There is no general guideline for refusals in Virginia. Every agency has its unique protocols that outline how refusals must be obtained. Example: My current agency requires a call to the Peds ER doctor for any peds refusal under the age of 5, never encountered that before.
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Virginia OEMS also has $33 million dollars in mishandled/missing funds :mad:
They canceled our annual EMS symposium, canceled all state grants, and have reneged on most reimbursements. There are going to be a lot of smaller, more rural agencies closing across the Commonwealth.
VA Office EMS $33...
As charge nurse, I have to call the ME, call LifeNet, and deal with the local authorities regarding any deaths. A lot of times questions about prehospital care are simply to clarify these dealings. And then some questions are because some nurses are *****es ;)
As the charge nurse at a busy level 2 trauma center, I can honestly state I've never held a crew longer than 15 minutes. We've been using our triage and fast track area for all EMS that isn't a trauma, MI, or critical patient. We funnel everyone there and have a designated paramedic that takes...
Got dispatched last night for an unresponsive at one of our local no-tell motels. Arrived to find one of our most frequent callers very dead. Between the ambulance and being a nurse at the local trauma hospital I've probably had hundreds of contacts with this man over the years. He has called me...
So many nurses I went to school with also had to repeat/redo a class, it happens. I love your attitude though, that is priceless! That kind of self-reflection and honesty is what I love working with, it means I can trust you. Kick *** this fall :cool:
We use it as a first med on patients with a food bolus in their throat. Works about 20% of the time, not great numbers but sure beats calling in ENT :cool:
Based on the interaction at the beginning of the video the patient was being brought in for a welfare check/mental health check. Our ED has had a few very close calls with guns/knives/SNAKES (alive!) snuck in by mental health patients. Our hospital got our security the wand-type metal detectors...
This, so much this.
We're holding ICU patients *alongside* my other patients, without critical care support staff, proper equipment or training. Last night we had an adult cardiac arrest and a pediatric unresponsive come in 2 minutes apart. A full department, 20 in the waiting room and the HEAR...