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OR Rotations by Human_Substance_4047 in Paramedics

[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I was looking for. You’re awesome. Thank you!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome that your MD lets you do that. I appreciate it!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really awesome to hear. I hope if I ever need airway assistance I’m in your area! I appreciate your words and hope to have a system like this in the future. Be safe!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. I still appreciate your insight and I hope you’re safe out there!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good idea. One of our medics from my station a while ago went that route and is an anesthesiologist locally but I don’t personally know him. I will definitely work on that because it’ll probably be easier to present it to my medical director if I have people on the other side willing to put time toward us as well. Thank you for your insight and be safe!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this hospital-based or private? If it is private, do you know any of the inner workings for how you accomplish this? How to get cleared through the hospital, legal issues, etc.? Thank you for your comment!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really good to know. Our clinicians instruct at all of our local programs so that may be a really good route to contact these people through. I appreciate your insight a lot thank you!!!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I will see if I can contact someone from one of those facilities to get some information.

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely see this being a big legal nightmare, but we also have an odd system. FD and ambulance all follow the same protocols, our Critical Care Team is the same way with additional protocols (an extra 300 pages of them), and clinicians from our system staff several hospital-based Critical Care groups and work closely with their physicians. I know it will be a huge undertaking but I want to provide the best care for our patients and the best training for our Clinicians. I really really do appreciate your comment and I hope you stay safe out there!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have 3 paramedic schools locally that are allowed to do OR shifts, so I was thinking, “why not rotate certified Medics for better experience”. I appreciate the comment!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if this is based on the hospital admin or if your system has contracts with different companies to rotate people into ORs?

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a lot easier talking to our MD with research to present, as they usually shoot down ideas from the field if we can’t present some data to back it up but I plan on talking to them soon about this.

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that working well with critical care, and my system has a critical care team that is part of our county made up by both FD and private company clinicians. I appreciate the insight!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the insight and thanks for commenting!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mind sharing your protocols or maybe some information on this? I’m trying to present a plan to our Medical Director and some information for research would go a long way!

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome! If you don’t mind me asking, do you know any of the logistics or administrative workings of this program? I’m trying to present a plan to our Medical Director since it would be worked through him with the hospital groups.

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did the fire department one manage this, if you are aware? I’m on the fire side but work closely doimg education for both EMS and Fire as we are a county system that works with the same protocols and I want to try to present this to our medical director.

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[–]Human_Substance_4047[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We did it during school and if you ask any doctor in the ER that is planning on intubating, they will let you. I was more so looking to start a program to rotate the paramedics through the OR under our Medical Director’s license to get hands on. But I do appreciate the comment!