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Grady is a great hospital. It's old, it's kinda dirty and yes, the vast majority of the patients are indigent care. But where else can you find the variety of illnesses and injuries that you see at Grady? If you work at Grady, you're going to lear...

I live in Warner Robins, work full time in Warner Robins and part time in Atlanta. Given the choice of working in Macon or Atlanta, I chose Atlanta. If you are looking for a good place to move in middle GA, take a look at Houston County. The schoo...

Tylenol PM. Usually people don't realize how dangerous all that Tylenol is and they end up destroying their livers when they say they "just wanted to sleep..." I picked up one girl who took a bottle of 50 Tylenol PM. On scene she was responsive bu...

This is the way Grady in Atlanta does it and it works really well. Every patient that isn't critical goes through triage. Some are sent to the medical side, some to the trauma side and many to the waiting room. It's simple and effective. We call ...

Please remember that medics are governed by medical control. To by pass a hospital, we must ask permission from med control...even if we think that it's a given that the level I trauma center is needed. Sometimes docs say "bring them here" when the...

EMS report is considered a courtesy, not a requirement. That said, I've only brought one patient in without a report and that was because the ED's EMS radio was on the wrong channel. Believe me when I say that EMS crews do not enjoy bringing their ...

NurseKitten - I won't tell you how many times I've gotten in trouble for this sort of thing! LOL I agree about your clinical experience. It makes all the difference in the world. My EMT clinicals were a joke, but paramedic clinicals more than ma...

So in 8 months you can go from being Joe Blow off the street to being a paramedic??? Wow. That's amazing. And not a good idea. I'm not a big advocate of taking short cuts like this. Paramedic school is tough, even if you have a science backgroun...

2.90 may not be "good enough" for the accelerated program, but you can work on the additional core classes you need to bring up your GPA. Most nursing programs have about 30 hours of core classes even for an ADN. If your GPA comes up, you may quali...

Hi Steve, First of all, why do you want to become a paramedic? Are you planning to work as a medic or use it as a stepping stone to CRNA? If you're not planning to work as a medic, I would highly recommend skipping the whole EMT and medic route an...

Macon is not a bad place to live. Plenty to do, close to Atlanta. For apartments, I would highly recommend looking downtown. There are always lots of 1 bedrooms for rent in the historic district and the price is no higher than any other apartment ...

The best ones are the ones you make yourself, because you will remember the info better. I carry a drug guide to clinicals. Seems to be the easiest options (plus it's required...LOL).

We just finished OB clinicals for paramedic school. There was a group of 9 of us... 2 girls and 7 guys. The instructor always paired the girls with a guy and just introduced us to the patients as paramedic students and asked if it was ok that we we...

I'm in the middle of paramedic school right now. I would ask why you're considering quitting and why you went to medic school in the first place. What are your goals and plans for the future? Are you already an EMT or are you in a fast track type ...

Hi there, I've been on Topamax since October and it has completely changed my world. Before, I was having migraines at least twice a week. I was exhausted all the time and spent a lot of time lying on the couch with a headache. I was also working ...

the big brother set is not a home situation. there was a nurse on set with a medical room of some sort ready for emergencies. if they didn't have basic supplies such as iv supplies and simple meds like d50, that's poor planning on the part of the p...

sure, you can do that, but you could also attempt to get an iv or give glucagon im. i started an iv on a very combative patient a few days ago without a problem. 1 attempt, got a 22 in the left wrist and managed to draw labs, flush the iv, secure i...

Go for EMT. You can do far more with it. You can work in EMS or an ER or do nursing assistant work. And you will learn a LOT more.

Do a search and see what you find. I'm in Georgia and I don't know of any RN-to-Paramedic programs, although there are a couple of Paramedic-to-RN programs. Most paramedic programs culminate in a 2 year degree, so you would likely have some, if not...

What a paramedic can and cannot do depends largely on their service's protocols. If that service utilizes RSI, then the paramedics can do it. You may not like my answer, but the bottom line is if you want to be licensed as a paramedic, you need to g...

I don't think you did anything wrong, but I would have felt the same way you did - that there was *something* you should have done while in that situation. I'm not sure what exactly, but your patient shouldn't have had to put up with such immaturity...

Your patient is diabetic and her body is compensating for the hyperglycemia via increased heart/respiratory/metabolic rate. Further workup needed to determine type of diabetes (you haven't given that info...). Patient needs insulin, oral meds, diet...

When I worked on the floor as a secretary, it was common practice to call the ICU nurses if the floor couldn't get an IV after 2 sticks (yes, there were exceptions and there were a few nurses who were really good at IVs...one of whom posts here every...

It just takes lots and lots of practice. Start with the patients who have good, obvious veins. Get some good sticks on those patients and gain some confidence in yourself. Start off using 22s and 20s and move up to 18s when you find a patient with bi...

My school only considers your GPA and how much of the core you have completed. It doesn't matter if you're a CNA, lab tech, EMT, ward clerk, etc. It just isn't a factor. I think it should be taken into consideration or at least given a spot for me...