FranEMTnurse CNA, LPN, EMT-I

I don't understand why those guys come here every year to get their coins. Don't they realize they're in a place where all sorts of infectious disease germs invade this place constantly?

Those gold coins must be infected. The leprecauns are getting sick.

I know she doesn't.

I know she doesn't

Here it comes again! You know, It's that sound that (Sniff! Sniff!)awful stink that smells like it's going to knock us out? RUN! RUN as far away as you can get if you don't work on the unit where that's coming from!

I have a niece with a BSN, who loves working with people who are physically and mentally disabled. She was unsure of her self at first also. She struggled at first also The following are the first three places she worked and felt she wasn't a good f...

The Old Testament States that it is the "Ox in a Ditch" situation which means that if an emergency arises, we are allowed to help others. I observed the Sabbath on Saturdays also, and went on ambulance calls. One call was concerning a baby that had a...

I saved a little girl from choking to death in a department store a few years ago. She had a large gum ball lodged in her throat. I got on my knees and positioned myself behind her, told her what I was going to do, then provided the Heimlich maneuver...

Great article. I have never inserted an ET tube, but I have had one inserted in myself as a patient many times. Thank you for this new knowledge.

I was a Basic First Aid and a CPR instructor for 10 years, but it was several years ago. Back then I hauled the full mannequins around, I know the times for the classes have changed and the mannequins have become smaller and lighter, plus the recert...

The following article written by my daughter in the same area I live and posted on Facebook:2/23/18 The lockdown. (This is NOT a drill) Today in Kindergarten I sat huddled with 25 children who were hiding under tables and behind bookshelves in my cla...

The parents are dead. Plus video games with increased profanity, sex & violence in them, including the entertainment industry.

(From Neats BSN) Coming from a highly dysfunctional familyI left and never looked back, went to college and made something of myself. I did the same the same thing, and my girls always had to do their homework before playing, plus they both had chor...

When I first joined our ambulance corps, I wondered about what I got myself into, but after I became an EMT, I changed my mind. Being an EMT, and eventually a CPR & Basic First Aid instructor, I gained a lot more confidence. I saw many people in ...

I live in PA, and it was reported on the local news channel that at police are receiving at least 20 calls a day about threatened school shootings.

I'm unable to smell certain things like backside backfires, burps, and other astringent things, but whoever made what's behind that door gets 5 stars because it broke the sound barrier in my head, and oh how I can smell it!

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Have you tried switching the Sabbath with another co-worker? I often worked holidays when I switched with my other co-workers. When i left due to a move to where I live now, I was given a wonderful "Going Away" party, given a great letter of recommen...

I had a teenage male patient when I was in nursing school who I gave a specimen bottle to and asked him to give me a urine specimen. He urinated in the bottle while standing in front of me. I didn't expect his reaction, and I'm sure I had a red face ...

I'm with you all the way, Marla, and I have made it known to both of my daughters and to my doctor.

I was connected with them by my doctor when I was in the hospital.

Thank God for my oldest daughter who has faithfully cared for me (7 days a week when I first got very ill.) I was eventually placed in assisted living by my nurse, and lived there for 27 very long months.I was even in hospice care for a while, but su...

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As an experienced past school bus driver, I was at a stop on a state highway to pick up children. My side stop sign with a strobe light was already flashing.An elderly gentleman driving his car approached my bus from the opposite direction. (mind you...