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tachy specializes in CVICU.


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  1. With all the literature out there supporting how toxic bovine smoke is I would love to see these implemented in our OR. Certain surgeons and staff are not the best at using smoke evacuators, and I feel the pencils would be great because the evacuator...
  2. Is this a legal issue of some sort? When employees are injured on the job at the hospital I work for, we are made to go to another unassociated health clinic. Is this standard practice? Thanks!
  3. What is going on in this OR?

    Wow, just wow! I am speechless! I'd be on the AORN website printing material out like mad and handing it to your manager. The circumstances you describe are not only ignorant but downright dangerous!
  4. velcro safety straps - ugh!

    Oooh disposable everything would be awesome! Yeah, we still use laundered sheets and blankets as well. Our only disposables are the sets for our open Jackson frames (chest pads, face pad, etc). I'll definitely do some asking around to see if they wou...
  5. OR Sharps safest practice

    Our red boxes have the best of both worlds - once side is the foam for suture and the other is magnetic for blades. I would think it best to have both :)
  6. My OR is currently split - half of the rooms have the heavy duty rubber safety straps with the seatbelt like metal clasp (easy to clean and disinfect) but the other rooms have the straps that are the same material as a seat belt with wide portions of...
  7. Where to go from Circulating?

    Age is really just a number. As long as you stay active and take care of your body there is no reason to believe you should not be able to do anything you do now. I know 50 year olds who are tri-athletes and I've seen patients in their 30's having C...
  8. Working in CV-ICU this is completely foreign to me as the question may as well have read, "Would you get together with someone who is old and sick?" LOL! The only situation I can ever see this happening in would possibly be ER (anyone can end up her...
  9. orientation for fresh hearts

    Thanks for the replies. I'm trying my best to try and be there when cases are scheduled - I think it's just slower because it's summer, too. They will be giving us fresh hearts off of orientation, but more likely 'stable' ones so we don't drown!
  10. Thoughts about Organ Donors?

    I'm a registered organ donor, and used to work for the organ donation agency in my state. My mother was an organ donor, she suffered a sudden and tragic brain death at a young age. When we were approached about donation, there was no question in our ...
  11. How is CVICU different from ICU?

    My hospital has both a CVICU and a CCU. Basically the CVICU takes care of the surgical patients (CABG's, valves, etc) and the CCU takes care of the medical patients (ends stage CHF, acute MI etc). If you're at a smaller hospital my guess would be tha...
  12. orientation for fresh hearts

    Hi All~ I recently started a new position in CVICU. (Background is 3 years of cardiac step-down). My oreintation is 3 months long, starts with taking care of stable post-op patients that may still have chest tubes and pacer wires and progresses to ta...