medic1488

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1. Do you let ambulances drop off in triage?

   medic1488 replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

   Being from the other side of things (The one getting the call for the patient that needs a taxi ride) I find most hospitals will send directly to triage. It amazes me how many patients still believe it gets you in quicker. And there are alot of patie...

2. Questions regarding epinephrine.

   medic1488 replied to Mithrah's topic in Emergency

   And dont forget racemic epi via nebulizer.

3. Intubation

   medic1488 replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Emergency

   We use CPAP prehospitally and have had very good success with it. I would much rather CPAP a patient rather than RSI them and put them on a vent, the only exception being in an acute MI were some research shows that intubation is superior to CPAP for...

4. Ed Techs

   medic1488 replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

   I absolutely agree with many of your points Happy, and as a senior paramedic where I work and an EMS educator I strive for those things all the time. (especially the better wages part) However, just as there are weak and undertrained EMTs/Paramedics ...

5. Ed Techs

   medic1488 replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

   Great, another thread coming down to degrading EMS personel. Just what this site needs.

6. Interesting Read

   medic1488 replied to Pete495's topic in CRNA

   Just curious from the outside, is it common place to have a neonate and adult code cart in the room (or right outside the door) at deliveries?

7. restarting prehospital IV's

   medic1488 replied to JillR's topic in Emergency

   Hows this for one. My hospital (work in the field if the name didnt give it away), the hospital's paramedics lines are not changed, but if any other paramedic service brings it in they are changed at 24 hours.

8. is it muscle or technique for intubating?

   medic1488 replied to kestrel1121's topic in CRNA

   Cats are pretty similar (ours werent very adoptable, the smell of fermaldhyde (sp) was kinda a put off). And digital intubation (like the dogs) is done on humans also. Rare but its in our skill set for airway control in a situation were we cant get i...

9. is it muscle or technique for intubating?

   medic1488 replied to kestrel1121's topic in CRNA

   Mannequins are horrible to intubate. In my experience for the great majority of patients, technique is much more important. The mannequin is usually much stiffer, no floppy tongue, and the head seems to come up off the table before anything moves ins...

10. Did you get your first intubation?

    medic1488 replied to louloubell1's topic in CRNA

    Learn something new everyday. Guess my day can end now. (Boss wont like that very much though because I still have 11 hours left of my shift)

11. PHRN certification

    medic1488 replied to traumajunkie03's topic in Flight

    Just because mommatrauma asked: I dont find 11:11 especially insulting. I've also been doing this job for awhile and on forums and in daily life I have encountered more than one RN that thought they were qualified to do my job. From what 11:11 has po...

12. Did you get your first intubation?

    medic1488 replied to louloubell1's topic in CRNA

    Whats a Robert-Shaw?

13. ACLS - Help!!

    medic1488 replied to kaseysmom's topic in Cardiac

    The pre-course exam isnt something to worry to much about doing an excellent job on. It does show you were you need to work on but it is more a tool to judge the amount learned during the course. However, obviously there are some things that if you t...

14. hypothetical ? about defib a pregnant patient

    medic1488 replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in Cardiac

    Per ACLS, no change in current or pad position. Also state that no signifigant energy gets transferred to the fetus.

15. 7 P.m. - 7 A.m.

    medic1488 replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I have been working similar shifts for about 5-6 years now. I've trying to stay up a little late the night before, and getting up early (which with having a newborn at home is never a problem), trying to grab a 1-2 hour nap in the afternoon. Also whe...