Recent content by RCashRN

I passed!! One more written test to go before I'm an NREMT-P!!! And still gotta do my background check, of course. It's a shame the two closest testing centers are booked through June...

i soooo hope you're right. some questions were stupidly easy, some were hard to the point i wanted to curl up in a ball and mutter incoherently to myself.

test shut off at 80 questions. Nervous...

OOOHH I'm nervous!! 3:45pm tomorrow. As an RN, I have to take the "Assessment" written to obtain my South Carolina provisional certification, then I have to go back and take another written to get my National Registry. I don't know if there's any difference in the tests or not. I guess I...

we do care. that way we nurses know if we need to have IV stuff waiting in the room so nana can get some pain control and be cooperative and a little more comfortable for xrays. it also tells us if we DO need to start the IV on the patient's arrival to the ER, if we can draw the blood while...

+1 this is how it is where i work. but we (at my ER) want to be called for every patient, no matter how minor, to get a room ready or to decide whether the patient goes the triage or the 'fast track' area. it's much easier when you have a few minutes to decide on which room is best.

but, with that being said... would subjecting a fractured tooth with an exposed nerve to an ice cold liquid be considered "tender"? hmmm.... i guess techically, by definition, it would... but i dont think i'd ever call it tender. i'd say pain is exacerbated by exposure to cold.

yes. i had to take a refresher course that includes all those skills. given, my instructor catered to the ones in the class who were already NREMT-P's and i kinda got skipped over... so i had som coworkers/friends/local P's go back through skills with me countless times. you have to submit a...

oh if you fight scamper you'd be gone in a heartbeat! :-P no one picks on my boy! i'm free monday and tuesday. plans all weekend with the boyfriend (rodeo, woohoo!) and work wed-thu-fri!

i would be riding third-person at first. i wouldn't want to start as someone's only partner on the truck - you know if that happened, all hell would break loose. i've already started doing a little ride time, and my (two) NREMT-P's i rode with last time were completely comfortable with me and...

lol unfortunately the Z is gone :( and i haven't made paramedic just yet... but i've passed my practicals and now just have to take my (two) written(s)! i've got one other gun too, my .270 Ruger stainless deer rifle... i love stainless guns... and i agree with whoever said angeleyes doesnt...

wish i could've afforded that option, but couldn't. fortunately, the EMS service that serves the hospital i work at is one of the tops services in the state... if they'll hire me, i plan on doing lots of ride time and learning before jumping into being primary "P" on the truck.

i gotta get me one of those.

congratulations! here's hoping i'll be able to post the same thing within the next month. :)