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  1. Does anyone double-glove?

    PA-C in Texas replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you use sterile technique to don them, of course they would be sterile. Surgeons do it all the time, and the contact surfaces of both pairs remain

  2. Does anyone double-glove?

    PA-C in Texas replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was employed instead of being a poor student, I used Biogel size 8.5 for procedures, and Biogel Diagnostic (non-sterile) size 8.5 for every-day use. I also used a Biogel Indicator underglove...

  3. Stupid Intern Tricks

    PA-C in Texas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Cardiac

    When I worked at a teaching hospital, I used to love the interns. They are so excited about what they are doing, and most of the time I think it was a real treat to have them around. I always tried...

  4. Accident Scenes: Do You Always Offer Assistance?

    PA-C in Texas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    When I became a Paramedic, the dept. that I worked for also provided volunteer first responder service for the area. The medics were issued bags with standard equipment and a few ALS supplies, and...

  5. Nursing Model vs Medical Model

    PA-C in Texas replied to Salus's topic in General Nursing

    The above paragraph is so loaded that it is hard to figure where to begin. There is obviously an inferiority complex underlying this issue, otherwise nobody would feel the need to make statements...

  6. Ketamine

    PA-C in Texas replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    The term "conscious sedation" is a misnomer in many instances. The focus is on maintaining protective airway reflexes and respiration rather than the patient's ability to respond to verbal stimuli....

  7. Interesting - new "bedside manners" test for med students -

    PA-C in Texas replied to u-r-sleeepy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some of the comments in this thread just amaze me. I would like everyone to know that nurses certainly don't have the monopoly on good communication with their patients, and most physicians don't...

  8. NP's in the ER???

    PA-C in Texas replied to Hopegirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In the ED where I very recently worked for several years, PA's and NP's basically ran the place. It was very rural ED. Each one of us saw all the patients, from major multi-system trauma to sore...

  9. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    PA-C in Texas replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Actually, I firmly believe that if someone is qualified to do something, they should be able to do. I have long argued for Paramedics in the ED being able to practice at their advanced level. If...

  10. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    PA-C in Texas replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    This entire thread makes me sick. Did the person who asked the question originally have any doubt that the answers would ALL be a resounding NO from RN's? Please. I really love that attitude that...

  11. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    PA-C in Texas replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I believe in adequate pain control. When I send people home with fractures and an appointment to follow up with an orthopedic surgeon (which they will have to drive for a good way to get to), I am...

  12. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    PA-C in Texas replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I would just like to say a few words about the agonists/antagonists that are available. I have found that they are very effective drugs. If there are migraines that won't respond to the 5-HT...

  13. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    PA-C in Texas replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    I feel everyone's pain. The hospital where I did my 3rd year clinical rotations was a large urban facility that was frequently inundated with patients that were of zero acuity. I work in a small...

  14. Just a note on the NP vs PA debate...

    PA-C in Texas replied to TMnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have corrected some of the errors espoused by a few of my NP colleagues numerous times in this forum, but it appears that they choose to still choke them up because they suggest a superiority of...

  15. Male L&D nurses

    PA-C in Texas replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

    This is a really interesting topic, and I think the thought process behind this debate is something that needs to be explored. Is L&D so intrinsically different that we cannot draw any parallels...

  16. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

    PA-C in Texas replied to meandragonbrett's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    At first glance, this is all very juvenile, but you have to understand the underlying feelings on both sides of the issue. As both non-physician provider and a member of the medical community, some...

  17. Why don't CRNA's like AA's

    PA-C in Texas replied to ep71's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It's the same old turf war. It has nothing to do with providing quality anesthesia. MD's fought against N.P.'s and CRNA's, R.N.'s fought against repiratory therapists and are now fighting...

  18. Question about Emergency Techs

    PA-C in Texas replied to tmiller027's topic in Emergency

    The board recently implemented a new position in our hospital policies called Paramedic Clinical Specialist. They recently hired two LP's (licensed paramedics, which requires an Associate's Degree or...

  19. closed reductions on Peds in the ER

    PA-C in Texas replied to got2luvnights's topic in Emergency

    There have been two times in my career when I have not been able to reduce an elbow dislocation under block or conscious sedation in the ER on a ped patient. I attempted to do so several times with...

  20. MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title PCP?

    PA-C in Texas replied to RMARTINNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, actually I want to be a

  21. MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title PCP?

    PA-C in Texas replied to RMARTINNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, my worthy NP colleagues, continue to fight the good fight. Educate, Educate, Educate. There are lots of misconceptions about APN's just like there are about P.A.'s. Most people think P.A. is...

  22. Pediatric Shock

    PA-C in Texas replied to VickyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I don't know which kind of crowd you are preaching to, so my suggestion might be totally inappropriate as it is too basic. The Pediatric Advanced Life Support provider manual may be a good starting...

  23. DEA Attempting to Reclassify Hydrocodone

    PA-C in Texas posted a topic in Emergency

    http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/7957766.htm?1c DEA aims to cut pain drug's use BY MARC KAUFMAN Washington Post Service WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration is working to...

  24. DEA Attempting to Reclassify Hydrocodone

    PA-C in Texas replied to PA-C in Texas's topic in Emergency

    Yeah and we all know how that turned

  25. CPR May Kill?!

    PA-C in Texas replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Please don't quote me on this, but a listserver I am on had a some posts about this, and what I gained was that if you ventilate too often, the changes in intrathoracic pressure that accompany...