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    Elevated Sodium Levels

    The pt had a med list that related the med to a diagnosis
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    Elevated Sodium Levels

    It was a few weeks ago so I do not recall exactly but I am pretty sure there were not diuretics on the list, however I could be wrong
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    Elevated Sodium Levels

    He was not on diuretics. He was somewhat lethargic but the staff said it was baseline, even though it may not have been. That's good to know it may be from lowered fkuid levels resulting ib higher concentration and necessarily just high sodium intake. Also he had no history of kidney...
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    Elevated Sodium Levels

    I was dispatched to a SNF for pt with sodium labs of 162. He had mild edema to both legs non pitting. Slightly elevated RR and HR but not change in mental status. BP was 136/90 they had infused D5 in NS 750cc over 10 hours. Question is what us the effect of elevated sodium on the body and...
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    Memorable moments...

    Nursing home to ER call emergent. Nurse says pt is baseline GCS of 9 ish non verbal lethargic which is what the pt was presenting currently Pt RR was 44 hypotensive at 90/60 tachy at 124 temp at 100f no Sp02 available I'm thinking sepsis Anyway its my first day off of FTO training and I'm...
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    Medlife (Glendale,CA)

    Pretty cool. If it doesnt I know of some openings send me a pm of you want
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    Medlife (Glendale,CA)

    Ya I was with west coast. They almost went under and laid off most the company me included They were very shady and not managed well
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    Medlife (Glendale,CA)

    Never heard of them:ph34r:
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    Medlife (Glendale,CA)

    Transaid?
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    EMS Tips for young people.

    I got my EMT Cert at 18 in LA County. I found a job on an IFT truck with dedicated attendants/drivers before I was 19. And about 6 months ago I just moved to a better IFT company that lets me drive since I have a clean record. Also we do lots of SNF ER calls which are good experience. But...
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    Any info on Firstmed Ambu company? (LA county)

    Ya same here, we run 6 rigs, sometimes... But we get mostly ER calls which is awesome
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    Medlife (Glendale,CA)

    I have a friend who works for them, he says they are a pretty decent IFT out here. I have no idea what the pay/benefits are however
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    Any info on Firstmed Ambu company? (LA county)

    Very true, but there are some very good IFT companies that handle mostly ER calls for SNF's or other medical facilities. And if you have to work for a Dialysis runner company, you still have many options, and some are definitely better than others.
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    Any info on Firstmed Ambu company? (LA county)

    I work in LA county. You may want to shy from First Med. They do 90% dialysis
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