danjw

Depends where you are really. I'd be fine with it because where i live, all our paramedics complete a university degree including clinical studies and another probationary year at the end. They get about the same training as the nursing students really. The only exception being volunteer/private service crews and transport officers (who only transfer patients between hospitals). In fact i'd probably prefer the paramedic to the nurse since the entire focus of the medics training is emergency 1st aide / triage But i understand that a lot of places have paramedics with less training (emt's) that only do short courses. Then i'd rather have a nurse. I think my rule is: If you've spent less than a year studying medical, i don't want you deciding how much of a priority i am. Then again, i'm the kind of person that won't bother going to a hospital for anything short of a life/death emergency, so i want someone good at the desk

hey. This isn't actually a nursing thing, just a health class but i reckon nurses should know this kind of thing and i couldn't find what i need elsewhere so .. 1st part is research. have to find out about different procedures (i got total knee replacement surgery). Don't need any help here, this part was easy. 2nd part is supposed to be a communication exercise. Have to leave directions/description of the layout of the recovery room so that another person can recreate it exactly from the directions. The problem is i don't really know what would be IN the recovery ward apart from the obvious (beds, privacy curtains etc). I'd considered asking someone at the local hospital what's in theirs but i thought i'd try this 1st. So my question is ... what furniture/equipment would usually be in the recovery ward for knee replacement (so their staying for up to a week afterwards and doing exercise/rehab stuff i believe) i know there'd probably be a continuous passive motion machine for their leg