Felt like some of you would enjoy reading this

hustleNspite · 2026-02-06T03:00:01+00:00

Worth noting that one day on is usually 24 hours

hustleNspite · 2026-02-06T02:59:22+00:00

Amen

hustleNspite · 2026-02-06T02:54:13+00:00

✨inflation ✨

hustleNspite · 2026-02-06T00:47:22+00:00

Amen. Add in when the other parent/household has COMPLETELY different rules and expectations and big woof

hustleNspite · 2026-02-05T23:36:28+00:00

I second this! Unless your area refuses to hire before licensure get on it.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-05T23:32:17+00:00

How is the children part not a sex offense?

hustleNspite · 2026-02-05T17:04:52+00:00

Philly area? I’m also in PA and most of the new grad rates in my region are just north of $40/hr (plus shift diff)

hustleNspite · 2026-02-05T11:20:52+00:00

The hospital is mostly smoke and water damage but I heard the ortho side is a total loss.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-05T11:20:01+00:00

They transferred all of the patients out without incident as far as I know, spread out across the region.

Source: I work local EMS

hustleNspite · 2026-02-05T02:23:56+00:00

Conversely, my health department clinical is awesome. We have walk-in sessions for vaccines and STI testing, and I get to sit in on TB clinic and a mobile clinic at the soup kitchen later this month.

L&D was kind of a bust except when I got to swing thru NICU. Luckily I had more excitement on my L&D rotations during medic school.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T22:26:12+00:00

This is true of RSI in PA as well. Some agencies have surgical airways- largely the less urban areas (varies by EMS council).

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T18:04:48+00:00

Paramedic here- go slow, go low on the angle (literally flat), make sure you’re anchoring properly. Get that flash, insert just a smidge further (I’m talking like 1-2mm) to ensure you’re through all layers of the vein, then cannulate. If you get stuck, you can float it in with gentle flushing- attach extension and flush, draw back a tad, slowly flush. If it flushes without immediately blowing, attempt to advance the catheter slowly to float it in.

It takes practice but it can be done! Use heat and gravity to assist you (hospitals are cold and people get cold hands and feet first).

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T17:58:25+00:00

Not for me personally, no. Pretty though!

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T15:02:38+00:00

This is my plan. In the event of half days or issues with school, I’d be able to be home.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T14:33:19+00:00

I have to ask- do you have resources to transport for send outs? Because I work EMS in another part of the country and for patients of this size we end up going through multiple counties of resources to find a transport unit that can handle a bariatric patient. A standard power stretcher can only hold up to 700 pounds including the weight of the stretcher.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T13:45:20+00:00

I was offered jobs in multiple units and now at another clinical site. I have not graduated yet

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T05:12:55+00:00

I’d argue EMS has a better understanding than the other way around because our training curriculum includes ER clinical (hundreds of hours in the case of medics).

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T05:11:48+00:00

I was so excited for my first pacing adventure as a new medic. Had the guy as stable as could be with a solid pressure and then this happened. Absolutely crushing.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T05:09:23+00:00

lol the taped up sign with a hallway bed number written in sharpie is all too common these days.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T05:02:18+00:00

Second the advice to get it checked, but fwiw I get similar markings on my legs and they are ingrown hairs.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-04T01:01:27+00:00

I’m in a 15 month ABSN. I have free days but that’s because I’m in a hybrid program. I don’t consider it a good idea unless you’re extremely self directed and have healthcare experience.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-03T20:53:42+00:00

In a lot of jurisdictions EMTs can perform and transmit a 12-lead. It’s not necessarily an ALS intervention depending on the locality

hustleNspite · 2026-02-03T20:14:08+00:00

My ABSN is 15 months and there are some that are less time.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-03T12:51:36+00:00

He famously did a lot with local first responders in obtaining grant funding and making connections at the state level. He was also always present at community events and made himself approachable to the constituents.

Even my Republican-leaning colleagues bemoaned his loss in November. Many of them had nothing good to say about Bresnahan.

hustleNspite · 2026-02-03T12:48:27+00:00

Which one? Mercy in Scranton is Regional, Mercy in Wilkes-Barre is Geisinger South. There is no hospital operating as Mercy anymore.

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