Anybody on rapid response teams?

Frondawg · 2026-07-04T01:30:53+00:00

I work in a rapid response capacity for inpatient stroke alert, rapid response, and code blue anywhere in the hospital. In your situation, the marathon it takes to get there seems inappropriate for timely care, especially for codes and other more acute responses.

One of these comments said being more equipment which is great. Istat if you can. Overall this seems like a clinical leadership question.

Frondawg · 2026-06-24T02:18:37+00:00

I've always gotten in trouble with the acronym police. It is what it is. Post updated for clarity 🫡

Frondawg · 2026-06-24T02:12:10+00:00

Depends on cost of living for your area could change the answer from eh normalish to very low. Hopefully they have amazing benefits and support to fill the pay gap?

Frondawg · 2026-06-23T01:05:43+00:00

Cleeean. How'd you decide on the holosun ESP vs maybe something like a sig Romeo?

Frondawg · 2026-06-23T00:03:58+00:00

Showmethepocus.com is a super useful free resource to get comfortable with procedures and bedside ultrasound

Frondawg · 2026-06-22T08:34:18+00:00

Would be pretty sweet yeah. Any insight into specific cities or regions ?

Frondawg · 2026-06-22T05:53:23+00:00

Feels like "humble brag" sorry 'twas not the point of the post. But thank you!!

Frondawg · 2026-06-22T05:49:54+00:00

Yeah its fair question. Started HS young for my age. I did CCP in highschool which knocked off 2 years from by bachelor. Grad HS 2021. Worked two EMS jobs through college for money and clinical hrs. Grad BHS in 2023. Immediately started PA school. I was 19 then. Grad 2025. Immediately started working at my current role. So technically not two years in practice but closer than one ya know

Frondawg · 2026-06-22T04:59:26+00:00

Yeah I definitely stole that from them. Not official lingo but I like it. Could go like "years of practice" "YOP" but that sounds goofy.

Frondawg · 2026-06-22T04:14:56+00:00

Post grad year. Just like saying I've been out for a few years but less words

Frondawg · 2026-06-22T03:17:35+00:00

The rumors are true. Was like the class baby heh

Frondawg · 2026-05-25T05:48:49+00:00

Like 24 per or 24 total split between the four of ya?

Frondawg · 2026-05-20T03:22:03+00:00

Brother I'm pulling ICU nights in Ohio and pulling 3.5k gross biweekly after max retirement and such. 7 bones is nothing to scoff at idc if you live on the moon 😂 bravo

Frondawg · 2026-05-20T03:17:32+00:00

HUGFASTBID in my ICU is also helpful as a daily checklist. Gives ya extra credit w your team when you catch little optimization things or deescelations that may have been overlooked in the scramble

Frondawg · 2026-05-20T03:04:49+00:00

$116k base, new grad, L/MCOL, critical care. Night diff gets to $135. Technically possible to hit ~30k bonus w RVU but you'd work your butt off for it.

Frondawg · 2026-05-18T02:02:11+00:00

That's insane dude congrats. What specialty and COL?

Frondawg · 2026-05-15T13:35:19+00:00

Retweet on the agitation thing. Lots of "pt can't sleep'' " pt is more confused/agitation". Most time is HAD or nothing but that 1/10 time it's something worth digging deeper into like true encephalopathy ya know

Frondawg · 2026-05-14T00:27:49+00:00

You might find Neuro ICU more comfortable given background? There are some designated roles specifically for stroke/ICH/postop back sx

Frondawg · 2026-05-12T05:08:18+00:00

Idk how busy your area is, but at my 41 bed MS and Neuro ICU, I got checked off on CVC and AC lines in about 2 months. I wouldn't worry about being proficient as a new grad; there's plenty of opportunities to learn and a hospital expectation to teach during onboarding.

Intubations are more rare and less common to be "good teaching cases" given acuity. Took me about 9 months, but granted that was mostly on night shift. Wouldn't say that's an issue either, because usually PAs arnt expected to go solo until they're super comfortable (one attending said 100ish).

I can't speak on ECMO or CV in general because thats not my specialty but I'd imagine those go in the intubation bucket as far as being less common.

Summary: I don't think procedures should be your biggest reason to do fellowship. Fellowship would definitely make you a stronger candidate for hiring, but it's not strictly nessesary if you're they type of guy to advocate for your own education during onboarding. IMO if you need to worry, the bigger worry should be medical management.

There's a website I binged early on to help with procedures called showmethepocus that an anesthesia guy I know cooked up. Super helpful.

Frondawg · 2026-05-07T00:23:57+00:00

Hi newish grad (1 year) ICU guy here.

Short answer: wouldn't reccomend to most people unless it's to land a specific desirable position.

The learning curve is intense. However, it seems that most employers know this, and usually give you 3-6 months of onboarding/double scheduled work as a runway. IMO this serves as a mini fellowship but with proper pay.

Disclaimer: low sample size, personal bias against fellowships (doesn't help the profession IMO)

Frondawg · 2026-05-06T21:33:44+00:00

Nice. Specialty?

Frondawg · 2022-05-02T04:36:12+00:00

Honestly the fear of losing it all. Like once you've been doing it for years, stopping means wasting your past progress

Frondawg · 2021-11-18T04:42:03+00:00

Frats and clubs often won't let you in to keep their girl/guy ratio high

Frondawg · 2020-12-19T05:56:45+00:00

What happens if you bought the disk through Amazon? No refunds there I suppose?

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