I totally understand what the OP means but a few weeks ago we had a cardiac arrest come in and we got the guy back, got him to cath lab and he was extubated a few weeks later and doing well. It's moments like that when we celebrate the wins, because ...
It's not dropping them on you, at least from the Ed perspective. We have to admit those who are not well enough to go home. Sometimes they are clusters sometimes they're not. We send those who meet criteria to the ICU and the rest obs or med/surg get...
It's sad to say but you get more comfortable the more experience you have. The second day I was in the ED we had a cardiac arrest that we brought back. I was so nervous I couldn't even put the foley in....and it was a male. The longer you're there t...
bear14 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing
I'd deal with the shift but look for a new job. If there are only two of you it is not fair to the other nurse. S/He is going to need your help. 35 to 2 is extremely unsafe. Especially, if they are high acuity.
Ok, this is what I found when I googled it so I may have answered my own question. http://www.cvpharmacology.com/clinical%20topics/myocardial%20infarction-2
I always knew Morphine reduced the oxygen demand on the heart, but I never knew through what mechanism. An instructor said that it is done by decreasing the pain so the patient isn't breathing as hard. However, Morphine releases histamine so does tha...
bear14 replied to PaleomilesRN's topic in Emergency
I did the Purdue online BSN course. It was all online and wasn't horribly expensive. Will your job do financial reimbursement? That helped us a lot. The Purdue course was easy it was just time consuming.
What is your ED's philosophy in treat pseudoseizures? We had a pt come in that was in her 40's with a pseudoseizure, vitals were stable. So, that being said we still treated it as we would with any other seizures but she received a ridiculous amount ...