swiss brian

swiss brian has 18 years experience and specializes in er/micu/picu/nicu.

Latest Activity

1. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

   swiss brian replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   best thing-parents who come back for follow up check and bring the lovely bouncy baby up to the nicu to show us. or getting birthday cards from parents with then and now pictures.makes the shift work, the stress and the not so good moments worthwhile...

2. Let's talk about death

   swiss brian replied to Okiecruffler's topic in PICU

   im here on night shift, in a room with a 7 year old who isnt going to make it. tommorow the big discussion with the parents and then treatment reduction. to use an american idiom, the situation sucks. but i always remember what a charge nurse said to...

3. Parents that make you go MMMMrgh!

   swiss brian replied to danissa's topic in NICU

   we often have problems like this, mainly families of turkish/south european origin (not meant in a racist way) Sometimes it feels that the nurses are the ventilation point for the fear and fustration. our policy is, if they disturb the other parents ...

4. PICU Nurses

   swiss brian replied to biscuit_007's topic in PICU

   i work in a combined neo-picu in st gallen, switzerland. we get everything here except for cardiac surgery, which goes to zurich. i only came to picu 2 years ago, and am also on a steep learning curve, but love the work and the atmosphere. we have t...

5. physical restraint in picu

   swiss brian posted a topic in PICU

   hello everyone. on my picu in st. gallen, switzerland, we are attempting to develop a standard guideline for the use of physical restraint in ped. icu. we have based it on the american society for critical care medicine guidelines from 2003, and are ...