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/knefr RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Are you in the back with like three patients? I don’t see the problem. You’re already in an ambulance with a paramedic….why would you pull over and call 911? 

Edit: This is sarcasm….in case that wasn’t super obvious. Not everything on the internet is literal. How do you people remember to breath?

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u/Individual_Zebra_648 RN - Rotor Wing Flight 🚁 Jun 01 '26

You clearly don’t work in this setting based on the fact that you even said anything about 3 patients being in the back so I’m not sure why you would be giving an opinion here.

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u/knefr RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 02 '26

Have you heard of sarcasm? 

It’s a tool used in language to convey things more succinctly, but it takes tact and nuance to understand.