[MR] Pennsic Chirurgeonate/EMS

[Martha Wallenhorst]

Evan, you are lucky.  One lady from our camp was taken up there, not
sweating, had been drinking water, shaky, etc and was given an ice pack and
sent back.  They did not ask her her pills or any history.  She is 72 and
had a severe kidney malfunction two years ago.  She told them that and they
had no idea what do but give her an ice pack.  They told her to keep
drinking water and she would be fine.  By 3 am she was going into congestive
heart failure because her kidneys had stopped functioning due to a pill she
takes.  At Butler hospital they told her she had water toxicity on top of
it.  They gave her a potassium drip and several other things before they
released her.  They said the emt's on site could have found it in the
afternoon and that it was horrid that she had to go through this when it was
totally unnecessary.  Between the two visits to the chirugeons we called her
daughters to come and get her.  
So not everyone had a good experience with the chirugeons this year.
Annejke

Scripssit Andreas:
> I am pleased to report that the populace of Atlantia can feel safe and 
> sound with regards to the new Chirurgeonate/EMS arrangement at Pennsic.

This year was the first time I'd ever had to go to the Point for a medical
issue. (The "leaking Sharpie incident" from a few years ago doesn't
count.) From my limited perspective I can report that everything went
smoothly. The EMS crew quickly ascertained that I needed to see one of the
MD's on duty, though it wasn't a time-critical thing. So while I waited for
one of the doctors to be available, the Chirurgeon in Charge came over and
asked some Pennsic-specific questions. We concluded that I'd caught the cold
that was going around at Land Grab, which the dusty conditions of the first
week had aggravated, but that it was definitely something for the EMS team
to deal with. At that point the doctor came over, who soon diagnosed me with
a secondary infection (sinusitis/bronchitis) and sent me off with a
perscription for antibiotics.

So at least in my case, I can say that everything went well. It seems that
they may have come up with an SOP that works nicely.

Evan
not a chirurgeon, but knows a lot of them (also grateful for everything the
chirurgeons and EMS do at Pennsic)
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