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  1. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    HAHA...if youre like me I ALWAYS open the envelope. Someone would be wasting their breath to tell me not to open it. I have a responsibility to the receiving facility to give them a heads up about what is going on with the patient. It is what is e...
  2. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    Yes, to expect a nurse in LTC to know all the patients medications is just plain ignorance. I will agree with an earlier post that education about the protocols for resident transports , for ems would be beneficial.
  3. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    Good work Michelle....it sounds like you were having the shift from hell. Thank you for all you do for humanity. ao emtp
  4. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    You sound like an awesome nurse. I find all patients fascinating as a paramedic. Whether it be a pneumothorax secondary to a chest to steering wheel collision, right down to replacement of a foley catheter. Something can be learned from every call...
  5. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    6 weeks?????.....where can one get paramedic training in 6 weeks?....where i live, you can't get an emt education in 6 weeks. i don't know where you live, but you are wrong if you think that paramedics go to school for 6 weeks. try 18 mos minimum.
  6. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    Where I live it is now an associate degree program. So yes...we are educated. EMT curriculum is roughly three semesters.
  7. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    UGH....here we go again. Not all paramedics and emts are this way. Please don't generalize us like that. Yes we have our share of jerks, but most of us aren't this way. I can assure you. AJO...EMT-P
  8. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    Hmmm....you have a very interesting perspective about ems. Sure there are a few Bubbas out there in the local firehouses that think that a non-rebreathing mask and rapid transport are the only treatments that a pt with COPD exacerbation or pulmonay ...
  9. Narcotics for LTC Pts with chronic pain

    I am with you 100% on that subject. I am a paramedic contemplating RN school (EC) and my mother is a nurse of 34 years. We have frequent discussions about physicians and nurses undertreating pain, for one reason because they are concerned about "ad...
  10. old skills that we do not use anymore

    These are some very interesting stories. Out in the field, we still use a lot of the old techniques, such as eyeballing and palpating b/p's. I love the stories about the tourniquets for chf and MI's :rotfl: ....I've heard of the suction cup electro...
  11. puncture wound... what to do?

    Yes I agree with that. Very well said. I would also monitor my child to see if this is a continuous thing (in later years).
  12. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    And to EMS: NEVER bring the baby rattler into the ER in a coffee can alive and open the top allowing the snake to jump out and slither down the hall..while nurses are screaming all over the place... Okay...What were they thinking....I think that it...
  13. Your Worst Mistake

    Hello all!!! I am a paramedic and have been in ems for about 10 years now...and have made a few goofy, but not necessarily harmful mistakes. I will write them off as a result of sleep deprivation. Anyway...I have attempted to intubate someone bef...