Comments on: Here’s what’s new. http://medic22.com/2010/01/heres-whats-new/ A collection of disjointed ramblings of an EMT. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:56:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: wvmedicgirl http://medic22.com/2010/01/heres-whats-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 wvmedicgirl Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:10:21 +0000 http://medic22.com/?p=484#comment-1998 wow, the medic program i went through only required a certain number of hours in the OR, we didnt have to have a special number of tubes. Matter of fact, I graduated with only 5 intubations, all from the OR. My first field intubation was after I had become a cleared medic, runnning calls on my own approx 6 months after I became an official Paramedic. To this day I bet Ive done only 10 tubes TOTAL, and Ii have been a medic for 2 1/2 years (plus 2 yrs in medic school)....it's sad, I know! wow, the medic program i went through only required a certain number of hours in the OR, we didnt have to have a special number of tubes. Matter of fact, I graduated with only 5 intubations, all from the OR. My first field intubation was after I had become a cleared medic, runnning calls on my own approx 6 months after I became an official Paramedic. To this day I bet Ive done only 10 tubes TOTAL, and Ii have been a medic for 2 1/2 years (plus 2 yrs in medic school)….it’s sad, I know!

]]> By: medic22 http://medic22.com/2010/01/heres-whats-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 medic22 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:19:02 +0000 http://medic22.com/?p=484#comment-1937 Our program requires 10 tubes as well, but most medic students end up with more. We all do several OR shifts. Everyone does at least 4, while some do 5 or 6, depending on how many tubes they have at that point and their level of competency. It's not unusual for most medics from my program to complete the class with over 20 intubations. There are several who have already met their requirements of 10 with just one visit to the OR and a few "right place, right time" ER and field shifts. As a matter of fact, while I was on my ER rotation this morning, a fellow student was at the Peds ER doing his rotation and intubated a 7 week old. (I think the "pucker factor" must have been pretty high on that one!) Our program requires 10 tubes as well, but most medic students end up with more. We all do several OR shifts. Everyone does at least 4, while some do 5 or 6, depending on how many tubes they have at that point and their level of competency. It’s not unusual for most medics from my program to complete the class with over 20 intubations. There are several who have already met their requirements of 10 with just one visit to the OR and a few “right place, right time” ER and field shifts. As a matter of fact, while I was on my ER rotation this morning, a fellow student was at the Peds ER doing his rotation and intubated a 7 week old. (I think the “pucker factor” must have been pretty high on that one!)

]]> By: the Happy medic http://medic22.com/2010/01/heres-whats-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 the Happy medic Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:09:40 +0000 http://medic22.com/?p=484#comment-1936 Put those drug calc sheets near your bathroom sink and if you wander by in the middle of the night, do them. Tim, for comparison, the UNM program required 10 OR tubes, you could get them in 1 day or 10 days, depending on the OR schedule. A quiet week and 50 days might only yield 5 people who agree to let you do it. Put those drug calc sheets near your bathroom sink and if you wander by in the middle of the night, do them.

Tim, for comparison, the UNM program required 10 OR tubes, you could get them in 1 day or 10 days, depending on the OR schedule.

A quiet week and 50 days might only yield 5 people who agree to let you do it.

]]> By: Timothy Clemans http://medic22.com/2010/01/heres-whats-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 Timothy Clemans Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:56:14 +0000 http://medic22.com/?p=484#comment-1932 Congrats on the new preceptor. How many OR shifts do you have to do? I'm interested in finding out after you've graduated how many OR (adults) and prehospital intubations you attempted during your training. I want to compare your numbers with Harborview's. Harborview recently increased it's OR time to five days. The median for UW/Seattle medic students is 13 and 10 respectively. Congrats on the new preceptor.

How many OR shifts do you have to do? I’m interested in finding out after you’ve graduated how many OR (adults) and prehospital intubations you attempted during your training. I want to compare your numbers with Harborview’s. Harborview recently increased it’s OR time to five days. The median for UW/Seattle medic students is 13 and 10 respectively.

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