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I am a little confused.. Like Herbie, I am wondering why a lock would prevent providing IV fluids once in hospital. Our locks are "Interlink" so you can attach an IV line instantly without having to start a new IV. I agree with other posters who have said that IV fluids in a stroke patient are not needed; in the case of the original poster, there appears to be no immediate need for additional fluids, so I think it was a good call not to IV. I would have started a lock so that IV access is already available when the hospital needs it. Good thread!

The only nursing school you will find without a waitlist in CO, especially in the Denver area, is Denver School of Nursing which is a private school that is horrifically expensive and still ends up with small (3-6 month) waitlists. http://www.denverschoolofnursing.org/FAQs.php Be prepared for a 2 year wait-list unless you have a previous bachelor's degree and want to apply to a second degree accelerated program through Regis or CU. As far as your EMT certification, you will to my knowledge be issued an EMT-B certificate here in CO, and much of your course-work from out of state will probably not transfer, at least to CCD or CCA (two of the main community colleges in the Denver area that offer EMT-P.) You can, however, take EKG and IV courses here as a Basic and do basic 3-lead interpretation and IV starts. Good luck to you on the move! PM me if you want some more specific info about Colorado or Denver, as I grew up there and have spent most of my life in CO. Wendy CO EMT-B

Good luck. I think that clean car means clean ambulance is off. I have a super clean, orginized and stocked truck but my pov is far from it.