AlmostJesus

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1. What supplies do you carry on you?

   AlmostJesus replied to Nire83's topic in Emergency

   Stethoscope in my left cargo pocket (I hate carrying it around my neck) Watch (again, oddly enough I hate having a watch on my hand and rarely need it), pen light, carpuject, tape, IV tourniquet, trauma shears, alcohol preps and sometimes a nitro gtt...

2. So frustrated with IV starts!!

   AlmostJesus replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

   I have noticed that if I start thinking that damn this guy has amazing veins that I end up becoming over confident on them and this leads to me preparing poorly for the IV and I am more likely to miss on easy IVs. Thus, I started to treat all IVs lik...

3. How long until you were pretty good at IV starts?

   AlmostJesus replied to sweetER's topic in Emergency

   I actually have one that I have yet to use, I might take that to work next time and see how it goes. Id imagine that it wouldnt yield that great of results due to the inability to get it as tight as a nitrile/latex tourniquet but I could be wrong

4. How long until you were pretty good at IV starts?

   AlmostJesus replied to sweetER's topic in Emergency

   I did appx 120 IV sticks in paramedic school between internship and clinicals (about a year long part time) which put me with a good basis. Now that I have started as a paramedic I feel like I am pretty confident with my IV sticks and I am getting go...

5. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   AlmostJesus replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   When I was on my internship for my paramedic certification we were paged out code 3 (lights and sirens) for a guy who had cut his pinky finger (about the size of a paper cut) and he told the dispatchers it was still bleeding. The EMR system required ...

6. What can the prehospital crews do in your area?

   AlmostJesus replied to nfdfiremedic's topic in Emergency

   Soooooo in an attempt to get back on topic I work in Iowa right now and I did my internship in South Dakota. In South Dakota with the service I was at - ACLS drugs, RSI, Morphine(no need to call for orders for up to 10), Ativan (have to call for orde...

7. Trauma roon in your ED... who gets it?

   AlmostJesus replied to A&OxNone's topic in Emergency

   I work as a paramedic in a small town ED, we have 5 beds 2 which are in a trauma bay. Generally we staff one RN in the ED and the paramedic is available to help, generally, when it hits the fan, we have the floor charge come up and assist us, especia...

8. Paramedic or Pre-Hospital RN?

   AlmostJesus replied to djd7101986's topic in Men

   Right now, I am a first year student in a BSN nursing program and I will be starting a part time paramedic course while I am working on my prereqs for my BSN. The way I see it, if I become a paramedic, that will be a TON of experience for my nursing ...

9. Male Nurses/female Patients

   AlmostJesus replied to ern91's topic in Men

   Unfortunately, as stated it is a touchy subject with really no correct answer. Personally, I work as an EMT-B with our ambulance and as a Ward Clerk/Nurse Aide (not certified) at our local hospital. Our hospital is in a small town, so more often than...