Dunno if it's too late for your answer, but I grew up in Spartanburg. Mary Black is the private for profit hospital of the area. It's a pretty decent place, though it seems to me a little more...
Sometimes I wish we really got to know patients long enough to develop relationships like that. The only people we get to know well are frequent fliers, and they tend not to be those kinda
The one thing I'd like to add is how very little people think before they speak. Medics don't think about how their words can hurt an aspiring nurse. I hear CNAs get bashed a lot, and I'm sure that...
You know, I can tell there's a lot of animosity between emts and nurses, and i can see how deep it runs here. I would just like to make this post to say that I am an EMT, career. I don't want to be...
Eh, I have no actual answer for you but I have a lil comic relief: Why shouldn't she be able to? There's nothing to labor and delivery but catch, suck, cut, wrap... I've delivered three little ones...
Yup, that's an extensive part of EMT training at all the levels up to Paramedic. 'Talking down' pts with altered mental status, and dealing with dangerous patients/scenes. We got called over to the...
Thank you. More than you know. It's nice to hear that sometimes, ya know? Heh, and less than desirable becomes absolutely horrible in a thunderstorm. I know one thing. We complain of our...
Okay, first of all, EMT216, you're WAAAY out of your lane. You're acting in the very manner that started this conversation. Do you not get that? You're the one in the wrong here, and don't try to...
I can say alot of the smugness and attitude many nurses feel from EMTs is because of the same thing in return. Even though I have a very good relationship with our ED nurses, the ones I encounter at...
I disagree with the bashing of Firefighters being EMTs. 97% of our calls, the fire department is first on the scene. I'm GLAD we have at least EMT-Bs on scene quickly. Especially for time critical...
You know, this could go on forever. Each side could point at the other. I personally get along great with the nurses at our ED. In fact, our EMS base sits right beside the ED, so when not on a...
ramkatral replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency
You know, I work on an ambulance. It's been my experience that the ones who meet you outside tend to be in truely bad shape. I had a 'difficulty breathing' call awhile back. It was 28 degrees...
ramkatral replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency
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