Search results

Yea, but in California where I am at, employers can make it mandatory and terminate you for not getting it.

I would say a couple months is good for me to see what happens to people in a non controlled clinical trial. It normally takes a lot longer than what it took now to develop, test and roll a vaccine out.

I want and will get it but will not be the first in line to do it. Just like buying a new car, phone, medication, etc. I don't want to be the first to do it. Wait it out a little bit and make sure things are OK and get it. We have 1-3 confirmed covid patients every shift and have good PPE, so...

Yup, considering we couldn't even transport mag with a preclampsia patient last night in la county as ALS.

Last I heard an ALS call on our contract runs for $500-$700 where as a CCT call could generate 2-3x that.

IFT-SO-3 Policy says they can monitor preset antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal agents administered by the sending facility. It was revised 10/23/19 and that's actually BLS. ALS adds what you mentioned plus dopamine, lidocaine, amio, benzos and mag.

Orange county started allowing medics to transport vents and some drips including antibiotics

Correct, transfers. We rarely do backup. If on scene of a still alarm, RN’s can use up to the ALS scope of practice.

A majority of the ALS calls we get because we are IFT simply more stable than CCT or don’t require drips, blood and/or vent. An intubated stemi pt would be CCT where as if they weren’t intubated it would be ALS going to the stemi center.

I forgot to mention 3-5 days/shifts with a Senior RN/FTO that is after oirentation. But, pretty standard for CCT companies in CA

We do CCT and ALS in la county at the company I work for, all IFT. CCT nurses require a minimum of 2yrs ER/ICU experience and I know none who have less than 4 and who are still actively work part time for hospitals. Majority of the cct calls are vent/drip calls that are non-emergency and simply...

Current PRN employee. Majority of the people at PRN work here to move onto fire/police or to work in the hospital. BLS,ALS and CCT shifts available. BLS is pretty much hospital IFT with home discharges, no dialysis. I highly recommend picking up ALS and CCT shifts both for experience and to not...

Yes, they are, sister companies. Although when I asked a ex-Royalty employee, they were still separate in terms of operations.

Thanks guys. I sent an email to management. The policy I read in our Operating Guidelines does not specifically list a protocol for stopping at a still alarm with a patient on board, only a vague policy that reads stop, contact dispatch for additional units/fire/police, etc and treat the patient...

Nothing you did wrong, patient "worsened" en route. Reminds me of a call we had in April: Dispatched to urgent care to transfer a pt to the ER across the street (waste of time) for a person presenting with asthma exacerbation. Pt is satting fine, on 2L NC and has no wheezing. Ask nurse what...

Our employer's policy at still alarms is to stop and assist up to our full scope of practice (BLS/ALS and ALS if on a CCT car) after notifying dispatch. If we have a patient on board, we are only to stop briefly enough to see if other resources are needed and contact dispatch to have other units...

1. They should have a backup/mutual aid contract in place to reduce or eliminate these problems. However, if the mutual aid provider is running a lot of calls in Chicago because CFD can't get their act together, I'm sure they wouldn't want to continue. 2. They should contract with a private BLS...

I used an app called EMT Prep. It pops up questions every day plus you can study I think up to 1000 questions for a $15 one time fee. The general consensus for the NREMT is if you think you did horrible, you probably passed. Our whole EMT class that took it felt that way and we all passed. I did...

Most reputable EMT programs are designed to be tougher than NREMT. Pretty much on the first day our instructor said, "If you pass this class, you'll pass the NREMT no problem." Ever heard of FISDAP? Yea, it's a little difficult at first because there can be 4 correct answers on one problem...

I forgot to even mention sending 3-4 FF/EMT’s or Paramedics in a fire engine with an ambulance as opposed to just sending the ambulance if EMS/FF were seperated. Another cost to the taxpayers especially in cities with tons of runs per day.