Trauma nurse vs paramedic

Differences between trauma nurse and paramedic duties and responsibilities

Trauma nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• PAL's instructor, TNCC, ENPC and ACLS obtain.
• Provide both BLS and ACLS emergency care to sick and injure
• Respond to various traumas and emergency situations and triage numerous phone calls.
• Document clinical findings in medical records and perform triage survey on new patients.
• Provide continuity of care for all trauma patients from resuscitation through outpatient follow up.
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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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