lpg26800

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1. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

   lpg26800 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   RE Bethin: I am now a nursing supervisor in one of the countries largest and most progressive Cardiac Cath labs and after reading you comments about how the pt's didn't want certain EMS personnel around them made me think back a bit. Recently, one o...

2. interesting--emts in the ER?

   lpg26800 replied to tiger's topic in Activism

   Many well trained and supervised Paramedics will walk circles around nurses with the same background and experience in an emergency situation...in the ER...OR...in the field. I have over 25 years of EMS and Nursing experience. I think that should spe...

3. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

   lpg26800 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   My required prerequisite was the same as for nursing students (i.e. Micro, A&P, English, Algrabra....blah blah blah, along with 40 credit hours in EMT and Paramedic training. In addition, I had to spend several hundred hours working in the ER and...

4. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

   lpg26800 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   I can shed some light on both sides of this topic. I have been a Paramedic for over 25 years and for 13 of those years I have also been an RN. I will admit that due to a huge difference in pay that I have abandoned EMS for working in a hospital setti...