EP 204: What Does a Flight Nurse Do with Madison Vawter

Flight nursing is one of the opportunities you have as a nurse. It's a combination of ICU and ED with a step away from the typical bedside approach. Flight nursing requires many credentials and experience in fields such as ER, ICU, and trauma. As a flight nurse, you are the person making decisions and leading care based on the patient's condition; you have more autonomy than an ED or ICU nurse but also have a wide range of protocols at your disposal.
On episode 204, we would like to introduce you to Madison Vawter. Madison is a flight nurse with a background in ER, ICU, and Trauma. We talk about what a flight nurse does, how to become one, and how to build confidence.
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(Timestamps)
00:00 Introduction
01:27 About Madison Vawter
03:54 What is a typical day in the life of a flight nurse like?
05:50 What tasks fall under a flight nurse's responsibility when there are no patients?
08:01 What other healthcare professionals accompany a flight nurse?
10:48 Who makes the decisions about orders, and how are they communicated?
12:42 What the team did when they received an emergency call
17:42 Cases that Madison enjoys addressing
19:18 What does it look like working inside a helicopter
22:02 The most memorable experience
29:43 What is required to enter the field of flight nursing?
32:38 The very competitive field of flight nursing
37:20 Hospital vs. Company based program
38:24 How does the onboarding process look like
41:00 Does a flight nurse need to get familiar with aviation?
44:00 Can a flight nurse care for patients of any age?
45:19 Tips for building self-confidence
53:23 The challenges of a flight nurse
57:42 Wrapping up the show
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[@travtrav20]

I love flight nurses they are very smart and an work alone. I’m a nurse and flied as a ride a long program. I love it. Keep it up 😊

[@CUPOFNURSES]

Solid! Glad you enjoyed it

[@stevefoster9507]

Thanks for this episode. So inspirational and what I needed for motivation as a nursing student aspiring to do flight in the future. Thank you!

[@CUPOFNURSES]

You welcome! Glad you resonate 🙌🏻 keep up the hard work!

[@sarahthemakeupgirl_vids]

Oh wow I remember her! I was her dispatch at her first flight job! 😊

[@CUPOFNURSES]

No way! So cool!

[@bethcarlton4632]

I loved this episode! Thank you so much Madison, I really felt your reliability as a new flight nurse! I tried to find you on social media but I felt like this episode did not outline that? Where can we find you?

[@CUPOFNURSES]

I'm so glad! Madrose.g

[@roseannf5622]

I would like to contact Madison but I dont have social media. Do you have an email address or even possibly a pho ne number for her? Thank you so much!

[@CUPOFNURSES]

I don’t know that I formation but I’m sure you can try to Google her name

[@adamr8628]

At 9:37, RT can do everything a Nurse can do?? Not true. Think you were trying to say something else.

[@CUPOFNURSES]

yea. She meant it in the setting of respiratory issues. Like vent settings, ET tube issues, and things like that.

[@adamr8628]

@@CUPOFNURSES That makes sense. I work on a helicopter as a Flight Nurse. I'm in my 34th year of patient transport, but on the side I feel like I've done everything in healthcare and some really odd jobs on the fringes of healthcare. Lol. Such as Penitentiary medicine and the Crime lab to name a couple of the more exciting jobs. Haha