Dustdevil Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Glad to hear it, bro. That was good advice too. Sort of like saying, "You're not doing this to the patient. You're doing it for the patient." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Plain Ruff Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Was there anyone in the class you didn't particularly like. You could take this opportunity to take some frustrations out on that person without repurcussions ha ha If the patient condition allows then I always started the IV in the house. Never outside on scene but in the house and if the patient could tolerate it in their condition then I'd start it in the house. Like said above, it's all in how the patient presents. I never delay transport to start an IV but there are times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanJ Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I didn't have a problem with poking my fellow classmates but wasn't too into the idea of letting them poke me. In general, just do as you are taught to do and never poke something you can see or don't think will work. Most IV's I've seen or done were IV's we did before we left. Of course those were done to draw blood (the nurse get angry at us if we don't do it for them). The serious ones we do as soon as we are in the back of the ambulance rolling or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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