool, knowledgeable under extreme pressure.
13 Year Paramedic and I was thinking the same thing! Well oiled machine for sure.
Yes! They are awesome. It was so smooth... great team!
It's a demo - for students.
We train pit crew cpr if everyone knows their positions it runs like a well-oiled machine
This should be mandatory watching in any CPR class. Absolutely perfect real life scenario. Thank you!!!
I agree.. I teach CPR.
Hey Jackie I am from NZ and have never seen AED PADS connected this way.
I have only seen them upper right and lower left across the chest or does this depend with the medics and country .
Craig
@@craigbooker1503I would imagine this way was more to do with the type of defib and pads being used, could also be a policy to do it this way. Upper right and lower left for adults and front/back for children, always on the front/back would prevent mistakes maybe?
@@jenNjuice Thanks 😊 🙏 so much for replying you guys cause that makes sense to me.
Stay safe 🙏 ❤
ALS great team work
I had a sudden cardiac arrest October 2017. They gave my paramedics an award ceremony for saving my life. God bless all paramedics, medical staff and I truly thank everyone involved in my case.
Same here! SCA at 29 while driving in front of an off duty FF who did CPR for 120 mins and got a life saving award
Glad you're still with us! Can you explain what the experience was like, having a NDE?
Super glad you’re still with us
😊😊😊😊❤❤❤
I’m so glad you’re both with us 🙏❤️🩹❤️🩹
Holy crap, this made me tear up, so amazing how this medical team literally brought someone back to life. How inspiring, thank you for saving lives.
Me too …. Gotta lump in my throat for the sadness of it all and a swelling of pride for this absolutely stellar group of, well-organized, well-equipped, and cool-headed people who choose to do this job every day. They are a finely-oiled machine. Thank you for your service.
I agree this is incredible. How far medicine has come and human understanding. I am glued to this content! Amazing job
Still leaking tears
I had a STEMI at 53, was resuscitated in the back of the ambulance, beyond thankful for the paramedics..
Retired ER nurse. This team absolutely AMAZING! I’ve never seen a cardiac arrest handled so well! The knowledge level is beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed! Mind blowing. Thank you for your expert knowledge and amazing calm!!! God bless you!
Knowledge is one piece of the puzzle, it's the calmness with which the CPR is conducted that matters. ER nurses are extremely chaotic in codes (don't follow commands, shout unnecessarily, abandon an already-assigned task, etc.).
Word on the street is in-hospital cardiac arrests are quite disorganized, no matter the facility.
@@melvillefletcher4332 Actually, I find it depends on who runs the code and not JUST nurses. We have to be well versed in ACLS , unfortunately however this is like many ED skills are not taught in nursing school. Quite like with other ER skills. We care for people from cradle to grave which is a large territory. But I appreciate your view point.
BTW meant to ask, have you worked in an ER ?
Most cardiac arrests out of hospital are smooth like this if you have competent providers. We have more than most EDs and everyone knows their roles.
Been RN x 40 yrs (ER, ICU, trauma). Best teamwork I’ve ever seen.
I've been a trauma nurse for 10 years! I absolutely love it and my team. I can't wait to say I have been doing this for as long as you have! I am sure you have seen it all! I would love to sit down with you and share experiences! I have some stories to tell. Some of my favorite cases are the elderly trauma patients. Some of them are so cute and hilarious!
Indeed. This was a very calmly conducted CPR. Hospital RNs are extremely chaotic under pressure (don't follow commands, shout unnecessarily, abandon an already-assigned task, etc.).
best team work you've ever seen and you work in a trauma hospital? Wow. What a poor hospital it must be. I work in a regional center and the vast majority of codes in department are smooth like this. It's our everyday bread & butter.
That’s because you’re a nurse that’s how we work codes in EMS
@@melvillefletcher4332 we had pre-assigned tasks to the floor nurses during each trauma code. Scribe couldn’t write and absorb fast enough. Blood warmer nurse rarely used. As Trauma Clinical Leader I have to review each chart. It was terrible - these nurses wanted to leave ASAP. I’m in ME now but in DE & FL RT were expected to just proceed with intubation. Anyway, I loved trauma too.
Whole damn hospital in her living room. Well funded department ❤ best wishes to patient and family.
except they get paid half what people in actual hospitals get paid unfortunately
@@smurfdaddy420 a sad reality indeed
@@smurfdaddy420they don't do it for the money, they do it to help people ❤
@@Robert-ws3mk But they deserve the money.
@@SraTacoMal couldn't agree more
As a retired Register Nurse who worked on the cardiac unit, this brings back soooo many memoirs! I have performed more codes than I care to remember, but what a feeling it is when you actually save somebody and actually get to see them WALK out of the hospital, returning to their loved ones!! 😊 Thank you to the EMTs, Firemen, and all First Responses and everyone else involved in your heroic efforts in saving lives!! ❤😇 You are each Superheros!!!
That's got to be the most rewarding sense of accomplishment at the end of a hard day's work. Thank you for your service!
Being a nurse and watching this makes me miss nursing. I am retired and believe me you never stop being a nurse. Just knowing you helped someone like this lady makes my heart feel good. The person leading this code is the bomb they are working as a unit.They are doing everything an emergency room can do without all of the nonsense.
Same here only I'm near to retirement. Been in home care for a long time. This made me almost miss being in a code. It's a wonderful thing to help save a life.
Sometimes I miss nursing, too.
Me too. Sometimes I miss it.
Thank you for being a nurse and for all the people you helped over the years.
@@swtlisa Thank you for being a nurse.
Randomly realized that one of the EMT's in the video is an old friend from my teenage years. Cool to see he ended up in the fire dept like he talked about.
Serendipity 🥰
One of my college classmates is a captain of a fire department. I am vicariously proud of him, he worked so hard to get there.
It's like watching a ballet. Professional, graceful & wonderfully executed. The flow was fluid. 1st responders at their finest.
they were all so knowledgeable
Well said!❤
I beg to differ. Too casual, slow to analyze and shock.
@Bill.R.124 AHA recommendation less than 10 seconds from stop to start of compressions. They hit that mark every time. So even if they could speed up, they still met the metrics.
You can always critique a call...but it needs to be noted that they did amazing and had a great outcome.
And so respectful to each other ❤️
These heroes are sooo underpaid. Working a code in someone’s living room.. unbelievable. May God continue to give peace and encouragement to these heroes!
Ditto, they are amazing.
$70,000-$80,000 isn’t Pennie’s but I sort of agree
@1990sDialUpWeb
Paramedics make 18 an hour where I live, in a very rich county too. I make 17.58 an hour being a barista, unskilled labour. It is ridiculous that paramedics make merely cents more than I do when they do so much more work!
Sport players / RUclipsrs making millions I don’t understand this world sometimes
@@hedonisticmisanthropewhere’s that? I only make $19 and hour
Heart attack survivor here. No CPR but the fire department and rescue personnel definitely saved my ass. All respect!
My paramedic career was many years ago, mostly before the bloodbourne pathogen standard. I am so proud of these men and women. Enough cannot be said about their professionalism running this code. Thank you and keep up the good work!
I had a cardiac arrest and the police, fire, ems , and others all came and saved my life
I’m here today because of them
Thank you to all our first responders ❤
How paramedics and first responders don’t make more money is beyond me. They clearly do this out of passion for helping people. Great job team! I think people forget the trauma of what they see all the time. It can’t be easy. I was married to a fire fighter and they had their ways of dealing with it. Thank you for what you do!!
Depends on where you work, and what type of system. I'm in a west coast department, and make a extremely good salary. $200K/year (with overtime) is very easy to achieve.
@@chrisreed3435same here. We make great money in Florida as medics. You can make 150k with 2 years of schooling.
@@chrisreed3435are you a doctor? Paramedics in my area make $18/hr….
FACTS. Most places, the pay is crap. That just proves how much these people care about helping people to do this kind of work for such crap pay.
not to mention the majority of fire/ems personell do it for free
Thanks to the patient and her family for allowing this to be shown
You saved her life. Your all every single one- absolute hero’s.
I worked in EMS for several yrs…. Have run a couple hundred full arrest, with only a few saves!! This is an amazingly well run code!! This team of EMS, firefighters, and Law Enforcement should all be commended!! To top it all off, this was a SAVE!!!! Way to go…. This video should be shown in all EMS classes!! Goodness…. So good!!
Oh God I didnt know the odds on resuss were so low !
@@hennagal7360 keep in mind this was in the 80’s and 90’s. The survival odds may be a bit higher today with the advances in ALS protocols!! In 2021, there was a 9.1 % chance of being sent home after a full arrest…. Not very good odds..
As a new nurse I was able to call everything they were going to do next and that was a cool feeling knowing that I could be part of the team and keep up with the flow. You all are amazing. So cool to see how much you do in the field.
Thank you for becoming a nurse! You will touch so many lives...😍
This is how we could all be...
@@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blushnot all.
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE THESE GUYS! THEY SAVED MY MOM AND GOT HER TO THE HOSPITAL, SHE LIVED LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET FROM BATON ROUGE TO SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA! I THANK GOD FOR THAT BIT OF TIME, I TOLD HER HOW MUCH I LOVED HER! AND SHE TOLD ME TOO! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU GUYS, YOU ARE MY HEROS, I
COULD NOT HAVE THAT PRECIOUS TIME WITH YOUR HELP! MAY GOD WALK WITH ALL AS YOU ARE AMONG ALL OUR HEROS! GO WITH GODS PROTECTION! THANK YOU FROM ALL AMERICANS ! 🙏🏻🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🙏🏻👏👏👏👏👏😇
So is this your mom?
@@KCAHerbalistno. This lady is still alive. He was generalizing.
Uhh that isn’t America flag
@@chill5464close enough
As an RN, I can tell you that this EMS crew did a fantastic job of saving this woman’s life. It is one helluva job to do compressions for that long, until you finally have a rhythm.
SO glad this lady lived!
My old cpr trainer and a crew of first responders were on vacation in the mountains. Long story short, one of them went into arrest, and the other 4 did cpr for hours before the rescue could get there. He lived. Cpr saves lives. Congratulations to all of them ❤
My fiancè saved my life by doing chest compressions for 10 minutes until EMS arrived. They got stuck at the gate for a few minutes. I want to hug him every time I think about it how hard it must have been for him 😭
Amazing that one paramedic with the body cam knew exactly where everything was and what was needed and use it appropriately. Very well trained. Everyone of those paramedics worked together. Amazing to watch.
He's probably a supervisor or advanced paramedic
Well, he should know we're everything is they train to know where it all is everything has its place as if it's not what good are you if you're looking for something and you can't find it, that could cost someone their life.
Almost as if it was staged!
@@HerbertTowers no lmao, we just train our asses off.
Kinda goes with the territory.
Ret. vol FF apparatus engineer/First Responder, and even responding as an ambo driver, just like on the pumper or ladder truck I usually drove, I had to know what was where and how it might be used when. I may not have had the training and expertise to physically use everything on the ambo, but had to know where to find it for the crew members that did.
I’m a telemetry nurse and we had a bad code yesterday I was doing chest compressions…the man passed. Healthcare is not for the weak.
This is ACLS at its finest and the most put together, knowledgeable and calm group of EMS I've ever seen. PURE EXCELLENCE!!
This video NEEDS to be included in all ACLS classes! The mannequins and "mock mega codes" taught in hospitals are so unrealistic. This video showed how a perfect code is ran. GREAT JOB!!
Paramedics…entirely underrated. SUPERSTARS. ❤ respect!
3:13 for anyone who doesn’t know, the sound of the drill right here _is_ actually a drill. They’re doing an IO infusion which is essentially an “IV” directly into the bone. It’s amazing to watch and even cooler to do.
Appreciate that knowledge!
Wow. Thanks for that. Had no idea.
Yup. Into the bone marrow. I prefer direct IV access first than IO… (Paramedic) I wouldn’t go straight to an i-gel, but that might be their protocol… but it’s a great team effort! They did achieve ROSC 😊 BUT, they’re on scene WAY to long
Oh Wow, I literally don't have any easy access veins except for neck and groin so always wondered what they do in theses types of cases
@@ccarlton5830Why do you say on scene too long?
More of these!! Please! As a current EMT-B student with professors/lectures that do not inspire, and do not make use of visual aids like so many students like myself NEED to properly solidify information.. This was such a good learning experience!! It helped me better understand the ‘why and how’ component of the technical information I’ve had crammed into my head.
I feel more confident going into the field having seen the reality of how knowledgeable professionals work. Even the tiny pro tip that came from troubleshooting the stacked ETC02 was hugely beneficial. For the pro’s, it may seem a trivial/obvious thing; to us newbs nervous as hell to start working on dying people, it’s invaluable!
Encore!
I was thinking the same thing! All my training and all the things I learned don't even come close to how this video has educated me. They need to be showing things like this into every first aid training.
Thank you for choosing this "thankless" career. We need you in the world, and many more like you. I appreciate you!
I was an EMT and I have to say, I didn't think they were going to be able to save this victim. Her pulmonary was zip. Zero. Not getting any kind of heartbeat at all. They did an amazing job saving her life. Great job guys! ❤
She was knocking on heavens door , but no-one answered. She looked gone .Its a fine line between life and death !.Maybe her fitness from working out ,helped her heart to get going again .
What a friggin' example of pure professionalism and teamwork. Outstanding job.
This would be a good training video for many departments. Much better than the fake ones we usually watch.
Thanks to the patient who allowed this released. Great job to all who worked on her.
I agree the people we have here in my town considered EMTs are a joke
@@NatureRocks. no where did I down anyone in the profession. But the training videos here we watch for renewal are outdated & sometimes not accurate enough. It’s great when patients allow others to use them as examples.
@@crazyCat72Weaver didn't say you did. I'm just saying what has been my experience with the ones in my town they need this training
My Father suffered cardiac arrest shortly after his 50th birthday. He did not survive due to underlying conditions, but his team of first responders fought hard. Had his underlying conditions not been a factor I'm confident they would have saved him. I'm grateful to them and all first responders. Thank you! Thank you to the patient for allowing this to be shared!
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So sorry for your loss. I promise you as a retired paramedic, we feel every loss. I pray God gives y'all comfort.
What were the underlying conditions?
What the underlying factor chronic high blood pressure
When I did a ride along with paramedics in my town. A woman was saying it was really hard to breathe, they said she had to go down her porch steps. They dropped her because she couldn’t support her weight and they yelled at her for not working with them.
These paramedics in the video are angels
We need more people like this
SUGGESTION: Send this video to them n say FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES...❤
My mother was in extreme pain from cancer that Dr’s weren’t able to find yet. One paramedic was insisting she walk down the few front steps even though she was 89, & weighed 95lbs. I’ll never understand why she had no empathy. Luckily, all the other times she needed an ambulance everyone was very professional.
@@susanb.4965the profession can burn you out, specially if they are understaffed and unsupported. EMTS are humans too and they will lose their empathy if their work environment is toxic. Im sorry your family was mistreated.
@@Paula-fd6lj I totally understand what you’re saying and really appreciate the way you explained it. ✨💖✨
@@susanb.4965 😊
Retired Paramedic here, great team work .... if this patient was myself or someone I cared for, this is the kind of team I'd want working on me. No 'one-man- team bursting through the door million miles an hour. Mindful, methodical, observant, great questions, beautiful delegation & team work, anticipating & confirming one another's movements. These guys are well trained & practised. Well done by the reporting person too, keeping it together in a highly stressful and emotional situation handing over relevant / critical information.
Well done everyone ❤⚕
Nothing left for the hospital to do. They even intubated in the ambulance! I'm so impressed!
pleaseeee, im a MICU nurse who does post arrest care, trust me, there is A TON to do
TTM, central lines, balancing sedation/pressors, blood work trending, electrolyte mgmt, neuro status mgmt, tons of drips, family communication....but def shoutout to EMS theyre heros I am amazed at what they can do out there 👏
@@leah_slvmust've hit a sore spot cause this was such a self-righteous comment 😂 i don't think they ACTUALLY meant theres nothing left for the hospital to do
@@tigbittygf A misunderstanding, maybe. Self-righteousness? Don’t think so.
@lebojay wow these medics are amazing, what a sour attitude.
@@tigbittygf no for real I'm impressed with them. No self righteousness here. It takes a team.
Paramedics, Firefighters, You all are amazing people.
8:15 and 9:20 - I LOVE this call! Stay & play until she’s stabilized rather than the outdated push to load & go. Unfortunately the public doesn’t always understand this, but hopefully through videos like this, they’ll become better educated about the need to get ROSC & stabilize on scene. Exceptionally well done!
This video is 45 minutes long. Usually you want patient at hospital door within 60 minutes of arrest. I get why they stayed on scene post-ROSC to stabilize, but I don’t get why they didn’t start moving sooner after she was in the rig unless it’s a long transport time, which is possible given it’s Texas. I can’t imagine they delayed transport just to swap an iGel for an ET
Follow the research stay and stablize has a much high return to post arest life than load and go. For those saying intubation was a waste of time on sceen, her post arrest lungs say different.
@@mullencat2 Is this why they didn’t start driving after they got her into the ambulance?
@@erinparks7368 Yea I thought they were mobile right when they loaded her and was thinking how smooth that ride was... Guess not lol
Take your time.
As an Critical Care RN, and a patient for EMS, these Paramedics are the BEST! All units should have the equipment and staffing that these have. I want to thank them for remaining so calm and professional during this critical event. Thank you also to the patient and her family. I hope you are doing well and that they were able to find out why this happened to you! You’ll never know how much hope you’ve given people. Also, the need for EVERYONE to be trained in Basic CPR. This also shows the average person just how much work, knowledge, and training these heroes have. Thank you to ALL EMS! God Bless.
As a lay person, I am in awe. You all worked together like a well oiled machine. Incredible. Thank you to the patient for permitting the usage of this video.
The medic running the call is INSANELY great.
I was thinking the same..Better than any doc..and my background was CCU ER
As someone without a medical background, I am deeply moved by this video. There cannot be a profession more important than our first responders and health care workers. Bless you all
This is incredible. Blows my mind. They brought her back to life. Thank you to all the paramedics and hospital staff.
Just found this video. Amazing medical staff. I had a widow maker heart attack out of the blue at 42 years of age and was pronounced dead on scene and brought back. These paramedics were just like the ones I had and I thank my paramedics every day. Those medics in this video are a blessing in this world to help all those in need. Amazing job and brought back some hard memories for me. Prayers go out to this person in the video. Reminded me that my family must have seen the same scenario with me as paramedics worked on me. These medics deserve a lot of praise. Keep up the amazing work. Not sure how this female made out and how she is today, but prayers out to her and her family. Sending healing vibes from Arizona.
I wanted to extend my thanks to the patient for agreeing to share this experience. The EMS and FD did a fantastic job. I was a little unsettled watching this because this lady and I are the same age. Thank you again!
I live in Parker County Texas, where this team is based. I am so happy to know that we have this amazing group of first responders working here. Great job!
Howdy neighbor! Lol
I grew up in Parker County, Azle, to be exact.
I love to know they are from here. I live in DFW. What a team! I’m just in awe!!!
very glad to hear it was the patient who consented and not her next of kin, wishing her a speedy recovery
ran beautifully, perfect communication from everyone and a very good example of how a code should go
Hospital RNs can learn a lot from watching a calmly run code like this video.
We are fortunate that the patient was willing to waive HIPAA restrictions to allow this video to be shared for educational purposes. Thank you to all of them🙏
FANTASTIC video! My thanks to the patient and the crew for sharing this. Body cam footage is so powerful. Not just to show a viewer, but also for quality control. Just a great way to debrief a case and relive the call.
Now I know what goes on in a home and ambulance with Paramedics and there patients. Amazing work. What a bunch of heroes! 👏✌️🇺🇸
Taylor, Brooke, Ross and the rest of the paramedics and fire fighters doing their best dandy work to save this woman's life!!! Bravo Team!!! 👏🏻 ☺️
These guys and gals should make $100-150k a year easily for being the make or brake for patients
Even more
It hurts my soul what they are paid. In my city and state they are essentially on par with fast food workers. Theres a mass shortage of workers. The media finally covered it so they raised the pay by like a dollar an hour. big deal
These workers and officers need more considering they put their life at risk every day in order to help others
i wish we could make this happen somehow. my dad used to be an EMT and has saved probably hundreds or thousands of lives. he worked his ass off saving people so he can take care of our family, but didnt make much so he wasnt home much when i was young.
I agree. Crazy how the rich get richer but these guys are working hard and even risking their lives
What a great job by these ladies and gentleman. On March 13th 2024 I just lost my wife here at home with a massive heart attack. I gave her CPR the best I could for about 17 minutes until the rescue got here. Wasn't able to get her back. I thank the paramedics that tried their hardest to help her but, my dear wife didn't make it. We never know what's in the cards for us so to speak but, I do know these men and women in uniform do their best to save lives. I thank the first responders who worked so hard on my wife. Always indebted to these heroes. God bless all.
So sorry you lost your wife.
so sorry for your loss. i was able to save one of my parents, but ultimately did not survive. you have my sympathies. i'm having a hard time healing from trauma from doing CPR so i hope you've had nothing but peace in that regard.
I'm so very sorry 🤍
I’m so sorry for your loss.
I am so sorry about your wife. Lost my mom in 2013 the same way. The first responders were amazing. They worked on her for what seemed like hours but in the end, she had different plans.
I’d rather be under the care of these wonderfully competent guys than many doctors I’ve encountered. They are outstanding. God Bless you all.
I don't know if I have ever watched a 45 minute video on youtube before. But this crew was outstanding. Wherever they work, they deserve a raise, cuz as someone who operates alongside of medic units very frequently, these guys put my county's to shame. And I think my people are decent too.
These are the people who should be paid the big bucks. Not athletes who play children sports and simply kick or throw a ball around
absolutely.....As a people we are back asswords.
don't hate the players hate the game
Absolutely!!
@strangebrew1231 guess they should start selling ad space tickets to cardiac events and merchandise 🤡
Then it would become corrupted.
Wow that was amazing. As a former EMT I am in awe of the professionalism and smooth, calm communications used by this team. You are all to be commended. I wish I could buy you all a round! And thanks to the patient and her family for letting us watch these amazing folks do their thing. I wish you many more years of health. God bless you all.
As an "old school" Paramedic from the late 90's I am super jealous of all the new gear.
Y'all saved me a number of times in the 90s, new gear or not! Thank you!
Amazing isn't it, and what ever happened to MAST trousers?. This was an amazing crew.
@@ggolds5 Thankfully when working in NYC we rarely had to ever use MAST trousers. By the time you get them on the patient you would already be at the ER.
By the sounds of it, you’d think you guys were using leeches, Opium and blood letting 😂
@@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ha!!
👏👏👏..speaking as a trauma nurse, that was a thing of BEAUTY! This is a PERFECT example of what excellence in a team looks like. Everyone focused on their role while still maintaining a complete awareness of the big picture, and what was going on around them. It was poetry my friends..BRAVO!
This department legit runs like a very well oiled machine. Excellent communication, cooperation with each other, and nothing but what’s best in patient care from what I see in this video. Great job!
My mom is her 70’s and went into cardiac arrest in front of me at the hospital. They revived her and she coded two more times. My mother is alive and well. It’s the most heartbreaking thing to see your family almost die in front of you. This woman looks so young..I’m glad she survived
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@fghyjhku Did they find out why?
in the medical field, it seems like the closer you get to the patients in the field, the less you're seen. you're given less--no lines, no airway, no pulse, no pads, no vitals, no labs, and often no history. and yet these incredibly calm and intelligent people were able to meet a family on what was likely the worst day of their lives and completely changed the trajectory. i used to triage in the ED and interact so briefly with the finest in NYC. thank you EMS for all that you do for the world
I'm making myself watch this to face my fear and most horrific experience. I watched my Mom code in my family room and at the hospital later in the day. I am eternally grateful for those who worked on her. We lost her 6 weeks later. I’ll never be the same.
It’s traumatic for the family and them. My mom thought she fell asleep 😢. Hugs to you and your family
I'm so sorry for your loss, all my love to you and your family
Hope you’re doing better my friend! Stay strong she will always be with you ! 🙏
I know what your going through. My dad died in my arms August 16th 2022. The jab complications. He was 59.. I hate the medical world. They go by a pattern.. my world will forever suck now
@@4runnerManco rip to your pops ! Stay strong friend 🙏
They're like mobile doctors. These folks deserve better pay for that profession.
Very GOOD EMS video! This brings back the days when I was a EMT in my younger days! This video makes my heart pump faster! This is why I say everyone needs to show love and thanks to all you fire and ems teams! 😊
Commenting from the UK. Great team work. No panic everyone played their part, knew what they were doing and gave the best care possible. A perfect example of how Cardiac Arrest should be managed
So impressed, very calm and professional, everone knowing their parts.
That says a lot, as the UK's hospitals, perimedics and Drs are amazing. They have trauma n ER docs that ride to and are directly involved in patient care from arrival on the scene all the way through to hospital. I'm always amazed at the care and professionalism of the patient care there.
@@brandiglover8114 I work in Cornwall and we have a Critical Care Team who respond to the most serious incidents by helicopter or response car. They bring some great skills to the table and their input is always greatly appreciated
@@brandiglover8114I was about to say, the NHS has really set a high bar! They are excellent.
Outstanding. This should be shown and studied in every classroom.
These men and women in this video are absolutely heroes! Thank you for your service! You guys are out there saving lives keep it up!
Not many years ago, this patient would have been a DOA in the hospital.
The advances in equipment, knowledge, training and especially scene management are very impressive. This is what is meant by controlled chaos. 10 different things happening at once, but all in perfect coordination.
This is by far the calmest CPR i have ever seen! The team did a awesome job and i hope that they get recognized for it❤
This team works amazing together. All present and future medics need to work like this.
Firstly, thank you to the wonderful survivor of this traumatic event to allow this to be aired for others to see and learn from. Secondly, that team was absolutely in-sync with each other, working like a well-oiled machine and dare I say, fine tuned symphony. The chap wearing the body cam (from who's vantage point we saw everything) was so in control, on top of everything and incredibly alert to every single thing that was happening, noticed the air in the line, dispensing narcotics needed, recording everything while never taking his eyes and ears off the patient - down to the absolute minute detail like the fact that she was stacking air giving odd readings. The whole team deserve medals of bravery for how long and hard they fought to successfully bring this lady back to her loved ones.
Those who work in medicine are a God send. Every time I see an ambulance or even drive past a hospital, the thought of someone fighting for their life is the only thing my mind goes to but then I’m remembered that there are literal angels like the ones in this video who are doing what is needed to save those lives.
it’s insane how they are so calm like it’s another day and it’s so casual. incredibly good at their jobs. i’m an EMT/ fire/paramedic student and i hope to live up to this standard.
You have recognized and acknowledged their proficiency and you have stated that is how you strive to be. You will be amazing!
Good luck with your training!
@@jaydentrammell1148 Where I work in Australia, we average a cardiac arrest a week-often 2 a week. It quickly becomes a well practiced situation. After 27 years I still love this career. Best wishes with your training.
I got the BIGGEST chills seeing the picture afterwards!! This team was amazing. Seems like just another day to them. Talk about a well oiled machine, my God. Keep up the training!!
All of these firefighters and paramedics were amazing! Shout out to the lady paramedic who intubated. She was on it.
At first glance it appeared very chaotic but after a few moments you can see this crew operates like a well oiled machine. I love their teamwork - very inspiring!
The amount of gear they carry in those ambulances is amazing.
This was a SYMPHONY of medical responders; a well-oiled machine. I've seen my fair share of codes as an RN, and this was impressive. Teamwork makes an incredible difference in cases like this. Bouncing ideas and prepping for each other; such fluidity. GREAT JOB!
Our Doctors, nurses, EMTs, firefighters, police officers, all medical staff, and military should be paid a WHOLE LOT MORE money for the work they do! These people are AMAZING!
They are the human foundation of our society, we do take them for granted.
I agree 💯.But the world wants to pay sports people all the money 💰
I understand that all of this takes money. That is why I give a donation each and every month on my water bill. I am sure that there are bean counters in every county, city and state who need to watch this video. Funding is so important especially these days when money is tight. These EMT’s , firefighters, nurses, Technicians who keep the wheels turning, all those involved in saving lives need our support. God bless them
As a Cardiac RN this was a great run, amazing teamwork. Good job guys.
I’ve never seen such a remarkable team of professionals working together! This lady looks so young. Thank you medics and God for bringing her back to life.🙏🙏😇
I was a emt/paramedic for almost 15 years before becoming an RN. This team is superb and did a marvelous job. So calm and worked together so well.
These guys are absolutely amazing in their care. It’s just beautiful
Thank you to this woman and her family for allowing this to be shared. Thank you to EMTs and Paramedics everywhere for what you do. You deserve to be way better paid.
The professionalism, calm, steady, timely care is awe inspiring. What a example of wonderful care. Well done!
I was a paramedic/firefighter for 12 years. I can, for the most part, remember the locations of all of the full code calls I ever responded to, but for the life of me, I can’t remember working them; it’s all one big blur. I’ve had adrenaline rushes resulting from various incidents or activities I’ve subjected myself to, including 3 unmedicated births, (not by my choice, the main priority of each of my birth plans was to get an epidural) but nothing compares to the adrenaline rush when tones drop for a full code. Awesome teamwork ya’ll!
@@mburke0330 Your memory is far better than mine. Been a paramedic for 26 years, and average 3 cardiac arrests a week. Once I did two back to back. You're absolutely right about them becoming a blur after a while.
I will never forget my first code. The patient was 15 and came in for abdominal pain. We found out that his abdominal pain was being caused by a DAA. Thankfully we saved him, and he came to see us after he recovered. I will never forget how terrified his dad was! Of course, once he coded we had to have them escorted out of the treatment room. His mom held it together pretty well, but our staff had to hold his dad up. He was so worked up and upset he almost had two syncopal episodes. That man turned gray right in front of my eyes. I will never forget that night!
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As a volunteer EMT for almsot 15 years, That amazing feeling when you do get a pulse back is unimaginable. And so is the feeling when you have to call it. unfortunately being a First responder in the country has its downfalls. Such a long distance to travel to most calls and another 20 mins or more to the ER. Most of the time the response ETA just takes too long.
@@shreader327 Working in the country is so different to being stationed in an urban area. I spent three years working in a small town here in Australia. I was the only paramedic for 80 miles in one direction, and 238 miles in the other. The furtherest out I got called to was a chest pain 121 miles away, down a corrugated dirt road full of bulldust. It was on a cattle property, and most properties there have their own airstrip. It was a two-hour response time, and another hour for the Flying Doctor's plane (RFDS) to land. Even in our urban areas, 20 minutes to hospital is not that uncommon.
Hats off to this exceptional crew and all first responders! Many of us might not be here without them!
Outstanding! You saved her life. I’m in awe of you all. ❤️👍🏻🙏🏻
This gives me hope, so much hope. The great people who live among us. Incredible. God bless this woman and these paramedics.
The paramedics in this video are truly angels it shows that they really care about their patients. I hope this lady is doing well thank you to the family for sharing this video. God bless you all❤🙏