fltRNKen

fltRNKen

Acute care/Critical care/Flight care

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About fltRNKen

fltRNKen has 20+ years experience and specializes in Acute care/Critical care/Flight care.

Ken Warner, BSN, CFRN, CEN - 1982 to 1986 served in the USAF as crew chief on C-5 and C-141 aircrafts at Travis AFB - 1988 to 1989: EMT basic with Willows Ambulance Company in Willows, Ca. - 1989 to 1990: EMT-II with hospital based ambulance at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California. - 1990 to 1993: EMT-Paramedic on the ambulance and in the ED at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital - 1993: ADN from Shasta Community College in Redding, Ca. - 1993 to 1994: RN in ICU/CCU at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, Ca. - 1994: MICN certification from NorCal EMS in Redding, Ca. - 1994 to 1999: RN/MICN on the ambulance and in the ED at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital - 1999 to 2009: RN in the ED at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass, Or. - 2009: BSN from University of Phoenix - 2009 to 2011: Pre and post-surgical RN at Grants Pass Surgical Center in Grants Pass, Or. - 2011 to present: Flight RN at Mercy Flights in Medford, Or.

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  1. Right track?

    fltRNKen replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

    As you can tell from others that have commented on your behalf reaching the level of flight nurse is a gradual road of milestones towards reaching one of the highest levels of nursing care in the profession. Focus on each milestone learning all you c...

  2. Flight Nursing

    fltRNKen replied to DidiRN's topic in Flight

    Well sounds like Wisconsin was a great move on your part! We moved up from Redbluff, California to get away from the heat and high cost of living and have lived in Grants Pass now for 14 years. We love it here and plan to live here for our remaining...

  3. Right track?

    fltRNKen replied to kvromero11's topic in Flight

    This is just one good example and reason you will need critical care experience and knowledge as a nurse with future ambitions to being a flight nurse...Managing an intubated patient via bagging and ETCO2/SvO2 monitoring is one thing. Flight nurses a...

  4. Flight Nursing

    fltRNKen replied to DidiRN's topic in Flight

    Wow what a small world! We have lived in Grants Pass for 13 years and in Merlin. We just sold our home off Potts Way in Merlin and built a home in Grants Pass off Redwood highway; actually off South River Rd along the river. You probably guessed t...

  5. Flight Nursing

    fltRNKen replied to DidiRN's topic in Flight

    I am a flight nurse and our company also runs ground ambulance and air (FW & RW) transports. The flight team consist of a nurse (CFRN) and EMT-P (FP-C). Paramedics in Oregon are licensed with an associate degree. EMT-P's must have at least 3 ...