kvromero11

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   1. Maine Flight Protocols says that a medic has to be on board. 2. I think that if I work part time as a medic and part time as a nurse it would suffice as me at being profiecient in two job. My original question was not asking if that is okay. It wa...

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   I want to do both. Jack of all trades. I think itd be best to agree to disagree, because I see an RN and EMT-P certification to be very equivelant. I dont down play anything. I know both professions are totally different. One is long term, one is sho...

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   Yeah that maybe, I know RTs can depending who they work for. At my hospital they have to do at least 10 a year or go to the OR if they are unable to get 10 tubes. I guess RNs can I have never heard of one doing so. I know here they page lifelight, re...

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   I mean just like the street smarts that go into it. Scene safety what meds to use without someone ordering it, interpreting EKGs activating cath labs. Stuff like that. Remembering the protocols.I And again, I dont believe my hospital will be anywhere...

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   By the way the NREMT teaches you all the medications for RSI. Ketamine, ROCs, Sucs you name it. Here in Maine only CRNAs and lifeflight nurses can only intubate. I can manage an intubated patient right now. PIFT transfers also involve dealing with eq...

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   Can you go back and read my post I edited I made it a bit more clear.

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   kvromero11 replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

   TraumaSurfer, I think you misinterpeted. I am currently enrolled in a BSN program I only have four more prereqs to do -, and am half done my paramedic program.. I am enrolled in a UNIVERSITY. The ADN is offered through a community college. Here the f...

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   kvromero11 posted a topic in Flight

   Hey Everybody, My ultimate goal is to become a flight nurse. Right out of highschool I recieved my CNA and EMT-B certification. I currently work at a level II trauma center, 250 bed hospital in the float-pool, where I feel like I have been a...