AirborneMedic

AirborneMedic has 8 years experience and specializes in Emergency.

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1. Moving to Texas

   AirborneMedic replied to runnerdoug87's topic in Texas

   Yes. Definitely sounds like Austin. The cost of living is kinda high because of UT, but there are plenty of outdoor things to do for you non-gamers. Do you like hunting? San Antonio has a much lower cost of living and it's only an hour from Austin.

2. Moving to Texas

   AirborneMedic replied to runnerdoug87's topic in Texas

   I worked for Baptist and Methodist hospitals in San Antonio off and on for about 4 years. Those are two of the biggest hospitals in the area. Each has about 5 hospitals in the city, not including their smaller outpatient clinics and urgent care cente...

3. What are your pet peeves?

   AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   Yeah I've been overseas for a while. Thanks for the welcome.

4. What are your pet peeves?

   AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   No coffee in the ER? That's just downright Communist and that hospital should be shut down. Nothing gets done until I've had my coffee. Hell I won't do CPR until there is caffeine running through my veins. Hooah!

5. OMG the cell phone is out

   AirborneMedic replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

   Assuming the waiting area is busy, I don't even ask them to hang up. I stop charting, stand up, open the door to the waiting room and tell them I have to call them back in a while. I call the next patient and tell them in my best Army NCO voice, "mak...

6. What are your pet peeves?

   AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   I did. And I threw him back out to the dreaded waiting room.

7. What are your pet peeves?

   AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   Patients who feel they need to call everybody on their contacts list to let them know they are going to the ER. As soon as I get them into triage and begin their assessment everybody on their contact list decides to return that call.

8. What are your pet peeves?

   AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   Me: Sir on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most pain you've ever experienced, how bad is your abdominal pain? Pt: It's a 10. (As he's texting away.) Me: So if I took that cell phone and smashed it into your skull it wouldn't hurt as much as your belly ...

9. What are your pet peeves?

   AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   Patients with 10/10 migraine, chest or abdominal pain who move like pond water when I call them into triage or try to get them into a gown, but suddenly find the strength to jump out of their skin in order to respond to a text or answer their phone w...

10. What are your pet peeves?

    AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    Complains of being short of breath, but won't stop talking on the phone while I'm trying to do an assessment.

11. What are your pet peeves?

    AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    When the police or other drunk friends bring in their semiconscious drunk friend to the ER. I'm in my 40's. I bartended for 15 years and spent some time in the Army. I was drunk throughout my 20's. All of it. I spent more time drunk than most of you ...

12. ER RN must haves

    AirborneMedic replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Trauma shears, pen light, sharpie, dry erase marker, stethoscope, hemostats (stack 2 different types of tape on the hemostats and clamp them to the lower edge of your scrubs top, let them dangle), belt clip for your smart phone (it will jump out of y...