Thats why it would take place in the parking lot.
But hey you have your way I have mine. Im sure we both arrive at the same place. Just take different ways to get there.
IFT's how do you handle them
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Thats why it would take place in the parking lot.
But hey you have your way I have mine. Im sure we both arrive at the same place. Just take different ways to get there.
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Hey Saph,
Do your medics transport code all the time, even for trivial things? Have they ever punted a BLS to you that turned out to be serious? I have had doctors get mad at me for the medics decision. Forgive me if I came off harsh, I have tremendous respect for you and all of our LA brothers and sisters who deal with the toxic private ambulance environment down here.
BTW, I am about to move to MedResponse. My current employer (you know who) is not working out. I would love to move back to AMR but I have a pretty rigid school schedule.
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We only have 2 health care facilities in town 1 is our hospital and the second is the a special care facility. When we do transports between then it only take 1 to 2 minutes as the special care is only around the corner from the hospital.
I've rode medics in code on a cough/cold. I've also had the medics contact, decided to ride it in, and request code 2 transport (that's an interesting radio report, "XXXX, we're code 2 code 5 to xxxxx hospital with squad XXX")
I've also had a severe resp distress pt that I rode in BLS cause the medic, without even putting his ears on, decide that it was simply a case of constipation (huh??????, I came in at the transport decision portion of the assessment), which the doc almost tubed upon our arrival at the ED. That one was courtesy of our resident Frank Pierce firemedic.
Sorry to hear the current employer isn't working out, better luck on the new one. You wouldn't get in with AMR anyway, they're not hiring right now.
Rhan
One of the only things I gained from doing BLS nonemergent trips for appts, releases to residence, dialysis, etc was lots of practice talking to patients. Good interview skills, heck good people skills, can't be taught in a classroom. Since these runs comprised the vast majority of my patient contact at my first job, I got plenty of practice talking to patients.
Practicing vitals is good as well, but don't get too carried away.
I also make it a point to read the manilla envelope if I have time, you can learn a lot from this paperwork.
Urgent IFTs on a paramedic unit are an entirely different story. There are many things to be learned there.
Private transport services are an excellent starter job in the field. You can get plenty of experience with driving, vitals, and patient skills. Unfortunately, many of your skills will magically disappear if you don't practice them.
One of the only things I gained from doing BLS nonemergent trips for appts, releases to residence, dialysis, etc was lots of practice talking to patients. Good interview skills, heck good people skills, can't be taught in a classroom. Since these runs comprised the vast majority of my patient contact at my first job, I got plenty of practice talking to patients.
Practicing vitals is good as well, but don't get too carried away.
I also make it a point to read the manilla envelope if I have time, you can learn a lot from this paperwork.
Urgent IFTs on a paramedic unit are an entirely different story. There are many things to be learned there.
Private transport services are an excellent starter job in the field. You can get plenty of experience with driving, vitals, and patient skills. Unfortunately, many of your skills will magically disappear if you don't practice them.
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The environment in So Cal doesn't hold a candle to the stupidity of Massachusetts. Every shift out here has me rolling my eyes and wishing I was back a part of the Lynch Mob(tm).
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Does lynch still run 911 in OC?
Negative Ghost Rider. That seems to be primarily the domain of the Care Bears, and a few others, that is, when the FD doesn't transport.
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I was at a hospital in east LA county the other day and a Care EMT had the nerve to tell me that I should use the parking lot next time because HE ran 911 in that area.
Ugh.
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Honestly, I just check their mental status and vitals once to see how thier condition is and I just keep an eye on them the rest of the way incase anything changes. However, it is ok to talk to them even if they're not all there mentally. Just make pollite short conversation to take the edge off because even inter facillity transport can be a little overwhelming to many patients. I believe that your primary concern should be to keep an eye on thier overall condition and make them as comfortable as possible.
Ug, east LA county???? Um, care to share the hospital? Can go PM if you'd like. Cause, last I checked, *I* run 911 in east LA County, further east is Shaffer. Care's more in west and south.
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Lynch never ran primary 911, but we did have a handful of backup contracts. Of course backing up Care is an exercise in futility, so the only city that ever called us was Costa Mesa, which is now run by Care.