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1. What Paramedics do, and how you can help

   nyccemt-p posted a topic in General Nursing

   After reading many posts which all have the same battle, that I got sucked into also, I decided to start a new thread to answer questions about what Paramedics are, do, and why we do it. First off some background... EMS as we know it is new on the he...

2. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   nyccemt-p replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   The bottom line...there are good nurses and paramedics, and there are bad nurses and paramedics. You have good days and bad days, we have good days and bad days. We must ALL remember what comes first, and that's the patient. It's not about "my ste...

3. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   nyccemt-p replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   WELL PUT!

4. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   nyccemt-p replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   Excuse me, no the hiarchy order is NOT RN, Paramedic, EMT. Once you call me to the scene, the hiarchy is patient, on-line med control, Paramedic, EMT, and LTC nurses on the bottom. We do NOT provide temporizing care, Paramedics provide definative c...

5. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   nyccemt-p replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   OK, first off we do not thrive on trauma calls, nor do we have an inferiority complex. We are plain tired of ariving at LTC facilities and having the nurses not provide ANY information on the patient, if they even bother to come down to the room the...

6. EMT-P Question

   nyccemt-p replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

   Most EMT courses are at least 6 months long. Most Paramedic Programs are AAS. In NY an RN can take a bridge course to be a Paramedic if they have ER/ICU experience, and have been an EMT for a year. The bridge course is 6 months, and still includes...

7. ER nurses compared to EMT's

   nyccemt-p replied to Dinith88's topic in Emergency

   In NY, RN's are only allowed to assist EMS, they are not allowed to be incharge of patient care, including interfacility transports. To help deal with the lack of critical care training in the regular associates degree Paramedic programs, we supplem...