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  1. I looked at the Susie Simon http://www.gaumard.com/viewproducts.asp?idproduct=305&idcategorie=7 It has lots of options--I want the IV access arm, male catheterization adapter, and the injection sites, in addition to the basic model. I'd use this ...
  2. Circulators

    Sigh. Same ol', same ol.' This is deja vu all over again--it's just like the old "Who's better---A.A. RNs or BSN RNs." It never stops. This discussion has been had ad nauseum on this BB, if anyone cares to do a search. (Or just ask shodobe or me.) ...
  3. i know we've discussed this issue to death, both on this forum and on the gastroenterology forum. as an rn and operating room nurse, i have very, very trong feelings against this practice, which is now allowed in oregon, via our own nurse practice ac...
  4. Propofol

    i was just checking out the "dr. naps" site, which appears to have recently been updated. this (below) is directly off the site. it's ("naps) just so wrong, on so many levels. i hope some anesthesia providers comment on this--i mean, the princip...
  5. Valentino's Sign/perforated gastric ulcer

    Thanks! I did google it, and found some info on Wikipedia as well. Valentino DID die, as I originally thought, from a perf'd duodenal ulcer---I think that some people assumed at the time that he died from a perf'd appendix, since he presented with ...
  6. Medication error causes 2 deaths in Indiana NICU

    no excuses. this is nursing 101, and spelled out in the ana code of ethics and most states' nurse practice acts---each person is responsible for his or her own actions. also from nursing 101--the 5 (nowadays, i think more than 5 are taught) rights ...
  7. Ephedrine for prevention/treatment of PONV?

    per yogacrna: "ekg changes with drop (read black box in package insert") yes--regarding the black box warning of ekg changes---as soon as that occurred, every place i worked at on the west coast pulled their droperidol out of circulation. i haven't ...
  8. laryngospasm and peds Succs dose.

    Seems to me it was always discussed in ACLS. I've had to give it IM a time or two for peds patients who laryngospasm'd while anesthesia was masking, (pre-intubation, and, therefore, before IV access had been established.) Always worked like a cha...
  9. Question about jewelry and ESU

    Well, as others have stated, we do so because we worry about swelling and subsequent impaired circulation. I, too, like to give the ring/rings in question to a family member to wear. Also, I don't want a ring or earrings lost on my watch, so I just...
  10. Ephedrine for prevention/treatment of PONV?

    Yoga, I always read your posts attentively, and learn from them. Never apologize--you are a wealth of info and experience.
  11. Question about jewelry and ESU

    I've been thinking for years that this issue is really a non-issue--a sacred cow-- that should be addressed anew by an electrical engineering expert. Personally, I think we are all going on outdated information that goes back to the very early days ...
  12. Female Foleys... I STINK AT THEM>>> HELP!!!

    Try this---it's how I've taught students who happened to be in my O.R. rooms over the years. I think it will help you, too--soon you will be teaching your OWN students this way: Get your Foley tray opened, (on a little prep stand or bedside table, o...
  13. Ephedrine for prevention/treatment of PONV?

    I asked an anesthesiologist colleague today if he's ever used it as his first-line drug of choice for PONV. Here's his response: "Nope. Never, never. Ephedrine is used like water, and I mean water for a host of hypotensive events many of which ar...
  14. stevierae or anyone. San Francisco OR's

    LOL!! I haven't been here in quite a while---got kinda caught up on political blogs, and with working. Actually, yes, I do work in SF, occasionally, but not so much clinically anymore--these days, I work as a consultant. However, when I did work th...
  15. Ephedrine for prevention/treatment of PONV?

    Update--I found one study, circa 1991. Somehow I don't think interest in using ephedrine for PONV ever caught on, but I could be wrong: Rothenberg DM, Parnass SM, Litwack K, McCarthy RJ, Newman LM: Efficacy of ephedrine in the prevention of postoper...