BR157

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1. Bipap question

   BR157 replied to Dacatster's topic in Pediatric

   We will use the Respironics V60 Bipap machine in the ER, PICU and tele. Google "pediatrics v60 asthma". There is a good PPT by Julie...

2. Flight RRT?

   BR157 replied to akcw1981's topic in Flight

   There are very, very few teams which use Respiratory Therapists for transport. Most of the teams using RTs are for neonates and rarely for pediatrics or adults. Even some of the Neonatal and Pediatric teams which had used RTs in the past are now usi...

3. Just a fantasy, or something I should persue?

   BR157 replied to Madigan's topic in Flight

   Did you know there are also Flight Paramedics? Do you know the protocols of all Paramedics in the US? You are basing all of your comments on one helicopter and one you don't work on as a crew member. I pointed out what is happening in flight progr...

4. Just a fantasy, or something I should persue?

   BR157 replied to Madigan's topic in Flight

   I find your comments to be very naïve. Since you are a CNA working in the ICU only maybe you have never been in the ER where the patient transported by a helicopter was released before the helicopter could get back to base. Attitudes like yours are ...

5. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

   BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

   Calling the RTs ventilator jockeys are your words, not mine. At no point did I say RTs were uneducated and lacked indepth knowledge of the respiratory system. Do you really have your RTs hanging all your IV antibiotics or would you like to clarify t...

6. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

   BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

   This is the article link from your first post. Why paramedics are qualified emergency care providers This is the first paragraph of that article so you can NOT say that article has nothing to do with the bills in Texas. You argued against the edu...

7. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

   BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

   You make a statement but don't offer much else in support of RTs. I do know what they do from working on flight teams, orientating in the ICUs and working in the ER. Our Paramedic students are also required to shadow them for a day. That is where mu...

8. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

   BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

   This post was very clear in its message about Paramedics in the ED. A Licensed Paramedic in Texas has a degree in Emergency Medicine. Very few nurses enter the ED with education or training in EM. Much of what Paramedics do in the field is also don...

9. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

   BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

   I do like to present the facts which were not given by the OP in his initial post. Had some bothered to read the Bills which I linked at the beginning of this discussion, they would have known what was actually being discussed. The Bills presented we...

10. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

    Are you saying you have no protocols in place to initiate anything before a doctor is contacted with your observations? Don't you have any protocols to titrate drips or get labs if you think they are needed? Giving oxygen? Do you have to call the d...

11. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

    For an update on the legislation, this was posted on the Association of Texas EMS Professionals' website.

12. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

    Summit is the OP but he has his own agenda to continue something which the ENA has already apologized for. I already posted a link to Carol Twombly's letter who represented the Texas (San Antonio Chapter) ENA. But here it is again. An Urgent Call ...

13. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

    I don't get why you don't think you need a license. Granted it might only be a measure that you completed all the required testing and paid your fees to the state but it also defines your state scope of practice. In some way or another a physician is...

14. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

    The only one calling RTs incompetent and useless is you. RTs have been vanishing from the ERs, transport and some other areas of the hospital for a long time now. They are great at ventilator management but they are specialists and with a very limi...

15. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    BR157 replied to SummitRN's topic in Professionalism

    Do you have RTs just in the ER? What do they do? From your post it seems you still have to call them every time you want them. They still have to come to you which means they have to leave their other patients. Yeah, Paramedic students have to spend...