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I do admittedly feel ridiculous asking this, but I'm also curious. All are relevant certs and I feel like they should be listed, but I feel like it looks pretty goofy. Less is more? Wear 'em proud? Use a dash to separate medic certs from RN? Or have I had one too many Bangs and overthinking this...

Just curious, looking into flight gigs and wondering what the actual protocols look like for Air Evac and Survival Flight? OK/TX area specifically. If anyone has a copy they'd be willing to share I'd love to see. Couldn't find anything through Google, unfortunately. Thanks in advance!

I saw you mentioned this was just a hypothetical patient, but nonetheless with that pressure, lung sounds, and tachycardia, it definitely paints a realistic picture of a septic pneumonia patient, one that you'll almost certainly run into at some point in your career. I'm not a huge fan of...

So as the title says, I made the leap to RN after 10 years in EMS about a year ago (one year in May). I know there's quite a few people here who have made that same jump, I'm just curious because I know a lot of you have done it years ago - Where are you now? Are you still in traditional nursing...

No flight experience personally. 2 years as a shift supervisor at a relatively busy 911 ground service before starting work as an RN, though. Honestly, the 2 guys I know that are AirEvac PD's were both ground medics with supervisory experience, but had no flight experience, though admittedly I'm...

10-year medic here, almost a year now as an RN. To make a long story short: If there's anything I've realized in this time, it's that I don't want to be at the bedside for more than another five or so years. I've got two associates degrees now and I'm strongly considering going back to my alma...

Okay, relatively seasoned paramedic asking here, though not nearly as smart as the frequent fliers on this board, I give ASA to almost all of my chest pain pts, but I only give NTG to suspected acute cardiac event pts. And by acute cardiac pts; I mean pts with non-reproducible chest pain, severe...

The hospital itself is part of a large, well-established healthcare conglomerate, so I assume it's all on the up-and-up. And to be fair, that's only how the job was explained to me in my interview, I haven't actually began my OTJ training yet, so who knows. Plus I assume any liability would be...

Hey guys I'm about to start a new job as a hospital paramedic. It's a small surgical specialty hospital, ~10 bed floor and a few operating suites. Mostly outpatient stuff but abdomens, spines, and a few others stay overnight. I'll be working nightshift and essentially be acting as a tech...

My question is what was she taking the Benadryl for in the first place? is this a reaction due to the Benadryl or is this simply a continuation of symptoms that were present and the Benadryl did not relieve?

Other things off of the top of my head worth mentioning: Our medical director is a former paramedic at our service. He works in the ER at a Level 2 trauma center in OKC and is frequently involved in our monthly CE classes. He's extremely approachable and is quite open to protocol deviation if a...

Yes, I apologize for the site, it's quite a bit outdated. There's a Facebook page that's maintained much better than the actual website. But to answer your questions: We run 5 ambulances on shift per day. 4 located at our main station and one located at our substation on the more rural side of...

Job Description We have openings for 3 Full Time Paramedics. As of January 14, 2019, we are offering the following incentives: $5,000.00 Sign on Bonus $2,000.00 Relocation Assistance (If the candidate moves into the service area) This position is a 24 on, 48 off rotating shift. Overtime is...

I was wondering if anyone had an LVAD PP that they would be willing to share? The audience will be a mix of EMTs and paramedics. I've searched quite a bit through the Googlesphere and most of the presentations I've found are either in-hospital management or much older stuff that's lost...

Surgery about 2 weeks prior for a fx'ed humerus as well. PE would definitely be in the realm of possibility. Hadn't even thought of that in terms of accompanying with the RV strain.