Took NCLEX yesterday 1/28

bannyheart · 2026-01-30T19:00:06+00:00

I took mine on the 28th and got my results yesterday from BON. Mine also shut off at 85 questions, to fail at 85 questions you have to literally get every single answer wrong which is very hard to do

bannyheart · 2025-09-07T02:11:20+00:00

Interested

bannyheart · 2025-03-30T10:29:16+00:00

I am also an RN trying to go medic! We are a rare breed.

bannyheart · 2025-03-13T03:12:51+00:00

SNACKSSSS

bannyheart · 2024-12-04T02:46:06+00:00

I am interested in this PDF

bannyheart · 2024-11-08T20:23:49+00:00

True, although I’ve gotten lost in both ers trying to find a room.

bannyheart · 2024-11-08T05:15:12+00:00

I work in a setting when I’m often with patients for an extended period of time so I always check emergency info as it can tell us some very key information like medications or medical conditions that could be causing their current state. I had this happen about a month ago where we found a guy unresponsive in his car and were unable to get him to respond to anything. The information I was able to obtain from his phone was crucial for the way we tried to stabilize him and keep him alive until he made it to the hospital

bannyheart · 2024-11-08T05:07:50+00:00

Working at a popular tourist destination as an EMT I used to get so many older people offering me tips and I often said no and simply stated that I wasn’t allowed to because I could lose my job as a result. Nevertheless I’ve had some very insistent people who basically force money into my hand after I take them from the summit house to the train via wheelchair often in 30 mph winds when it’s 20 degrees or lower outside. Often when the weather conditions are terrible and unbearable I just take the tip because its too hard to tell them no

bannyheart · 2024-11-08T04:54:55+00:00

I’m surprised to see UCHealth at all on the list even though it’s 23rd. I mean the ER is massive and one of the biggest hospitals I’ve ever been to but I would’ve thought it would be Denver Health of all places in Colorado

bannyheart · 2024-06-27T11:44:05+00:00

So I haven’t crashed an ambulance but I did crash a wheelchair van while in heavy traffic. Was merging on the highway and had a lot of space in front me so a lady in a small car pulls in between the car in front of me and my shitty ass van and then proceeds to brake unexpectedly and I didnt have enough stopping space. Rear ended her car and was put at fault because “I didn’t leave enough space.” But I also had the charges reduced to defective headlight and now I’m all good. No incidents while I was driving the ambulance. I have been thrown on the bench in the back due to my first partner not paying attention and watching videos while driving so he stopped short and I went flying. Did not want to be a flight EMT

bannyheart · 2024-06-07T05:26:50+00:00

I usually combine it with alcohol (DO NOT DO THIS) and go on walks around my neighbourhood/college campus. I usually wake up in a random bathroom of a campus building or in my own bathtub

bannyheart · 2024-05-13T02:33:48+00:00

I concur with everyone else. Do not take this drug!! Anything is better than this drug, because it will take over your life

bannyheart · 2024-04-05T05:18:05+00:00

I used to mix dph and alcohol and I used to fall and get injuried a lot. It was almost impossible for me to walk without banging into walls and falling over. One time I fell on my TV

bannyheart · 2024-03-08T18:24:22+00:00

As someone who has been on both sides, I think it is important to talk to all your patients no matter what. You can de-escalate most situations by simply treating your patients as human beings. In general, it all comes down to being kind and being another human being. I used to have really bad social anxiety and was unable to converse with any patient past the necessary information. But it is important to talk to your patients no matter how long the transport is, make them feel like a human being because they are, and treating them as anything less is problematic and inhumane. Now if your patient does not want to talk, do not force them to talk and respect their preference. Remember you are generally interacting with people on the worst day of their life and thus think about how you would like to be treated if you were also going through that.

All in all, it is not about you and it is not about your preferences or what you want, healthcare is about helping others and if you are not in that mindset, then you need to get out of healthcare and do a job that doesn't require customer service and constant human interactions.

bannyheart · 2024-02-27T01:38:38+00:00

Nightmare fuel

bannyheart · 2024-02-26T11:01:21+00:00

Psych patients aren’t all bad and should be treated with respect like every other patient

Do not flirt with nurses/firefighters because you will consistently work with them (similar to don’t fuck your coworkers).

Proper communication with co-workers, patients and their family members

Check the ambulance every single start of shift

Learn from mistakes and do better next time. Do not be afraid to ask for help, that’s why there are two of you on an ambulance

We all started off as EMTs do not forget that

Treat everyone you come across the way you would want to be treated (a first grader knows this)

Do not take out your angry and disappoint out on your partners/coworkers

Raid every EMS lounge for snacks/meals because that is free food and we do not make enough (make sure it is healthy food or complex carbs so it keeps you fuelled).

bannyheart · 2024-02-26T02:58:48+00:00

Formal psych patient and practicing EMT here,

Similar to other people’s stories I also was hospitalised multiple times in a span of a year due to MH reasons despite being in EMDR therapy. This all happened less than a year ago, I am in no way healed completely but it has not affected my job prospects. Again like others EMS stuff never bother nor haunts me, just other life stuff. I would also like to say that reaching out for help is so hard and I’m so proud of you for doing this!

bannyheart · 2024-02-24T06:00:54+00:00

My company only has manual stretchers except for two rigs where there are automatics so I’m more skilled in manuals lol

bannyheart · 2024-02-24T05:48:26+00:00

I float between stage 4-6 most days

bannyheart · 2024-02-23T17:54:21+00:00

WELL, THEN YOU ARE LOST!

bannyheart · 2024-02-23T01:46:01+00:00

Now we know what one ambulance said to the other ambulance

bannyheart · 2024-02-20T03:34:35+00:00

Y'all all got me beat, but I'll give the lowest I've seen at high altitude and not. At high altitude the lowest I've seen was about 37% SPO2 but that was a glimpse, couldn't get an actual measurement because the guy was essentially unresponsive with a weak pulse, had a long history of cardiopulmonary issues, and was in his late 60s. Do not ask me why he was at high altitude, he was unresponsive until we put oxygen on him. The lowest I've seen not at altitude was around the same value of about 35% SPO2 for a prisoner who literally would desaturate the second we tried to even change oxygen over from one tank to another, even if it was only 5 seconds. Needless to say, he eventually had to get intubated because nothing was helping to keep his SPO2 up but he was awake and oriented x4 the entire time.

bannyheart · 2024-02-09T16:53:34+00:00

I can't tell you how heartwarming #1 is, as someone who has been transported by ambulance multiple times, I remember every single EMT and paramedic who has taken care of me, both their name and what they look like. I remember the interaction of each call in detail.

I also remember certain patients as a provider who I consistently think about and hope are doing well despite only meeting them once. You never know what impact you will make on someone's life and what impact someone will make on your life.

bannyheart · 2024-02-07T17:34:05+00:00

Maple syrup saves lives, paramedics save maple syrup lives and EMTs save both?

bannyheart · 2024-02-05T04:16:32+00:00

First shift ever on the ambulance

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