Medic173

I dont care if you think I am FOS, I know what I do every night I go to work at the ER, I know that when they developed this position that I was one of the individuals that sat with the hospitals legal board, JACHO, DOH, and the CNO before hand. You RNs really need to do your homework about medics before you go around bashing them. We work under the MD scope and what every they want us to perform.

Before you post on claims that you have no proof on, the scope of a Paramedic is determined by the MD, that they are working under. This is true in all 50 states. Why do you think we can do more than an RN in the house and field, because your license doesnt protect you, like ours and the MD we work under. Are we clear. ARE WE CLEAR?? Thanks The End

I dont live in Tx like you, but the Medics there are Licensed too. http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=25&pt=1&ch=157&rl=40 Point Proven!!

Oh, dont worry I havent gone far away. To answer some questions. Yes in most states Medics are Licensed. The states that are still certified will be switching in the near futrue, check state leg. websites for details. And yes Medics are a form of Physician Extenders and operate under the Physician in all aspects of Patient care. (This is how we can give Meds, intubate, needle chests, surgical airways, chest tubes and needle the paricardial sac.) And that is the reason they can replace a NP or PA, They also operate under the Physician. In the ER where I work the have started the Physician Extender Paramedics to see Pts, order labs, rad, suture, I&D, LPs order meds, review results, consult with oncall MD and Rx scripts under the MD license. The MDs have agreed and approved this and it was started. That is why if a Medic ever causes an error in the field or in house, it will be the MD the he was working under that will be on the stand with him. Oh, and I have put off Nursing School to pursue this position. I will pursue the degree again only to advance my other job in Flight Medicine. It doesnt matter if you think I am full of Sh*t or not, it is very humerous to know that it has gotten so many of the RN's in an up roar. It has done the same in our ER but after the first couple weeks they realized that if I order something it is coming from the MD through me.

ERs are opening their eyes and letting Medics do everything that the Nurses do. (Like in the ER I work in). Are ER just Hired Paramedic Physician Extenders to work with the doctors to see Patients. They are going to see Pts, write orders, review results, suture, LPs and Rx Scripts to name a few things. They are going to replace the PA and NP we have now. Wont that suck that the RNs will have to take orders from the Medics. Boy how times are changing. I just found out today that I got this job. I cant wait to see the faces on the RNs. We are going to be starting at $50 hr.

Sounds like teeituptom is upset and has experienced it first hand that ERs are opening their eyes and letting Medics do everything that the Nurses do. (Like in the ER I work in). Are ER just Hired Paramedic Physician Extenders to work with the doctors to see Patients. They are going to see Pts, write orders, review results, suture, LPs and Rx Scripts to name a few things. They are going to replace the PA and NP we have now. Wont that suck that the RNs will have to take orders from the Medics. Boy how times are changing. I just found out today that I got this job. I cant wait to see the faces on the RNs.

And to answer your question once again, YES Medics and RNs can give Ketamine for CS in the State of Indiana. Jeez!

In the ER I work at as a Medic we are paid off of the same Pay Scale as the Nurses. We have the same job desription, and carry our own license so they pay us exactly the same as them. I get paid the same being a 8 yr Medic as a 8 yr Nurse. It is roughly in the $30 hour range before shift diffs.

I always get a kick out of this subject when it comes up...... Nurses = 2yr degree Medics = 2 yr degree The ER that I work in has the same amount of Medics as nurses staffing it. We have the identical job description. The only except is that the Medics have extended roles as "Physician Extenders" under the MD License, along with having our own license. We take our own Pts, Triage, take written and verbal orders, admin drugs, call report and transport our Pts to the floor. We also do Emergency cut downs for airways, Chest tube insertion, Needle decompression, ETT, Central lines, and run all in-house codes, to name a few things that nurses can't do. (These are the things that fall under the MD license).

A PH-RN is nothing like or even close to a Paramedic.

The Medics and Nurses Triage in our ER. Then again we have identical job discriptions, other than we can do all the precedures and whatever the Doctor tells us to do.

In our Hospital the Medics Intubate all Pts. No nurses intubate.

Is there any other online schools out there that you can get all your pre-req. at other than ccconline.

Medics triage in our ED as well as take Pt Care.

YES In our Hospital the RN or Medic, whoever is assigned to the room can admin Ketamine for Sedation.