Curious to see how many nurses have ever gone through EMT training? I ask because I originally wanted to switch careers and chose a firefighter. Can't be a firefighter around here without having your...
Time to get creative. =) Depending on how dirty the blanket is, I'd take a few seconds to shake it out to get an large grass/dirt peices off it. I'd consider ripping off my own cloths (or others...
Gotcha ... Figured I was way off there. :) Here you've gotta be EMT-B to ride an ambulance. Most of the services here either run EMT-B with EMT-P or 2x EMT-P on ambulances. Fireresponders are...
Thanks! =) Had my moment of clarity not too long ago and I'm still pretty pumped up about being in EMT school and starting nursing school in the fall. Was pretty excited to see a question I could...
nerrollus replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing
good question ... If it was really taking the EMT's that long to get there, I wonder if you could have 911 contact med control and have them give you permission to do it? I wonder if that would...
UGh, had a long reply typed out and my inet connection dropped after I hit submit. I'll try to get it all back up here again. Just went over this in EMT school, so I'll try to repeat this all back...
nerrollus replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing
you handled it better than me ... Call me over protective, but the first time anything went missing off my desk I would have went around punching people in the neck until I got my stuff back....
nerrollus replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency
Looks like it's dependant on the state. Here in Oklahoma, if they're pregnant or have a baby they're treated as an adult when it comes to pre-hospital care. I would assume it's the same for hospital...