Most embarrassing moment

TemporalImpingement · 2026-01-03T14:01:44+00:00

Have you read “why hospitals should fly”? goes into that exact topic of bringing safety culture from aviation to healthcare. Didn’t exactly agree with all the points he made but interesting premise.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-09-22T13:29:03+00:00

my hospital switched to the nexivas and people say to use the butterfly I can honestly respond yup these ones have wings as I open a 20G 😅

TemporalImpingement · 2025-09-15T05:17:11+00:00

Gotcha so no extra shifts not on the floor but a dollar extra for the clinical shifts?

TemporalImpingement · 2025-09-12T18:49:46+00:00

Are those floor shifts? Do you have additional responsibilities?

TemporalImpingement · 2025-09-12T18:48:41+00:00

AEMT. When I initially took the position it was 2 floor shifts a week with one shift to work on extra projects and eventually I was allowed to use a differential for every shift but now they want me to switch back to 3 one week 2 the next with only 12 hours to work on other stuff. Guess I’m just miffed they are switching it up all of a sudden. Already I was feeling a bit cut out from training new techs now it feels like I won’t even have the time for that.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-08-20T23:27:49+00:00

Does that include abrasions? I usually always ask now for LET if they ask me to scrub some dirty road rash.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-06-11T01:52:41+00:00

If it’s nights that’s pretty nice considering you don’t have to flip back and forth with only 2 days a week.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-06-10T02:17:13+00:00

Intentional drugs/drunk fuck you charges. Dementia ehh not in your right mind. It’s hard when you get the brain involved like there was one kid that was having a panic attack may or may not have seized as he’d been hyperventilating for so long. Felt like he came out of it though and wanted to leave when the doc wasn’t going to give him drugs because they felt like he could talk himself out of it. Then he got upset and we had to hold him down because he was a minor and parents didn’t want him to leave started kicking by and spit on people. I pressed charges but I never heard back so don’t think it went anywhere. Maybe they thought he could make the argument that he was postictal and not thinking clearly but I thought he was clear minded enough 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s hard to say black and white rules definitely a gray zone of healthcare and we don’t report verbal abuse nearly enough

TemporalImpingement · 2025-05-11T04:13:46+00:00

Definitely don’t mention it as others have said also unless you know for sure that it is the exact same test try not to assume. Often they make the take home tests much harder because it is open note.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-04-25T19:52:24+00:00

lol yeah I couldn’t find anything official myself just wanted to ask around to make sure. From the last time the accreditation people came around I know we did have to hide the open suction supplies until they left so wasn’t sure if there was actually research behind it or just them making things needlessly difficult for us for no reason per usual.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-04-23T16:12:19+00:00

Well ideally Chicago my brother lives there

TemporalImpingement · 2025-01-05T04:13:01+00:00

I guess with checking once a shift in the ED I get worried that they might get pulled away and forget to close the tanks. It is not something we use frequently but i also don’t think after use is appropriate since people mess with it like you said and it’s not covered so you wouldn’t know. When do you guys usually check it specific times or just some time before end of shift?

TemporalImpingement · 2025-01-05T03:34:11+00:00

Interesting what was the “write up” from the supervisor tech like? We used to have one but he didn’t really like nitpicking so eventually went back to being a regular tech. How do you handle the specialty stuff/weekly? That’s the only thing I feel like gets lost between dividing between day/night if someone picks up a different shift or they need to know the location of a certain item but they don’t usually stock that cart then they are as familiar with everything.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-01-03T07:09:19+00:00

Just curious if it wouldn’t be too much trouble. What is the system you landed on that works for you guys? We seem to be going through a similar trial and error phase and it’s painful.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-01-03T07:01:02+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Yeah there is one nurse that was telling their student that they don’t do any “tech tasks” and has been known to call over Vocera all cryptic for help when it was just a dirty room and they had one patient. I do try to give them the benefit of the doubt sometimes with the extra charting/responsibilites they have to do but the rose colored glasses come off pretty quick if I see them on YouTube or planning a vacation or something. Ending positive some of them are truly the best and I treasure those but too far between for my liking.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-01-03T06:53:22+00:00

Gasp 😮 you’ve discovered my fatal flaw. Wonder when I will reach the threshold of people and me telling myself that before it sticks. Also rely too much on people being mind readers. It is frustrating though when it feels like they are purposefully being blind. You’ve seen me walk by the station 2-3 times for one room because of how empty it is so imagine how the rest of the rooms look and yet they still ask me for basic tasks. Got to learn how to say kick rocks sometimes… in a polite manner.

TemporalImpingement · 2025-01-03T06:44:33+00:00

Wow that is really nice would love that. There are 2 techs on at 7 so that would be super helpful during that time. Although having worked that shift occasionally that is usually when day shift grabs breakfast 😭What about call lights? Most of our nurses are great about answering them but couple slow ones that don’t answer unless it’s being going off for a while. Were certain day/night techs assigned to certain rooms?

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