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  1. Medic09

    Anyone Doing Accelerated BSN in New Mexico?

    Medic09 replied to brella's topic in General Nursing

    Brella, sent you a
  2. Medic09

    Doctors getting angry??

    Medic09 replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know this is the opposite of the topic, but there are docs who genuinely know how essential nurses are to good patient outcomes. My wife did her Family Practice residency in Worcester, Mass. There...
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    FURIOUS! Ambulance Refused to Transport Patient

    Medic09 replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    BAMBI, this must vary among states and among services. It might even make a difference if the crew is BLS or ALS, though I've never seen that. For one thing, everywhere I've worked as a medic (in...
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    FURIOUS! Ambulance Refused to Transport Patient

    Medic09 replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Hypo, I tried to address that. I'm with you. IF the patient presented exactly as described, with no other info, I would call that an emergency. In such a scenario, I suggest that call for...
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    Anyone Doing Accelerated BSN in New Mexico?

    Medic09 replied to brella's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Brella, Seriously, no matter what we tell you, you need to apply and see what happens. :wink2: Don't let anything deter or discourage you from applying. There are always intangibles like the...
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    FURIOUS! Ambulance Refused to Transport Patient

    Medic09 replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I think hypocaffeinemia (great name!) covered the basics already. I would like to reemphasize that any patient who presents as in the original post is an EMERGENT patient until treated or proven...
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    Cleaning up vomit

    Medic09 replied to caliwannabenurse's topic in General Students

    I haven't had to hard a time with puke in the hospital. I'm actually surprised. Now, in my prehospital career, it is a different story. Every time the patient barfs, it sets me off and I follow...
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    Confused about nursing

    Medic09 replied to LuckYNurSe28's topic in General Nursing

    And the ones with business education usually have an MBA, from what I've seen. Some places are very big on
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    Cnm?

    Medic09 replied to thinkinboutit's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, you all, if you have to do it - the drive between Albuquerque and SF isn't so bad. I commuted from SF to ABQ everyday while going to UNM. So did one of my classmates, who now works down at...
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    The Present

    Medic09 replied to smir953328's topic in General Nursing

    It is indeed beautiful. Thanks for sharing it. And now Harry Buschman may even get some new
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    The Present

    Medic09 replied to smir953328's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I remembered a darker original of this story. I was wrong. The original is a Harry Buschman story which can be read here...
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    Doctors getting angry??

    Medic09 replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Threw a scalpel at a nurse? If that really happened, I would press charges and complain to the state medical board. I hope someone
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    Medic09 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Isn't THAT the truth! Thanks for that great observation. Good judgement about airway management is the hardest skill to develop and maintain. It requires good training and occasional retraining and...
  14. Medic09

    Why are ampules stil used?

    Medic09 replied to Sarah Bellum's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent! Nowadays they have a line on them to help them break right. We used to use the teeth on our trauma shears to score them before breaking. Of course, often we didn't have time or presence...
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    Alternative to spanking

    Medic09 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    When my kids were little, 20+ years ago, I adamantly avoided spanking. I only struck a child if they were doing someone immanently dangerous, and it was needed to stop them right away. A finger...
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    ED shortage?

    Medic09 replied to solneeshka's topic in Emergency

    I think in the past year I've seen this happen in our ED maybe three or four times (nights). More often, we are
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    Medic09 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Well, if a program can't provide the proper, complete package, they shouldn't be operating. We used to see programs send their students pretty far distances to ensure that they got the appropriate...
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    Medic09 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Yes, I would be. And VERY disappointed. Some OR time and then precepted tubes on the street are essential to learning it right, as we both know. Especially the OR time, which should be repeated...
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    Kitty litter as an order

    Medic09 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    About 10 years ago I was at the ED in Milford-Whitensville (Mass.). They had a magical little pump bottle of, I think, diluted clove oil. One teensy weensy little spray up into the air magically...
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    Medic09 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    "Should you get a chance" ??? Please don't tell me there are ANY programs graduating medics without at least a week and ten or fifteen tubes in the OR. That's just to start getting a feel for it!...
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    Riding a Motorcycle to Interview. Good Idea?

    Medic09 replied to Speed Freak's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it is certainly POSSIBLE that would prejudice things; but who knows? I went through nursing school, etc. with my bikes (old Honda 750Four and Triumph Sprint) as my primary transportation. So...
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    A memorial to one of our posters: Josh Harmon

    Medic09 replied to harmon642's topic in General Nursing

    Mr. Harmon, please accept my true and deep sorrow and condolences on Josh's death. The little we are privileged to see here gives us a glimpse of what a fine medic, soldier, human being has moved on...
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    Best advanced ekg resource

    Medic09 replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    I forgot to mention this site: http://www.ecglibrary.com/ For a while I was a member of EKG Club. It was excellent, but I think it has fallen into disuse. And some others:...
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    new paramedic... another question for the nurses.

    Medic09 replied to paramedic_t's topic in General Nursing

    Blee, your description of the ER and VP of Nursing was brilliant! If I'd been drinking milk, it all would have come out my nose! That made my night;
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    new paramedic... another question for the nurses.

    Medic09 replied to paramedic_t's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm answering as a medic more than as a nurse. Preserving your patient's dignity is a fine, important thing to learn. I've always worked on it with all my students and crews in the field over...