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MedicRN

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  1. Geez!!! I leave for 6 hours and ya'll add 7 pages to this thread!! :shock: Ya'll can't all be on top at the same time!!! So therefore, I am assuming the upper position!!!! :headbang: :bootyshake:

  2. When I worked for XYZ Company, we were gigged for scene times > 10 minutes for traumas and > 15 minutes for medicals (>20 minutes for codes). If we had prolonged scene times, we'd better have very good explanation (acceptable = extrication from location; unacceptable = IV attempts > 1, extremely short transport time). Transport times (6 facilities to chose from) ranged from 2 minutes to > 45 minutes depending on where in the response area you were and where the patient wanted to go. We also had hospital turn-around times to meet (20 minutes to have the unit response ready and paperwork completed and hospital copy left with the patients chart). The only exception was clean up from codes and level I traumas. All these numbers (plus several others) figured into your evaluation and shift-bid ranking.

  3. TPBM... likes to be tied up and spanked!

    lmao. :twisted:

    Have you been watching?!?! :shock: [-X Guess I'll have to make sure the curtains stay open :toothy1:

    TPBM...... Is just as much a perv as the rest of us............

  4. Things have changed that much in the last 10 years??? :shock: I tried years ago to CAS 91B (old nomenclature) with EMT-B and they wouldn't. As of 20 yers ago, they said I could CAS with EMT-P only (which I eventually did). Last I knew no state will not accept a 91B as a civilian medic.

    BTW......What is the new MOS nomenclature these days for an Army basic and paramedic??

  5. You are misinformed.

    Both EMT's and Paramedics in the Army are Nationally Registered and can carry their certs into civilian life. There are several on this board.

    The only thing an Army medic can carry back to civilian life is NREMT-B. When they have completed their training at Ft Sam Houston, TX, they take the NREMT-B. While they (91B or whatever they are called these days) can do more than a civilian EMT-B, it doesn't translate to EMT-P. However, it will translate the other direction - civilian EMT-P can CAS into military medic.

  6. I'm with chbare...........

    Having spoken with a few of the local 'transition' RNs, I'd recommend taking a complete course - ADN or BSN (your choice). They are feeling like a lot of information wasn't covered as it should have been - information/knowledge that was assumed from paramedic education. Talk to your local transition RNs and get their opinions. Like chbare said, make sure the program is accredited. Also check with the state about their pass rates.

    PS..... I was a medic for 8 years, when I chose to complete a full ADN program (had/have no desire for a BSN.......).

  7. KS has pulled there support of the NR for all levels except EMT-P at this time. However the only way to become certified in KS is to have a min. AAS degee with your P cert from NR or another state, additionally you will have to prove that your program your graduated from is accreditted and has the amount of hours required by KS programs.

    Please correct me if I'm wrong..... if you are EMT-P certified (non-NREMT) in another state and apply to KS, don't you still have to take the KS state test (in addition to having all your other ducks in a row)? I also thought KS was pulling out of NR at all levels......

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