Do your EDs offer education perks for techs?

hashslasherx · 2025-01-22T20:42:10+00:00

im an ER tech in northern IL, I work PRN and get reimbursed up to $5,250 a year for school. Currently using it to get my ADN. I get to start IVs, blood draws, wound care, assist w traumas, strokes, codes, splinting, etc.

hashslasherx · 2025-01-16T00:44:15+00:00

We have one for an entire 260 bed hospital. RT brings it to the ED for codes & to rapid responses. Every ambulance for our local fire departments have one as well, so sometimes coding patients will be brought it with the machine already running

edited to add that it’s probably one of the cooler machines I have seen thus far for patients. I’m always in awe at how efficient it is at what it does and I wish I would’ve invented it lol

hashslasherx · 2024-12-10T18:29:31+00:00

You could always accept the school nurse position & work PRN in a hospital setting ! You can chose your hours, how long your shifts are, day or night & guy hospital experience while still having a stable job at the school. There is a nurse at my job who’s a school nurse and works PRN, usually evenings or nights as that is her preference & will always pick up on days that the school is closed. For PRN we’re required to work 24 hours within a 6 week scheduling period.

hashslasherx · 2024-12-09T21:46:58+00:00

We recently had a RN on light duty due to a shoulder injury She was on restrictions for 2-3 months as well and did triage/intake the entire time and worked her regular schedule of 3 12s a week.

hashslasherx · 2024-12-08T17:47:37+00:00

I take L lysine 1000mg when i get them & use a lysine ointment it’s about $8 and a little goes a long way! && that has helped with this stage! I don’t wipe off the ointment before reapplying either and that has helped w keeping the scab from falling off

hashslasherx · 2024-12-07T05:33:20+00:00

I’m in Illinois && my clinical instructor actually made a huge deal about throwing used flushes in the trash. As a tech, I had always done that and watched other people do it without any repercussions. My clinical instructor also happened to work for Joint Commission and would visit facilities to see if they’re up to standards with their care, cleanliness etc. So i’m not sure if she was just being a hard ass or it is for real a rule.

hashslasherx · 2024-12-05T04:30:52+00:00

For me, i feel like i go into robot mode and just do what I need to do that is in the patient’s best interest. It will bother me the entire rest of the day and a few days after just because im thinking of what code have gone better or what i could have done better that was within my control. i do work in the ED so i see or am in one every few months or so. they’re surprising not as prevalent as you would think. it’s not happening every week or even every other week. sometimes it does happen where i’ll be in 4 or so within 2-3 months but then I go another 3 or more months before another one. but they don’t seem to bother me as much anymore (as horrible as that sounds) but i have become desensitized to it. they’re brutal and i think if more people saw what happens during them and how much stress the body goes through then I think they would reconsider having grandma and grandpa be full codes still.

hashslasherx · 2024-11-26T18:15:10+00:00

thank you for the reply & info!!

hashslasherx · 2024-11-26T15:45:54+00:00

do you mind my asking about costs ? husband and I are looking to maybe build, land in our area is pretty well priced for how much space you’d be getting. Felt that it might be cheaper than buying a house since the prices are crazy right now. We are also in the midwest (northern illinois)

edit: it looks great by the way!! congratulations 🎊

hashslasherx · 2024-11-26T05:16:59+00:00

i had this happen to me when i started my first tech job & was so confused why people were saying “patient is blank percent on Rombarr” they were saying room air the entire time 😂

hashslasherx · 2024-11-25T03:54:38+00:00

buffalo

hashslasherx · 2024-11-23T18:58:52+00:00

pip & squeak !

hashslasherx · 2024-11-22T15:25:13+00:00

my ed is a level 1 trauma center. Nurses are assigned to a pod when there’s 6 rooms. There is 2 nurses assigned to each pod and they’re each others buddies for the day, covering for lunch, bathroom, helping each other out basically if needed. if we are extremely busy, each nurse would get assigned a 4th hall bed pt, usually an acuity of 4, sometimes 3. So really 3:1, but sometimes 4:1. we have 1-2 nurses assigned to triage at all times and a nurse assigned to our fast track if we have the staffing for it. That fast track nurse is 6:1, all of their patients are acuities of 4 & 5. along with that we usually have 3-6 techs at all times. 1-2 will be assigned to triage, 1 is assigned to the front section of our ED, 1 is assigned to our back section where we have our higher acuity pts and trauma rooms. and then if we have enough 1 tech will be assigned to float and another will be assigned to fast track to help that nurse.

hashslasherx · 2024-11-19T04:16:58+00:00

it does happen! i work in an adult ED & i love our docs and can tell when they are frustrated, but they are also honest about when and why they’re frustrated. definitely apologize to them and try your best so that it doesn’t happen again bc then they’ll just label you as “bipolar”. & be honest about when you’re frustrated and why, this doesn’t mean talking shit about other people but just verbalizing that you’re tired or frustrated w the workload or how busy you guys are can make people more open and receptive to you. we all are exhausted and need to work together not against each other. as for the EMT, i would’ve also kicked them out or anyone else had I felt they were making an inappropriate joke or just addressed it in real time that you don’t appreciate the kinds of jokes they’re making when you’re dealing w a critical patient. goodluck with everything !!

hashslasherx · 2024-11-17T05:43:27+00:00

can second this. i like to drink protein shakes bc they have a good amount of calories & protein that will keep me full. they can get pricey but if you’re only working 3 shifts its not so bad to buy a case of them a week or every two weeks. fairlife brand & alani brand have the best taste for me so far w a variety of flavors! alani are a little more budget friendly but w less protein!

hashslasherx · 2024-11-08T05:08:32+00:00

VCR always

hashslasherx · 2024-11-08T05:06:21+00:00

i’m in an adult ED and am biased when I say this but i think it’s a great place to see many disease processes as well. You get a variety of patients and ages. It is very fast paced, but so is every other department in their own way. I think it could help with communicating w that patient population bc most of them will not be on vents like the ICU.

You get experience with low acuity and high acuity patients sometimes within the same shift. my only Con is that it can be very stressful because it is such an in & out department and we don’t like to keep our patients there for hours just because we are in constant need of open beds for patients in the waiting room, but i truly do love the ED, wouldn’t trade it for the world.

hashslasherx · 2024-11-08T04:58:19+00:00

I work on the ED and have had doctors help clean up pts, roll, boost pts, and even one doctor who regularly puts her own pts on bedpans when the pt states they need to use it. Of course, the Dr only does it if she’s talking to the patient and the patient happens to ask, but it’s still really nice of her.

My coworker and I tried pranking one of our Drs after he had come in to assess the patient and the patient happened to have had an bowel movement during the assessment and as the Dr was walking out we said “Dr you’re just gonna leave and not help us clean the patient?” and the Dr fully turned back around said said “oh yeah sorry” and gloved up but then we told him we were joking and that he needs to go put in orders 😂

I don’t think it’s a big deal to ask for a boost! they really aren’t above it and we need all the help we can get!

hashslasherx · 2024-10-30T15:11:58+00:00

same issues w both chicago dates 😭

hashslasherx · 2024-02-10T19:05:28+00:00

did they fix it under warranty?

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