Re: Pentobarb coma nurse to patient ratio
IMO, as the nurse is responsible for running CRRT and IABP, and as I have never had a CRRT pt not ventilated, and always with electrolyte replacement protocols, etc, it should automatically be 1:1. Are there pt's on CRRT who are not sick? I can't imagine. We only use it when normal dialysis is impossible.
With IABP, at least in our unit (MICU), it's used so rarely, that none of us are comfortable with the machine and spend a good deal fretting. Honestly, we should either see it more than 5 times a year, or have all of them go to SICU, where they normally deal with IABP. It's used on MICU for large MI's mostly, and alsmot all of them are in cardiogenic shock. Not stable.
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