Re: ER to PACU?
The transition shouldn't have a problem as long as you do some of your own studying and look into surgeries, what they entail, etc.,
Look into what the anesthetics do and how people should be recovering from them.
Look into ASPAN.org so you can get some insight into what is expected of our patients.
The biggest hurdle will be medicating someone without an airway. You never want to push them over the edge to apnea (happens frequently), but at the same time you can't leave them in pain.
THAT is an art.
Good luck, you will like this specialty--it's got the pace of ER and the "see ya later have a good life"--but "cleaner" patients.
After all the stressors of the other departments, I really like this one.
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