aeauooo

aeauooo has 18 years experience and specializes in neuro, ICU/CCU, tropical medicine.

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1. Flu Vaccines, Herd Immunity, and Randomized Trials

   aeauooo replied to indigo girl's topic in COVID

   I realized your interest extends far beyond H1N1 after I posted my comment. I'm currently working for the Louisiana OPH in H1N1 (a job I don't expect to last much longer). I have to admit that, although flu is fascinating, it's really not my primar...

2. Flu Vaccines, Herd Immunity, and Randomized Trials

   aeauooo replied to indigo girl's topic in COVID

   Indigo Girl (not to be confused with Indigo Mom): H1N1 warrior - and God bless you for it!

3. "And it's all going to be your fault"

   aeauooo replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   oh yeah! last week i had a patient who was admitted to the ccu in a hypertensive crisis. the guy weighed over 150 kg, had chf and a dissecting aortic aneurysm, and came in positive for cocaine. the guy started yelling at me because he hadn't gotten...

4. Graduating...moving...does anyone work in Seattle?

   aeauooo replied to Tasket's topic in General Nursing

   I went to WWU for a couple of years back in the 80's and really liked Bellingham. My wife did a photo shoot up there a couple of years ago. From what I saw, Bellingham hadn't changed much - which is more than I can say for Seattle. Seattle seems to m...

5. Graduating...moving...does anyone work in Seattle?

   aeauooo replied to Tasket's topic in General Nursing

   I love it - I don't even have AC in my truck. I spend all day working in cold, dry hospital air then, when step outside in the evening and that warm, wet air hits my face, I take a deep breath and remember how much I love this city!

6. Graduating...moving...does anyone work in Seattle?

   aeauooo replied to Tasket's topic in General Nursing

   My wife and I moved from Seattle to New Orleans a few years ago. Today the weather was beautiful! Clear blue sky - a little chilly, down to the 60's - but I managed to bundle up and go for a nice long bike ride up on the levee. My wife misses Seattle...

7. Ruptured AVM

   aeauooo replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Neuro

   [color=#74330b][color=#74330b][color=#74330b]i've dealt with this type of issue more times than i care to think about. [color=#74330b]i'm not sure if the law varies from state to state, but everywhere i've worked a determination of brain death is a...

8. Will I survive this?

   aeauooo replied to Imgettingthere's topic in Neuro

   déjà vu! you don't happen to be working in seattle, do you? man, i got burned severely when i went from a neuro floor to a neuro icu in a toxic work environment. it was the lowest point in my career. i have since gone on to prove that all of the ro...

9. TBI management

   aeauooo replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Neuro

   what, your docs don't know how to do a literature search? the aann has a clinical practice guideline on management of the patient with tbi. http://www.aann.org/pubs/guidelines.html click on the link. you'll be asked to answer a couple of question, th...

10. Got told our/ any neuro ICU is not really an intensive care unit

    aeauooo replied to labman's topic in Neuro

    What the heck does 'SOS' stand for? Sack of sh**? I've worked in hospitals where the trauma docs wanted thier patients in the neuro ICU because the nurses had better skills.

11. Triple H therapy

    aeauooo replied to Epona's topic in Neuro

    In the most recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing there is a review article comparing mannitol to hypertonic saline. One of the studies reviewed found that mannitol increases MAP - that, combined with decreased ICP significantly raises ...

12. You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

    aeauooo replied to Elenaster's topic in Neuro

    Been there, done that. You know you're a neuro nurse if... You've ever said, "Oh don't worry about it, he's just having a seizure." You've ever come to the uncomfortable realization that there are some people who really don't want to hear about GSW t...

13. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism

    Exactly, your "badge of honor." Relevance? You're blowing smoke. Go back and re-read that definition: regulated discussion, according to the rules of parliamentary procedure. What is it you'd like me to source? What claims have I made, other than...

14. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism

    Or, I could interpret your statement to mean that the effect of illegal immigration really doesn't make a dent in our economy anyway, so why worry?

15. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism

    How is that a response to what I wrote? You throw a number at me and expect me to accept that it's even relevent to the topic - it doesn't work that way. You don't even have a weak argument.