here was my day today....
1230 p-2p: treadmill training( we are opening an ed obs unit run by pa's.among other things there we will treadmill all atypical chest pains with neg initial workups )
2p-12a: er shift: saw around 25-30 pts varying levels of acuity. several admits, consults, transfers.pts included:chest pain, new onset afib( pushed diltiazem for rate control),cva, 3rd trimester pregnant vag bleed, multiple lac reapirs, abscesses, and fxs(some with reduction), several psych pts , several febrile workups in kids, few headaches, dvt, etc
overall a great scope of practice in a supportive environment with great colleagues. I work at several facilities. 1 is a large trauma ctr where the pa's see essentially everything except multisystem trauma, obvious cva's and mi's. the other facility is a smaller er with 24 hrs/day pa coverage and 8 hrs/day md coverage. working there I see whatever comes in the door. have run codes there, intubated, cardioverted, etc. that being said this is not a typical new pa job. I have worked in emergency medicine for almost 20 yrs and worked as a paramedic before pa school so I am allowed a lot more latitude than any new grad. our er group does not hire anyone without at least 5 yrs experience, acls/atls/pals, etc so this is the kind of job you get after working at a bunch of other positions 1st.
