Recent content by medichopeful

Generally speaking, distance to the hospital is not a good way to decide what treatments or assessments to do or not do. There are, of course, exceptions. However, take a few minutes on scene to actually assess your patient. You'll be surprised by what you might catch. Sometimes patients get...

We're currently in the process of upgrading to the V-Scan.

If you want to do flight/CCT, go to nursing school first, and then get your medic afterwards (either by a bridge program, or by going to paramedic school). You'll see more critically ill patients in a week as a CC nurse than you will in a month as a CC medic. No point in delaying it, just get...

I got Step 1 of the Pfizer vaccine. The only thing I noticed is better cell phone coverage from the 5G chip they implanted. In all seriousness, the only side effects I had was a little arm tingling that went away, a little dizziness that went away, and feeling like a took a pretty good punch...

This should get the job done for you.

Start a line and give TXA.

We use the channeled KV at my part-time job. It's great for easy airways. At my full-time job, we use the GlideScope GO both Mac blades and LoPro (hyperangulated) blades. I like the LoPro blades, they work fairly well.

I'll be there! I'm hoping to speak too.

It's truly a great place to work, and from what I've seen definitely one of the best systems in New England, possibly the country. They treat their employees right, and in return the employees give a lot back to the organization. If we didn't have the support of the city, and good leadership...

They're about as close to a third service as possible without being a third service, but they’re private and have a board of directors. Our trucks are bought for us by the city, and our base is owned by the city as well (we pay like $10 a year for rent or some small amount). If I’m not...

New Britain EMS in CT hits 5 out of those 7 criteria, which I would say is pretty damn good.

Why are you managing propofol drips if you are not critical care? Your attitude is, quite honestly, scary. You present yourself as someone who knows way more than they actually do, and that is going to end up hurting a patient.

Dunning-Kruger in action.

I’m not offended, but I’ve been on both sides (EMS and nursing). There is a divide between the two at times, and attitudes like yours do nothing to improve that. How long have you been a medic for? Edited for spelling

I’m sure that attitudes like your really help that dynamic. Referring to nurses as “doctor helpers” and basically saying that they are incompetent doesn’t really do a lot to help improve relations between specialties. You also said in one of your earlier posts that you don’t have faith in the...