tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post7718161074706345396..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: Rules must be enforced with common senseRick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-39285909408692058822008-11-30T19:56:00.000-05:002008-11-30T19:56:00.000-05:00As an RT in training in SE Michigan, I hear from o...As an RT in training in SE Michigan, I hear from our instructors (ALL the time) about how far behind MI is with regard to treating RCP's as Professionals! <BR/><BR/>Michigan is one of a few states that (for the most part) RCP's do not intubate. <BR/><BR/>Sad to say, but, if the trend of being caught between a PCT/PCA and a nurse (and closer to the PCT/PCA) continues in Michigan for RCP's - me and my fresh degree WILL head for another state....InterNetStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839140080021731240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-92206176025217544592008-11-29T17:04:00.000-05:002008-11-29T17:04:00.000-05:00Here's a good example. I have a friend who works ...Here's a good example. I have a friend who works for Big City hospital. He said he never gets noes because he forgets to chart a prn treatment wasn't done. "There are more important things to worry about there," he said. At Shoreline, however, you get written up because of this. That's not right, but how it is.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-17775856465151819422008-11-29T17:02:00.000-05:002008-11-29T17:02:00.000-05:00Awesome analogy Trauma Junkie. I might have to us...Awesome analogy Trauma Junkie. I might have to use that some day. This was not meant to be a knock on the profession. It's more of a wake up call. Like, come on! We have all this knowledge, all this experience, and yet we aren't allowed to use it because the admins are more concerned with making money, and keeping doctors happy, than doing what's right.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-62923260781413229552008-11-29T16:18:00.000-05:002008-11-29T16:18:00.000-05:00That sounds awful. A few things are different than...That sounds awful. A few things are different than what the RTs are used to where I work. The RTs can decide whether the treatment is indicated and use their judgment when deciding whether or not to administer it. After all, isn't this why you guys are considered "therapists," and no longer referred to as "techs." One of the RTs at work that the difference between a therapist and a tech is that if both were flying in a plane, and an alarm started going off in the cockpit, the tech would say, "The alarm is going off," but the therapist would know how to fix it. Lol. (I really don't mean to offend anyone by this...not talking about CRT's-- but the older CRTT title).<BR/><BR/>For some reason, I can hear all of this and still want to be an RT. What does that mean? lolJaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971521259527034303noreply@blogger.com