thanatos

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1. Patients who steal from the ER

   thanatos replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

   stuff is constantly "walking" off...stethoscopes, reflex hammers, thermometers, diapers, tube gauze holder, and a doppler U/S. I had this one guy who was acting reeeeaaal weird...he took some splinting supplies and put a splint on one of his hands. ...

2. difficult IV starts

   thanatos replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

   This topic has been addressed numerous times. If you do a search, you will find a plethora of useful information.

3. Help, teaching 6th graders about handwashing

   thanatos replied to mrdoc2005's topic in General Nursing

   I taught the same thing to my college speech class. I arrived to class early and put the glow stuff on the tables. I gave my presentation about halfway through the class (plenty of time for them to get the glow stuff on themselves). At the beginni...

4. As If You Needed Another Reason To Put Down That Krispy Kreme......

   thanatos replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   interesting...almost all of the kidney stone patients I have taken care of were not obese. I can only think of one that was. I wonder if there is an increase of a particular type of kidney stone, e.g. uric acid, calcium oxylate, etc? I will have t...

5. HELP!!! with ACLS Drugs!

   thanatos replied to Town & Country's topic in Emergency

   yup...valium is no longer recommended to be given via ETT.

6. PDA in the ER

   thanatos replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

   PDA = Personal Data Assistant, e.g. palm pilot.

7. Challenge: 25 Words or Less

   thanatos replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   flu. flu. flu. r/o appy. "fell on butt". flu. suicide attempt. positive M.I. . frequent flier..."sciatica". and dental pain. didn't have to speak spanish once!!

8. puncture wound... what to do?

   thanatos replied to jeepgirl's topic in General Nursing

   All animal (including human) bites should be treated urgently. Antibiotics is the key. I've seen some cat bites turn ugly very rapidly which required hospitalization and IV abx. Even with thourough irrigation, antibiotics are needed. This is some...

9. CCRN Preparation

   thanatos replied to fibikunle1's topic in CRNA

   I found the following books very helpful: Critical Care Cerification: preparation, review, & practice exams. Thomas Ahrens & Donna Prentice. Pass CCRN! Robin Dennison. Core Curriculum for Critical Care Nursing. Alspach, Ed. Core Review fo...

10. CEN test coming up

    thanatos replied to Victoriakem's topic in Emergency

    ok, back to those mast trousers.... 2. what is the tx of choice for cat bites? tridil, Are you still using MAST pants for hypotension? Haven't seen them used in years. Also, regarding cat bites, I though Augmentin was the tx of choice; at least tha...

11. Identifying main medical problem...

    thanatos replied to nocturne716's topic in Emergency

    If their GCS drops to a 5, they have, or will soon have, a serious problem with "A" & "B" of the ABCs, i.e. they will need assist with maintaining the airway & ventilating. C-collar (if c-spine injury cannot be ruled out). Intubate. That w...

12. Kids and Gun powder!

    thanatos replied to RN92's topic in Burn

    I agree w/ above poster re not using ice. But I don't understand about the Doc's comment about the cold water. Stopping the burning process is number one priority, i.e. douse w/ water. Was he referring to potential long term infections from not u...

13. Identifying main medical problem...

    thanatos replied to nocturne716's topic in Emergency

    uuuummmmmm...how about all of the above. The fall caused the head injury...that caused the epidural bleed...that then caused increased ICP...and now it sounds like he may be herniating. Okay, seriously, what is his main promblem? I would say the ...

14. svt question

    thanatos replied to RN92's topic in Cardiac

    aaaahhhhhh! sustained VT, not supraventricular tachy. In order to be "sustained" it has to last 30 seconds or more. Here's a reference: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch027/ch027g.html Be careful w/ the SVT acronym. As far as I know, it is used ...

15. svt question

    thanatos replied to RN92's topic in Cardiac

    I'm confused (more so than usual)...could you please clarify? V tach and SVT (SUPRAventricular tachy.) are mutually exclusive. It's either one or the other. The length of time does not matter. Maybe I'm missing something?