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The ER is a wonderful place to start because you see so many different types of patients... We normally do not get volunteers, however, I'm sure we would be so very grateful to have extra help at times... You have to start somewhere and for most people the ER staff is the first they come in contact with and it will help you learn how to assist patients in their activities of daily living as well as learning your way around the hospital and coming in contact with a lot of the staff (which could later become very useful in your resumes, esp. if the staff likes your work..) And keep in mind that if your not happy, you can request a different area of the hospital, however, I think you would do just fine!!! Good Luck and God Bless..... :balloons: :chair:

Having currently been in the ER for almost 2 yrs, we have always drawn initial labs from PIV that we started and had not flushed yet... It is however against our policy to draw blood from a line that has received IVF or any type of medication through it d/t having mismatched labs so frequently (we were doing cardiac enzymes and Troponins on our own machine in ER vs our lab techs drawing blood and running on their machines) At times there was a significant difference, so our policy changed to this. I'm sure every facility has their own, but this seems to be working well for us.... Hope I helped, It's probably clear as mud!!!! lol.... :balloons: :)