Recent content by PinkEMT23

I don' t know what podunk town you live in but mva's, shootings, stabbings, etc happen where I work at least 5 of every 10 calls. One year where I work counts as 3 years experience anywhere else due to the high call volume and all the trauma we have. My towns first homicide happened while I was...

Gloves I agree with harkj and ventmedic. When you are shopping at the store pushing a buggy around you don't wear gloves. We go on many calls where gloves aren't needed because you may never even get close enough to the patient to need them. That is unless you force every pt you come in contact...

Drawing Labs In Arkansas we are taught to draws labs and what they are for and how to properly handle them. As for time differential we wait to draw them right b4 we arrive at the recieving facility. I don't know about your ER nurses and MD but ours are very grateful for helping them out.

Stealing from the hospital I don't condone taking things from the hospital without their consent. However, at my ambulance service we take blood tube sets to draw labs and linens all with the ER personnel's permission. It shouldn't be a problem if it saves the ER an exra step (drawing labs) or...

Your partner is like family. I don't know about you but where I work I spend more time with my partner than I do my own husband. My partner would never do something if he knew I felt uncomfortable about it. I understand that old school medics didn't wear gloves back then. That just wasn't...

Wearing Gloves Personally I woudn't care what my partner does. If he wants to get some sort of diease then thats his problem not mine. If it is company policy to always wear gloves and you are afraid of getting in trouble. Talk to your partner and tell him that if this doesn't get resolved...