Things Med students/residents have taught me

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By popular demand, after the ever so successful "things patinets have taught me not to do.." comes this:

Things med students/residents have taught me not to do>>>

Med student taught me that it is not wise to put a tourniquet around a patient's neck when starting an EJ line

Resident taught me it is not too wise to start blood (with another resident) by inserting the needle into the port of a 3 way foley while doing C.B.I

Originally posted by Erin RN

If a little old lady comes into the ED c/o acute GB pain and is given MS..it is not a good idea to tell the nurse. "just give her another 10" when the pt's respirations are 8...Don't worry I did NOT give it!! ...I mention the name Kervorkian to him tho...:eek:

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BTW: He did thank me later...:)

as the peds er resident thanked me when i pointed out that 25mg of benedryl one time stat dose she ordered was just a little to much for the infant! she was also gracious when i "helped" her figure out how the harriet lane works and that when they say a "max dose in a 24 hour period", that does not mean it can be given all at once!;)

How about DO NOT GIVE NARCAN TO A BABY OF A HEROIN USER....:eek:

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

"Writos" (handwritten misspellings) could be fatal if they were not questioned first.

25 g of Phenergan? I don't think so.....

Originally posted by Big Bab's

Perhaps "blow-darts" would be helpful here???....hee hee:roll :chuckle :kiss

I picture a stun gun type setup like the cops use on TV...:cool:

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