Code Training?????

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Does anyone know if specialty units offer their new employees some sort of "code protocol"? The last hospital I worked at did not - needless to say there was a code and it was a mess.....noone really knew what their role should be. CPR was initiated, etc., but the pt did not make it. I felt it could have been h andled better. Any input?????What should a new orientee expect in the way of orientation???? Thanks in advance for your info.:eek:

Originally posted by amk1964

i just got acls last month. i've been on a crazy medical/oncology/nephrology floor up until last december. i'm now in a small er and i would also like to have mock codes occasionally to keep sharp. i also need to learn rythms better..i know the deadly ones, but want to be more " fluent". does anyone have a good way of learning them?

Most hospitals offer a class, the same one they give the monitor techs. (mine was great.) They also offe EKG classes and acls.

Acls was the best. Though I am not sure if all acls classes teach monitor/EKG strip reading. Somtimes you have to take that before acls. The more info the better. Thats what I always say.

Believe me... if you work in an ER this would be very beneficial.

Peace:)

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Originally posted by amk1964

i just got acls last month. i've been on a crazy medical/oncology/nephrology floor up until last december. i'm now in a small er and i would also like to have mock codes occasionally to keep sharp. i also need to learn rythms better..i know the deadly ones, but want to be more " fluent". does anyone have a good way of learning them?

Most hospitals offer a class, the same one they give the monitor techs. (mine was great.) They also offe EKG classes and acls.

Acls was the best. Though I am not sure if all acls classes teach monitor/EKG strip reading. Somtimes you have to take that before acls. The more info the better. Thats what I always say.

Believe me... if you work in an ER this would be very beneficial.

Peace:)

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We have mock codes monthly.The crash cart is checked every shift and a different person does it each day so that the layout of the cart becomes familiar.When we have a new nurse or new grad on our floor, they usually check the cart so that thay can become familiar with where everything is. All nurses, even the LPN's are trained in ACLS. The LPN's can't push the drugs, but they know the sequence and what needs to be done.This is not hospital policy, but it is the practice on my unit and I think it is a good one. I have participated in codes on floors that I have been floated to. It's scary when the charge niurse didnt know how to set up suction.

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We have mock codes monthly.The crash cart is checked every shift and a different person does it each day so that the layout of the cart becomes familiar.When we have a new nurse or new grad on our floor, they usually check the cart so that thay can become familiar with where everything is. All nurses, even the LPN's are trained in ACLS. The LPN's can't push the drugs, but they know the sequence and what needs to be done.This is not hospital policy, but it is the practice on my unit and I think it is a good one. I have participated in codes on floors that I have been floated to. It's scary when the charge niurse didnt know how to set up suction.

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