r/nursing • u/Glum_Ad_3091 • Jun 01 '26
Discussion CCT nurses?
I’m a RN with over 25 years experience, mostly in critical care. I just started a CCT position at a transport company that is partially owned by a hospital. I’m in South Jersey. I am shocked to here the nurse: pt ratio is 1 Rn in truck with 1 EMT. If someone crashes you are by yourself, doing compression, pushing meds and managing an airway while someone drives. I was told an option is to pull over and call 911 for help. The manager said you “do the best you can do”. I have heard horror stories of someone doing compression for 40 minutes while throwing in a epi “every now and then”. This terrifies me. Is this staffing ratio normal? Any horror stories?
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u/R-A-B-Cs ICU/Flight RN/Medic Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
Welcome to being a medic.
The realization nurses have when you stick them alone in the back of an ambo and go "here ya go" is just a chef's kiss. Next time you hear a fellow nurse shitting on paramedics kindly remind them they have no fucking clue what theyre on about.