Ms.Medic
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I was recently written up for not taking a monitor (lifepack 11) into a call with us (a basic crew). We have lifepack 12s on all units except the backups, so as a basic crew, going into a medical facility, there was nothing I could have done with our 11. Our 12's, of course I could have used, no arguement there. FYI: I am taking my national exam for emtp next week, and this happend about 2 weeks ago. The supervisor said that I should have hooked them up to the monitor and had a strip ran for the paramedic when they got there because " I am so close to being a paramedic" and " I know how to do it". Now, I can completely see me doing this while they are there in front of me, but what if something was to show up on the monitor that was treatable, and the lvns/Rns are standing there looking at me like, "what are you going to do". Truth is, that as close as I may be, Im still not certified to put a monitor on a patient and run a strip,,,correct ???? Also, there is nothing in our policies and procedures that states what exactly we have to take in on a call. Can someone help me out in understanding why or how I can get in trouble for this. I certainly DO NOT want this in my file. So should I or should I not have ran a strip ?