![]() ![]() ![]() You will find if you work in the field that the expectations you place on your fellow providers will usually not be realized. This leads to one of the con's of working on the inside. I just don't find the same thrill I once did running calls in the field. My background is Fire/EMS in the first in 911 setting and at the present time I prefer my tech job to working in the field. In the ER you will have the chance to assist with and preform procedures that are well above what you might do in the field at the basic level and at times the medic level. ![]() Of course call volume differs from agency to agency but you get the point. You will be involved in the treatment of more patients in one twelve hour shift in the ER than you will in a month in the field. You will find the ER offers the benefit of constant education and if you show interest there is always someone willing to teach you something new. There are way more applicants than there are positions but the turnover is high due to people moving on to bigger and better things. ![]() Most ER managers are going to want to see some background in patient care preferably in the EMS setting but that's not always the case. There are also some that only require you to have BLS and health care provider CPR. The ER tech position is different in every hospital and may require you to have more than just your basic. It might help to know where you are and what you plan on doing in the future. If poop and pee and all the other fine things that come with this profession are objectionable to a prospective provider then I strongly urge them to find another way to make a living. This comes with experience and time on the job, does it always work, no and when needed I jump in and get the job done. You see as tech its my job to make sure the RN's tow the line and have their patients as tolerable as possible before I preform my duties. If your IFT I know what you have to deal with because almost every patient we get from the outside care facilities comes preloaded with a BM or at least the residue of the last BM. If your running with a 911 service your seeing and dealing with alot more of the above on a more frequent basis. In five years I have had way less contact with the above in the ER than I have had in the field. Not all ER Techs are CNA's or have job descriptions that require them to clean up after patients. You need to be careful about putting out information that broad brushes a particular profession and what is required in said profession. ![]()
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