NYMfan

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1. emergency dept staffing with paramedics/emts

   NYMfan replied to CTURNEY's topic in Emergency

   I'm clearly not as versed in this issue as some of the other responders. However, in the two hospitals i have worked in medics were used in the ER strictly as a "tech". They did phlebotomy, started lines and EKGs. Everything else was done by RNs and ...

2. New grad in the ER?

   NYMfan replied to tanman's topic in Emergency

   Tanman, I too am a senior nursing student planning on an ER career straight from school. Well, hoping I'll get hired is more like it. I've been an EMT for almost 8 years, I work as a tech (read: phlebotomy and EKG experience) in an ER now and will ha...