And what about the doctors who take the tele box off the patient? Or tap the box, fast. Artifact is a wonderful thing.
Cardiac tele--get a good drug book and attach it firmly to your person and use it. You'll need to know the drugs, the interactions, and which may be causing the reaction you're seeing.
Here the cardiac/tele unit gets patients who need their medications adjusted all the time. They're very different to care for from thos on the DOU/tele unit that are in for other reasons and just happen to be taking cardiac meds.
If you have to choose which classes to take or the order: EKG, critical care, ACLS makes the most sense. But do yourself a favor and do EKG first. Don't worry about a 12 lead class, you're a few years from needing that. Don't worry if EKGs don't make a lot of sense at first, my first critical care instructor said it took taking EKG class three times before it really made sense, as well as looking at a lot of tracing.
Good luck, it's a great place to learn.
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