edrn09

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1. ED safety... Bit of a rant

   edrn09 replied to edrn09's topic in Emergency

   nope, no key card pin pad, anything. All our security has to protect themselves and us is a baton and mace.

2. ED safety... Bit of a rant

   edrn09 posted a topic in Emergency

   Alright, here's the story... I work in a small community hospital's ED just outside of a major city in Ohio. We are not the level one trauma center in the area however we are about 15 minutes away from it. We are located in a terrible part of town (h...

3. Did I do the right thing?

   edrn09 posted a topic in Emergency

   So tonight I was working and picked up a patient with an "abscess" to his thumb, when I went in to assess him it was clear that he would be admitted for cellulitis and get IV ABX. Doc goes in and examines him, then orders 1 gram vanc, and 900mg clind...