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1. Tips on securing a nasal ETT! and other advise :)

   alabamaparamedic replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in CRNA

   Hmmm...use roller gauze, loop it around the tube, then loop it around his head?

2. Watch your manners please..

   alabamaparamedic replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'd like to believe it was a misunderstanding...while my fellow paramedics and I can have a morbid sense of humor, we reserve jokes for when we are in private. I've been working EMS for 5 years, and I have never heard anyone say anything that inappro...

3. What's the deal with ER?

   alabamaparamedic replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric

   I can see where you would be frustrated...all I can do is offer my perspective. As far as the "sets of EMS"...generally, there should only be two people, and those are the people transporting the patient. The person you need to give report to is the...

4. Impersonating a nurse

   alabamaparamedic replied to Elleveein's topic in Professionalism

   I've ran into that before...in a purely "doctor's office" setting, it's hard to tell the difference based on skills or procedures performed. I've seen that glazed over look in many patients eyes, as I try to patiently explain. All you can do is gentl...

5. What's the deal with ER?

   alabamaparamedic replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric

   Coming from an EMS perspective, sometimes we appear distracted, but that's usually because we're performing our own assessment, taking notes from what you're telling us, directing the actions of our junior partners, rearranging furniture in the room ...

6. Impersonating a nurse

   alabamaparamedic replied to Elleveein's topic in Professionalism

   Forgive me for this, as I'm not a nurse, but I worked 2 years as a medical assistant. Never called myself "nurse", and would always correct patients who referred to me as such. I don't think very many patients understood the difference, although I tr...

7. Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

   alabamaparamedic replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

   One of the nurses at my local ER has a pretty pronounced stutter...she's also one of the better nurses there, and certainly one of the most compassionate ones. I believe she's actually trying to become a nurse practitioner as well. I guess what I'm ...

8. Sharing prescriptions of non narcotic medications

   alabamaparamedic replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in General Nursing

   Just a suggestion: I had a ridiculously expensive not-available-in-generic prescription...the dosage came in 10mg and 20mg concentrations...although I was prescribed the 10mg dosage, my physician was kind enough to write for the 20 mg dosage and spe...

9. Help me understand

   alabamaparamedic replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

   From what I understand, there's a fairly significant rate of brain bleeds, even when TPA is given within the time frame. TPA can help...I've watched a patient with significant defects improve greatly during my one hour transport, but by the time I ar...

10. questions on wound care

    alabamaparamedic replied to fiffy's topic in General Nursing

    Would a referral to a would care clinic be appropriate? Sometimes, they can perform hyperbaric treatments for hard-to-heal wounds....

11. What do you call the Doc?

    alabamaparamedic replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    If I ever become a doctor, I'm even gonna make my husband call me "doctor" On a more serious note, when it comes to a work related relationship, I always let the other person decide the formality and I follow suit. It's the only polite thing to do, ...

12. Trauma Observation Unit?

    alabamaparamedic replied to AvaRN22's topic in Emergency

    Are ya thinking of a TSICU or TICU (trauma-surgical ICU or trauma ICU)?

13. Paramedics, EMT's, Nurses.... Where do you look for a Medic Alert ID first?

    alabamaparamedic replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    I always notice a medic alert bracelet on the wrist.... I'm pretty sure I'd notice one on the neck, as long as it was the traditional "medic alert" logo and of a fairly decent size (similar in size to the bracelet logo). I'm not sure I'd notice one o...

14. Hello Trauma Nurses

    alabamaparamedic replied to msrob's topic in Emergency

    I think you might not be getting a reply because there really is no "Trauma" nurse. There are nurses that work in the ED, who rotate out as one of the designated nurses on the trauma team, and there are nurses who work in the OR with the trauma surge...

15. Resident in the hospital

    alabamaparamedic replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric

    As a paramedic, I've visited some of my longstanding dialysis patients while in the hospital. When you transport the same patient three times a week for the past four years, you begin to get "attached". My ambulance company has even served as pallbea...