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  1. Jun 26, '07 by deeDawntee
    I wasn't present for this one, but heard about it as I took care of this patient the next shift after this occurred. There was a post CABG pt who was not having an easy recovery in the first place. (ARF, long-term vent) The nurse received an order for a post-pyloric feeding tube, our protocol involves, bolusing air into the stomach to help advance the tube through the stomach into the duodenum. Unfortunately, the nurse never verified placement in the stomach in the first place, and bolused about 300 cc's of air into the pt's lung. Needless to say, the pt needed a chest tube after the pneumothroax the nurse gave him. This incedent makes me shudder every time I think of it and thank God, I have not had to place a post pyloric feeding tube in months, but it really scares me the potential damage that can be done!
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  2. Jun 26, '07 by sjt9721
    Charging the defibrillator paddles while holding them in the air...NOT placing them on the patient's chest...(evidently confused about how many joules was needed)...turning around towards me with charged paddles still in the air and fingers over the red buttons..."Did you say 360?"

    Arrgghh!
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  3. Jun 26, '07 by teeituptom
    Quote from sjt9721
    Charging the defibrillator paddles while holding them in the air...NOT placing them on the patient's chest...(evidently confused about how many joules was needed)...turning around towards me with charged paddles still in the air and fingers over the red buttons..."Did you say 360?"

    Arrgghh!
    Did I scare you that day
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  4. Jun 26, '07 by bigsyis
    Quote from teeituptom
    Did I scare you that day
    TDF! Like there is any other way to charge paddles...isn't it always best to be prepared?
    Guess you just had to be there, and I can tell that you have, Tom!
  5. Jun 26, '07 by teeituptom
    Quote from bigsyis
    TDF! Like there is any other way to charge paddles...isn't it always best to be prepared?
    Guess you just had to be there, and I can tell that you have, Tom!
    She and I work together, so I was laughing with her.
  6. Jun 26, '07 by bigsyis
    Ruh-roh! And I thought that you were just an old-time ER nurse. Mea culpa, and my apologies.
  7. Jun 26, '07 by sjt9721
    Quote from teeituptom
    Did I scare you that day
    Ha-ha!

    No, this was back in Oklahoma. "Put down the paddles and step away from the defibrillator!"
  8. Jun 26, '07 by Emmanuel Goldstein
    Quote from sjt9721
    Ha-ha!

    No, this was back in Oklahoma. "Put down the paddles and step away from the defibrillator!"
    Not long ago in my neck of the woods, a rookie rescue squad EMT shocked a coworker as a joke. She died.

    http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/01/behindthemedspe_7.html
  9. Jun 26, '07 by teeituptom
    Quote from bigsyis
    Ruh-roh! And I thought that you were just an old-time ER nurse. Mea culpa, and my apologies.
    you were right I am old. but I worked hard to get there too.
  10. Jun 27, '07 by fronkey bean
    Quote from Emmanuel Goldstein
    Not long ago in my neck of the woods, a rookie rescue squad EMT shocked a coworker as a joke. She died.

    http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/01/behindthemedspe_7.html
    OMG! It is hard to believe anyone would PLAY w/ a defibrillator!