EMS RN 7

EMS RN 7 specializes in Pre- and In-hospital emergency medicine.

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1. Which Strips Are MOST Dangerous?

   EMS RN 7 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   Tombstone is indicative of STEMI (ST-elevation MI) and indicates an active infarction, depending on what leads ST-elevation appears in on a 12-lead ECG. Start at the J-point (beginning of T-wave) and note if the ST segment moves sharply up, and acro...

2. Which Strips Are MOST Dangerous?

   EMS RN 7 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   As a 4-year paramedic and soon-to-be RN, remember that the wider and faster the rhythm, the worse it is. When QRS complexes begin to widen, that is a bad sign. Extremely slow bradycardias, especially 2nd Degree type II (Mobitz II) and 3rd degree blo...

3. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

   EMS RN 7 replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism

   What it means for us--lower pay, and less time with patients. Judging from what my 2 friends from the UK have told me about the socialized system in place there, the majority of Americans will simply not put up with the hassles true universal health...

4. CLC student 1st semester...any advice

   EMS RN 7 replied to clcstudent22307's topic in Illinois

   I'm currently headed into 172 this fall and found your post accurate but anecdotal. From what I can tell, many of the posters here are probably from my night class. We had a great teacher but our overall experience with the program has not been gre...