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  1. Tips on securing a nasal ETT! and other advise :)

    alabamaparamedic replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hmmm...use roller gauze, loop it around the tube, then loop it around his

  2. Watch your manners please..

    alabamaparamedic replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to believe it was a misunderstanding...while my fellow paramedics and I can have a morbid sense of humor, we reserve jokes for when we are in private. I've been working EMS for 5 years, and I...

  3. What's the deal with ER?

    alabamaparamedic replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can see where you would be frustrated...all I can do is offer my perspective. As far as the "sets of EMS"...generally, there should only be two people, and those are the people transporting the...

  4. Impersonating a nurse

    alabamaparamedic replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've ran into that before...in a purely "doctor's office" setting, it's hard to tell the difference based on skills or procedures performed. I've seen that glazed over look in many patients eyes, as I...

  5. What's the deal with ER?

    alabamaparamedic replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Coming from an EMS perspective, sometimes we appear distracted, but that's usually because we're performing our own assessment, taking notes from what you're telling us, directing the actions of our...

  6. Impersonating a nurse

    alabamaparamedic replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Forgive me for this, as I'm not a nurse, but I worked 2 years as a medical assistant. Never called myself "nurse", and would always correct patients who referred to me as such. I don't think very many...

  7. Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

    alabamaparamedic replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurses at my local ER has a pretty pronounced stutter...she's also one of the better nurses there, and certainly one of the most compassionate ones. I believe she's actually trying to...

  8. Sharing prescriptions of non narcotic medications

    alabamaparamedic replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in General Nursing

    Just a suggestion: I had a ridiculously expensive not-available-in-generic prescription...the dosage came in 10mg and 20mg concentrations...although I was prescribed the 10mg dosage, my physician was...

  9. Help me understand

    alabamaparamedic replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    From what I understand, there's a fairly significant rate of brain bleeds, even when TPA is given within the time frame. TPA can help...I've watched a patient with significant defects improve greatly...

  10. questions on wound care

    alabamaparamedic replied to fiffy's topic in General Nursing

    Would a referral to a would care clinic be appropriate? Sometimes, they can perform hyperbaric treatments for hard-to-heal

  11. What do you call the Doc?

    alabamaparamedic replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    If I ever become a doctor, I'm even gonna make my husband call me "doctor" On a more serious note, when it comes to a work related relationship, I always let the other person decide the formality and...

  12. Trauma Observation Unit?

    alabamaparamedic replied to AvaRN22's topic in Emergency

    Are ya thinking of a TSICU or TICU (trauma-surgical ICU or trauma

  13. Paramedics, EMT's, Nurses.... Where do you look for a Medic Alert ID first?

    alabamaparamedic replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    I always notice a medic alert bracelet on the wrist.... I'm pretty sure I'd notice one on the neck, as long as it was the traditional "medic alert" logo and of a fairly decent size (similar in size to...

  14. Hello Trauma Nurses

    alabamaparamedic replied to msrob's topic in Emergency

    I think you might not be getting a reply because there really is no "Trauma" nurse. There are nurses that work in the ED, who rotate out as one of the designated nurses on the trauma team, and there...

  15. Resident in the hospital

    alabamaparamedic replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a paramedic, I've visited some of my longstanding dialysis patients while in the hospital. When you transport the same patient three times a week for the past four years, you begin to get...