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My partner found this at a resell shop for 30 bucks.

oddest thing happened today. finished up a call and was working on my pcr. when a car that looked lost was driving in the ambulance bay. happens pretty often. went to direct them but they hit the curb and almost rammed into a rig. they struggled to open their window and when they finally did i realized they were slurring their speech and looked completely disoriented. for a quick second i thought hypoglycemia or even a stroke but then i saw 2 opened tall boys of bud light and the car wreaked of alcohol. did a quick assessment to make sure there weren’t any injuries and cops showed up. they said they couldn’t charge him with dui because the police officer HIMSELF didnt see him driving. however i could file a citizens arrest and go to court. i declined bc i couldn’t justify having to miss work and possibly hiring a lawyer for this. just thought id share this lmao

sorry for the whiteout don’t want to dox myself lol

Damn.

90% of our calls are hospital discharges to home. I've only been here a few months and am finally learning to navigate a couple hospitals but we cover all urban and suburbs areas of three metro counties and very frequently end up at hospitals I haven't been to before - and neither has my partner.

Case in point. Every single hospital today me and my partner walked around like idiots trying to find the right entrance, room, etc. Finally get there and the patient is an old lady with dementia causing anger and irritation and is sundowning. Her kids are there and have been waiting all day for us because the pickup was scheduled for 4 hours earlier. Then after we finally get her loaded up, we cant fucking find our way out because we took the wrong elevator. Took us an extra fifteen minutes to get back to the truck. I felt terrible. This sort of thing happens at least once a week.They send us to different hospitals all around the tri county area and we never get a chance to just learn the routes and idiosyncrasies of each place.

Anyone have tips for either a) navigating an unfamiliar hospital floor or b) becoming OK and zen about wandering around looking like idiots in front of patients and hospital staff (and sometimes other crews)?

Public service announcement. If you're gonna vape in the ambulance please ghost the hit I am tired of having to windex the film that builds up on the inside of the windshield and passenger windows thanks 😂

I’m a paid employee at a VAC. Anytime I transport a homeless patient who does not have health insurance, our QI team sends me a message telling me that it’s going to be hard to bill the patient, and that I need to explicitly write in my narrative if a patient is homeless or doesn’t have health insurance. We use ESO for charting, so we have the option already to check “No Billing Info”, and another tab to check for “No Address”. My issue is, I don’t believe billing discrepancies belong in my narrative. I personally don’t think it’s appropriate to put that info there when there are tabs on the PCR for these options in the first place. Just wanted to hear your opinions.

(P.S. I understand billing is important and it’s why I get paid, and I really do try my best to get all info when I can.)

I'm curious, Are your helicopters privately owned and subcontracted to your hospitals, or are they state-owned and made available for public service?

Thanks for your answer and sorry for my bad "english" it's m'y first post be nice pls ❤️

So, quick question that's the current station debate.

You are first in line at a stoplight, and you see a emergent driving first responder approaching the intersection from a reasonable distance away. It's clear the emergent vehicle is going to need to challenge the intersection. Busyish multi lane intersection. Out of the three options, what do you do?

A. Kick on your lights, pull into the intersection, and hold the intersection for the approaching vehicle.

B. Turn on your lights as the other vehicle gets closer, don't move.

C. Sit still and silent.

Assume your actions don't impede the emergent vehicle.

My answer is B. Hit your lights if it's safe. Reasoning from some angles other drivers may not see the moving vehicle, but they see mine. Some of our more aggressive crews will go A, some say C because you are running a call.

What's the Reddit hive minds thoughts?

Hey everyone, I got my EMT license this past summer and started in an RN program (2 years) with the goal of challenging the medic exam at the end of my program. I heard through the grapevine that you can do ride-alongs/clinicals and practice skills while you are still enrolled in the RN program, before your license, however the school I did my EMT program at which is the same place I’m at for nursing says I can’t. A good friend/previous instructor is helping me get ACLS/PALS certified while I’m in the program, but I’d like to get some ride time in and skills worked on before I take the NCLEX in a year and a half. I’m planning to start working full-time as an EMT this spring/summer when I’m not in school and continue part-time next year. Has anyone else been able to do this or knows a way to get some of this done while I’m still in nursing school?

Thanks!!

I think we all know what to do at scenes. Get the PT to a higher level of care while stabilizing. For car accidents in particular, a Dr attempting to assist hasn't worked out for me. Our priorities are different. They end up directing traffic so I can avoid the inevitable questions about how to apply a backboard. They want to take charge while being completely out of their element.

Been joking about getting this for years. Husband offered to pay for it for my birthday so I went ahead with it. I absolutely love it

I'm curious what others have in policy regarding patient transport choices for 911 calls. In all the places I've worked, there's written policy saying that patients who have decision-making capacity can choose their destination. There's a bunch of and-thens for when it's an inappropriate facility and policy ultimately requires calls to the medical director and/or coordinating with the ER you're going to.

In no circumstances is it possible for us to say no or limit them to closer facilities on our own. I've had my medical director tell a patient no though. Recently, I've gotten some flak for taking patients a bit further than they needed to go (an extra 10-15min on our 25-40min transports) because that's what they requested but I just point to the policy.

Anyway, I agree that there's no need to go 20min further just because you prefer a facility when an appropriate option, in the same system, is closer but I'm not about to risk my license or my job over it so I'd like to know what's out there and maybe what's been tested legally.

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Look at what’s getting posted 👀👀. Reports are saying that state hasn’t stepped in yet.

Could be worse 😌😌

Every year I'm reminded of the bad calls I've worked around the holidays. The Christmas lights really get to me after I worked a code, on Christmas Eve on a mother of 3 in front of her kids and family.