medstudent30

Ok its like this.........other than CEU's I DO NOT want to be in school any longer than what I had been. Sorry, but I just do not see any use for it in my area at the present moment. [/font:44a67e1a84]

I leave the billing ting up to my employers......they got the billing department and I have absolutely nothing to do with it..... I do not want to know what goes on behind them doors cause they are basically none of my business........that is until my paycheck bounces.......... LOL.

Ya know that a few years back that the federal government passed a law that in hospitals, doctors offices, ems, etc......had to go to a needleless system. Although we all know that Bush wont do it, maybe someone in office in the near future will try to make that happen.

According to OSHA standards.......if an employee has a latex 'sensitivity', the company that they work for is obligated BY LAW to provide latex free gloves, tourniquets, etc for their employees. Just a little piece of FYI!

Well atleast the doctor was taking steps to not only protect himself, but his patient. I guess that for some people BSI is pretty important

Well like I said, everyone is entitled to their opinion and choices. If you choose not to wear BSI then that is YOUR choice. Myself, however, I have children and a family to think of, and I am not going to bring home anything to them that I don't have to. So my choice is to wear the Nitrile Purple gloves, and that is the choice that I am sticking to.

Well everyone is entitled to their opinion. I happen to have a latex 'sensitivty' so therefore I choose to wear the Nitrile gloves. But by the same token......I am not going without BSI. That is the choice I choose to make. But if I encounter a patient that looks at me funny for having BSI on I make it clear to them that it is for their protection as well as mine. How do you explain to a person that needs full C-Spine precautions when you go to collar them and backboard them??? You tell them its for PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES so that they give you permission to do so. So why not tell that to someone who is C/O CP or SOB? Or even on a basic transfer with a patient? What do ya do with someone who has MRSA of a wound, and when ya got the transfer dispatch did not inform you of the MRSA, (knowing you have a latex 'sensitivity') and you get to the floor and they do not have any latex free gloves? Should you go without BSI and take that risk to yourself and family? Or should you take a pair of gloves with ya?

Just outta curiosity.........what do ya all do when ya gotta patient with history of Spina Bifida...........with whom are suspected of having an allergy to latex??????? Do ya use gloves with latex or do ya go BSI-free??????????

Well here is my two cents worth. Question though......what do ya do if you have a patient with a latex allergy and low and behold.......no latex free gloves????? And this is coming from someone who is allergic to latex.

In my area in a small city in Ohio, the Explorer program is ran through our local hospital. Just a thought

ABC's of EMS = Ambulate Before Carry

According to the way we were taught ACLS, the algorhythm is:

Check for responsiveness

ABC's, etc.

CPR

Stacked set of 3 shocks

Epi or Vasopressin

CPR

Shock

CPR

Epi

CPR

Amiodarone

CPR

Shock

CPR

Either 2nd dose of Amiodarone or Lidocaine

CPR

Shock

CPR

Either 2nd dose of Lidocaine (if Applicable) or Mag Sulfate

All with your pulse checks and Epi q 3-5 minutes

by that time you may have been in your code for about 15-20 minutes if you have been then you can give your Sodium Bicarb at that time to possibly reverse the alkalotic/acidotic state that they may be in.

But then again that is how we were taught. Everyone is different.

Since I have just completed the ACLS standards for the first time, we were taught that you can use either or, but since your going to end up using Epi q 3-5 minutes, why not use Epi to begin with?