http://www.rhmedicclass.com/index.php/midazolam/ I started his blog while in the Paramedic Class in order to share my class notes. I’ve since graduated and now hope to post regularly with articles I find interesting as well as call anecdotes and reviews. Comments always welcome. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.rhmedicclass.com/index.php/midazolam/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Midazolam Bruised Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:03:35 +0000 http://208.70.248.239/?p=25#comment-848 The risk of paramedics using Midazolam is that hospitalists managing Emergency Centers ignore or are unskilled about the side effects in heart beat, breathing and memory. Newport Beach paramedics sedated a person with a dosage too great for the body weight and the incident circumstances. Pacific Hospitalists Associates at Hoag Hospital administered Arctic Hyperthermia to put the person into a coma with a 18-day recovery and 20 lb. weight loss. Dr. Weston Chandler M.D., President of PacificHospitalists.com reported that the patient could not identify himself and had knee bruises from falling. The bruises were actually from the gurney straps by paramedics and three days in the Hoag Emergency Center. Dr. Chandler also reported that the patient tried to remove the intubation tubes. Today the Midazolam victim still has a scar on the cheek from over-tightening the intubation tube. Bruised and scarred can be the outcome of Midazolam used in the field by paramedics outside of evidence-based guidelines of medical professionals. The risk of paramedics using Midazolam is that hospitalists managing Emergency Centers ignore or are unskilled about the side effects in heart beat, breathing and memory. Newport Beach paramedics sedated a person with a dosage too great for the body weight and the incident circumstances. Pacific Hospitalists Associates at Hoag Hospital administered Arctic Hyperthermia to put the person into a coma with a 18-day recovery and 20 lb. weight loss. Dr. Weston Chandler M.D., President of PacificHospitalists.com reported that the patient could not identify himself and had knee bruises from falling. The bruises were actually from the gurney straps by paramedics and three days in the Hoag Emergency Center. Dr. Chandler also reported that the patient tried to remove the intubation tubes. Today the Midazolam victim still has a scar on the cheek from over-tightening the intubation tube. Bruised and scarred can be the outcome of Midazolam used in the field by paramedics outside of evidence-based guidelines of medical professionals.

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