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MonkeyArrow · Apr 14, 2014

TransportJockey said:
Lol basically one of the most physically intense shifts I have had. Restrained 4 people, got bit once, slugged once, and gave 200mg of Ketamine throughout the shift. Good times

I bet you let dispatch know it was your last shift BEFORE it was over. They like messing with us like that. :glare: Or we can blame it on the lunatics getting ready for the lunar "blood" eclipse. On an unrelated note, were the 4 restraints independent of the slugging and the bite, or was it all one "influenced" guy/chick?

Handsome Robb · Apr 14, 2014

He's a tech in the ER, or was a tech I guess so we can't blame dispatch...this time lol

DesertMedic66 · Apr 14, 2014

Robb said:
He's a tech in the ER, or was a tech I guess so we can't blame dispatch...this time lol

You can always blame dispatch

Handsome Robb · Apr 15, 2014

DesertEMT66 said:
You can always blame dispatch

I was really looking forward to being able to be "that guy" on the radio lol.

Tigger · Apr 15, 2014

Welp, season ski passes have been renewed/purchased. 1000 dollars and nine mountains in Colorado. Gonna be a good year, but I think I need a part time job that pays more than 50 bucks a week...

UnkiEMT · Apr 15, 2014

I transported a patient home from the ER last night.

After I got him there, I realized I'd transported him before.

I recognized his cat.

PotatoMedic · Apr 15, 2014

It is funny what we recognize. I recognized that I had transported a patient not by their name. Or a family member. Or by the fairly unique house. Nope I realized that I transported the patient before by the staircase!

UnkiEMT · Apr 15, 2014

FireWA1 said:
It is funny what we recognize. I recognized that I had transported a patient not by their name. Or a family member. Or by the fairly unique house. Nope I realized that I transported the patient before by the staircase!

There's a staircase that still haunts my dreams...it was built in the early 1800s so it had a 6/4 run over rise, was about 2 feet wide to start with then had a stair lift installed, and the patient had to be kept laying flat and level.

I'm still not sure my arms have recovered from that, and it was 7 years ago.

TransportJockey · Apr 15, 2014

MonkeyArrow said:
I bet you let dispatch know it was your last shift BEFORE it was over. They like messing with us like that. :glare: Or we can blame it on the lunatics getting ready for the lunar "blood" eclipse. On an unrelated note, were the 4 restraints independent of the slugging and the bite, or was it all one "influenced" guy/chick?

I worked as an ER Paramedic at the only trauma center in my state. Lol so no blaming dispatch for once.
And I got slugged and then restrained one guy. The others were earned while tying people up.

Anjel · Apr 15, 2014

Yay we beat the record for total snowfall for the season. It was set in 1880. We have gotten a total of 94.1 inches this season. :glare:

Handsome Robb · Apr 15, 2014

Anjel said:
Yay we beat the record for total snowfall for the season. It was set in 1880. We have gotten a total of 94.1 inches this season. :glare:

No way we're at like 12% of our annual snowpack...

http://m.ktvu.com/news/news/local/storm-blankets-sierra-snowpack-12-percent-normal/nc7qh/

Aaaaand we're back to nursing school. I need to make up my damn mind. Or just start, once I start I won't stop. Worst case scenario I do a couple of years of bedside nursing then can move on to something else.

VFlutter · Apr 15, 2014

Robb said:
Aaaaand we're back to nursing school. I need to make up my damn mind. Or just start, once I start I won't stop. Worst case scenario I do a couple of years of bedside nursing then can move on to something else.

A couple years of bedside nursing flies by if you find the right job. I can not believe it has been over a year and a half since I started. Get into an ICU or ER and you will be fine. And even floor nursing isn't horrible for the short term. In those couple years you will likely get your student loans paid off, assuming you have some, and be financially comfortable to go do whatever you want.

In other words...DO IT!!!!!!

Handsome Robb · Apr 15, 2014

Chase said:
A couple years of bedside nursing flies by if you find the right job. I can not believe it has been over a year and a half since I started. Get into an ICU or ER and you will be fine. And even floor nursing isn't horrible for the short term. In those couple years you will likely get your student loans paid off, assuming you have some, and be financially comfortable to go do whatever you want.

In other words...DO IT!!!!!!

I might bug you again on Facebook in a while. I called the admissions office and left a message to try and find out if they'll even admit me with a broken wing. Wouldn't start until September so I feel like it won't be an issue.

Knowing me I'd have to be in a high acuity ICU, my first choice would be the trauma ICU at the TC here or the CVICU.

TransportJockey · Apr 15, 2014

Chase said:
A couple years of bedside nursing flies by if you find the right job. I can not believe it has been over a year and a half since I started. Get into an ICU or ER and you will be fine. And even floor nursing isn't horrible for the short term. In those couple years you will likely get your student loans paid off, assuming you have some, and be financially comfortable to go do whatever you want.

In other words...DO IT!!!!!!

Dude you need to stop that lol. You're making me really consider nursing school after I finish my AAS in EMS

Handsome Robb · Apr 15, 2014

TransportJockey said:
Dude you need to stop that lol. You're making me really consider nursing school after I finish my AAS in EMS

Right?

Carlos Danger · Apr 15, 2014

Chase said:
A couple years of bedside nursing flies by if you find the right job. I can not believe it has been over a year and a half since I started. Get into an ICU or ER and you will be fine. And even floor nursing isn't horrible for the short term. In those couple years you will likely get your student loans paid off, assuming you have some, and be financially comfortable to go do whatever you want.

In other words...DO IT!!!!!!

And you don't even have to stop doing EMS. It's not like you have to turn in your NREMTP card at the door of the nursing school.

Some of the best clinicians I've known were paramedic-turned RN's

chaz90 · Apr 15, 2014

Nothing quite like the joy of a critical patient with difficult IV access. I was realllly close to doing my second conscious IO, and my first one with a completely alert patient.

JPINFV · Apr 15, 2014

UnkiEMT said:
I transported a patient home from the ER last night.

After I got him there, I realized I'd transported him before.

I recognized his cat.

We had a cruise ship passenger intubated and admitted for anaphalaxis. I recognized them leaving the hospital (they were leaving the elevator as I was getting in to go to the cafeteria) by their Samsonite Sign.

Handsome Robb · Apr 15, 2014

Halothane said:
And you don't even have to stop doing EMS. It's not like you have to turn in your NREMTP card at the door of the nursing school.

Some of the best clinicians I've known were paramedic-turned RN's

You're not helping.

UnkiEMT · Apr 15, 2014

My problem with nursing school has always been that if I became an RN, I'd have to work with other RNs.

Now, they're not all bad by any stretch, but enough of them irritate the hell out of me to make it an unattractive notion.

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