"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Duh!!! Anyone who renders medical aid does so at legal risk, dummy!
Better to have an RN try if it comes to that. Good lord!

Nope. Properly-trained people can render first aid and are protected under
good samaritan laws provided the standards of care are met. The scope of
the first aid given is the issue here. You can render as much first aid as
your wife can, but neither you nor she can perform medical procedures
without legal risk.


She's the director of the step-down unit (intermediate care, and
ICU-overflow) in the largest hospital in South Bend, IN. She's worked
as a
nurse in ICU, CCU, PICU, med-surg, orthopaedics, and has taught
pediatrics
in a nursing school. She's also worked as the director of nursing in
two
long-term care facilities. She's published many professional
periodical
articles and has co-authored two books on pediatric intensive care
nursing.


I see, so no ER training at the hospital or in the field. Keep her off
my boat!

Not to worry. Among her greater attributes is the ability to detect fools
and idiots when she sees them.


Are you implying there is something wrong with Hatians? You're
quite a
racist and a bigot for a liberal.

No, I'm just not a politically correct toad like you to not admit the
reality of it.

Which equals racist.

Are you aware that the Hatian schooling is basically on
a CCP level in many cases? Are you aware that these same "nurses" often
have very limited language skills and zero understanding of EC for
patients? Upper end hospitals use them in reduced capacity.

How many times do I have to say this: if a nurse performs such
procedures
in the field without medical approval, she does so at the peril of her
license.

I guess your will have to let you die then! Buh bye.
This is not about legality. It's about the ability to take positive
action in a medical emergency. We now ALL KNOW your wife will avoid
that lawsuit at the expense of others.
Good one, Maxi! Let's see you backpedal out of it!

Either my wife or I will render the necessary care to each other or to our
family members. But if YOU were on our boat and needed a trache, adios
amigo.

She also took a special series of courses in burn care and
emergency treatment which was part of her deal in St. Francis, all part
of her Critical Care focus.


Wooo, wooo. Sounds as if she's had a fairly typical education.

Burn care is a specific area of nursing. Ask your wife.

I did. She says it's a routine nursing school subject.

Nursing is now
finely broken down into specialized areas. Suzanne plans to study
several more before going for Nurse Practitioner.

Good for her. As she grows educationally and professionally, I wonder what
her perception of an uneducated, stagnated husband will be?


See above. My daughter is also an RN (BSN, MSN) in an intensive
care unit
in a major Indianapolis hospital. My mother was an RN as well.

Wow. Suzanne is already talking about stepping up the ladder. Some
folks are happy with being a nurse and that's a fine choice.

My daughter is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in both ICU and OB and is about
to undertake schooling to become a Nurse Anesthetist. Nurse Practioners--a
declining specialty--work under her supervision. And by the way
Bubbles--Nurse Practioners are still nurses.

Give it up, Bubbles--you're way in over your head here.

Max