Paramedic vs registered nurse

Differences between paramedic and registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Paramedic example responsibilities.

• Manage critically ill/injure patients effectively with rapid assessments, aggressive resuscitation, packaging and transport to appropriate definitive care emergency departments.
• Attend safety training seminars yearly as well as Haz-Mat safety, SCBA training and OSHA regulation training.
• Perform Phlebotomy and specimen collection duties.
• Administer emergency medical treatment to patients including CPR, medications/drugs.
• Provide inter-facility transport to patients who require EKG monitoring, medication infusion and/or ventilator support during transport.
• Provide medical care for critically ill or injure patients during inter-facility transports to higher level of care facilities.
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Registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient care for individuals with multiple diagnoses including COPD, diabetes, stroke and cardiac issues.
• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide care for cardiac patients in arrhythmia critical care unit, providing patient education and monitoring telemetry
• Re-Cover surgical patients immediately after heart and vascular surgery until transfer out of ICU.
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