My Solution Journal Analysis

My Solution Journal
Mario Herrera
PHL/458
November 14, 2014
Noel Sherry
My Solution Journal
Entry 1
My personal challenge was a recent 911 call received by our fire station. The call was a medical call that was as challenging as I could possibly imagine. The call came in around 3 a.m. to an unconscious unresponsive 34 year old male that was in the middle of the street while the reporting party was at the scene administering CPR. On a particular call like this one it’s of the utmost importance to start my creative thinking process prior to even getting to the scene. Curiosity is also an important component that must be put in play to draw up an image of the situation even before we get to the scene. The only way to produce such images
As I approached the scene I was observant of my surroundings and the time of the day. I noticed all the many imperfections of the scene starting with the location of the victim. I noticed the dissatisfactions of the reporting party. I searched for causes by asking the reporting party and bystanders for information in regards to how this individual ended up in the middle of the street and if anyone knew the individual. Getting that information would allow me to further know what exactly happened to the individual including obtaining medical history pertinent to the individual. I was sensitive to implications as soon as I saw that the bystanders were related to the individual. As my crew began to work on the individual I noticed many issues and problems that were producing controversy. The scene itself didn’t make scene from the patient location to injuries that we assessed as we provided patient
I know the reporting party is definitely hiding the cause of the problem simply because of his non-verbal actions and his statements. After speaking with family I found out the patient is healthier than most 34yr old males and has no medical history. This alerts me that the reporting party stating he just lost conscious, is highly doubtful. Reporting party also stated the patient had done cocaine in the bathroom earlier that evening. That lets me know the patient had been drinking and drugs were involved. I knew alcohol was involved because I could smell the alcohol on breath. As I further interrogated reporting party he stated the patient fell down earlier in the night right before they got into the truck leaving the bar. This was the key to my last question of why was there blood coming from the ears of the patient. Blood coming from the ears is a sign of severe head trauma which may explain the blood from the ears. Knowing this information was crucial not only to investigation but more importantly it allowed us to properly treat the patient. After it was all said and done I was able to solve the problem that became an issue by strategically analyzing the information and using the many techniques of my thinking