California Pre-hospital RN?
I currently work in PA and we have a few PHRNs that run 911 calls as well as MICU transport. Is there anything like this in California?
Posted Oct 7, 2019, 12:25 AM UTC
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Some places MIGHT. Where I'm at the most we have are MICNs. Mobile intensive care nurses, they answer radio call ins, and triage pts that EMS bring in. They know our protocols and theirs and then just QI everyone despite not actually knowing our protocols
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then just QI everyone despite not actually knowing our protocols
This is way too accurate
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We have MICNs but they only work the radio rooms called base hospitals. There are no 911 nurses
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My old company in socal had CCT nurses we would run calls with
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In SoCal, CCT rigs can be pulled to run 911 calls if it gets busy. These rigs are staffed with 2 EMT’s and 1 CCT-RN. The RN’s are required to tag along strictly on the off chance that they get a CCT call right after. But they’re not allowed to do anything on scene or en route.
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Where in SoCal?
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This is in LA; more specifically, these are CARE CCT rigs.
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Not every agency operates this way.
Santa Barbara County is only an EMT and an RN. No 911 calls for them.
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We have CCT RNs.
The ambulance is staffed with one RN and one EMT. They average about 1 call a shift. Sometimes 0. There are times they get rocked but it's not due to volume, it's usually distance.
The RN works 10 days in a row at the station then has 20 days off in a row on average.
They make about $160,000.
10 days in a row? Where is this located?
Santa Barbara County. Some of the nurses fly in from out of state, work their 10 days, then fly back home.