instanthuman

instanthuman specializes in ICU and most recently ER.

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1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   instanthuman replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   in my short time in the ER (just under 4 mos), i've had a load of pt.s come in that need a brain transplant (obviously), but the funniest was when medcom called in "we're bringing a 51 yo male in with chief complaint of "feeling weird". " we all lau...

2. new to the ER with a question for you experts :)

   instanthuman replied to instanthuman's topic in Emergency

   thanks again for all of your replies. i really appreciate all of the information and opinions/experiences. what a great forum!

3. new to the ER with a question for you experts :)

   instanthuman replied to instanthuman's topic in Emergency

   thanks so much! that was a very good and thought provoking answer...i will definitely research those leads.

4. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   instanthuman replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   blown out eyeballs and displaced long bone fractures get me a little bit queasy. not bad though. in nursing school i passed out in the OR observing a open prostatectomy, not because i was grossed out, but it was the first time i'd spent that long i...

5. It's my life and I'll do what I want

   instanthuman replied to steelydanfan's topic in Emergency

   i recently transferred to the ER from another critical care unit in my hospital and asked one of the veteran nurses how many patients we see in our ER a year. he said, "they say we see 40000 patients, but actually we see 40 patients a thousand times...

6. new to the ER with a question for you experts :)

   instanthuman posted a topic in Emergency

   several times in the past month, we have had inpatients that have become critical moved to a monitored bed in the ER due to lack of beds/nurses in the ICU or stepdown areas. in reading up on EMTALA, it doesn't seem that the hospital has violated tha...