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Any tips for a hosptial transporter?

I just got hired at a hospital as a transporter, and there is alot more to this than I thought! Is there anything I should know to make it go by alittle easier?

Public Comments

1. What's so hard about transporting patients from one hospital to another??
2. Think about what calms you. Is it reading,talking,listening to music, anything. Try to get acquainted with some of the people you work with from the different hospitals. I believe that job is going to take some time to get use to.
3. My mum had a lot of dealings with hospital transporters, just be yourself, try to chat to the patients to make them feel at ease, sometimes you are the only person that the patient will see for a few days, talk to them, be caring. Good luck!
4. I used to work at a hospital as a nursing assistant and worked close with the transportation department. Right off the bat, it seems like a pretty easy job. I think the hardest part for me would be memorizing where all the different units are. But I'm sure they let you train with someone long enough to get to know the hospital. (hey, if not go spend sometime walking around the hospital before you start) The hospital where I worked the transporters had head sets that they communicated with. At the beginning of the day, they are all given a printed schedule of patients, going to surgery, rehab, transferring floors, being discharged, etc.. But a hospital never goes on schedule. We were always calling to have them come move a patient to another floor (thankfully on your part when a patient goes *bad* and has to be transferred to an ICU, the nursing staff moves them!) And doctors would discharge patients in the middle of the day. It can feel pretty hectic at times when you are needed all over the hospital especially if you are short staffed. If a patient has been cleared to go home and the transporters are busy, it can take upwards of an hour or so before a transporter is available. Obviously you're gonna walk into a room to a pretty po'd patient. Apologize, but don't start in about how busy you are cause then they'll feel like they are an inconvience to you and that you are gonna rush them out so that you can move on.No matter how busy you are, take time to get the patient situated and comfortable before taking them, home, the OR, another floor... Sorry I think I was rambling. But hopefully this will give you a real insight into the job from someone who has seen it first hand. Good luck and I hope you do well!!