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1. Ok, please give me the bonehead version

   Tropical Nurse replied to sharann's topic in CCU

   Might be a bit off the topic but a really easy way to remember how to calculate mcg/kg/min is to use it. eg: at our hospital we use dopamine 200 mg in 50ml; if we have a 50kg man, the ml/hr to give 5mcg/kg/min would be: mcg (5) x kg (50) x min (60) d...

2. afib/bundle branch block

   Tropical Nurse replied to INnurse's topic in CCU

   Dinith Interesting point about the AEDs. If the patient has arrested though, wouldnt it be appropriate to defibrillate? I read a few holter monitors and have spent a lot of time trying to decifer between aberrant AF and VPC's. Nowadays I tend to call...