Specialties Emergency
Published Jan 8, 2007
Alright everybody...let's have some fun
In the ED I work in we try to come up with a daily theme..something humerous, apathetic...a little cynicsm helps. like: "we can't cure what you can't spell"... get the idea?
burn out
809 Posts
We play name that rhythm and take bets on calling it..when the cardilogist comes it what ever he rules determines who wins. Yesterday we had a tricky one..it was a regular rhythm ventricular rate 110 no ectopy each qrs appeared to have the same p wave in front of it, we ran and ekg which showed a pr interval .189 pt had been in afib and was on cardizem drip I was betting sinus tachycardia..I lost .. somehow there was another p wave I couldn't pick up and the doctor ruled atrial flutter 2/1 conduction.
Shadelyn
78 Posts
Yesterday must have been "Dementia Day". I have never seen so many confused people in the ED at one time.
EMSChild
18 Posts
"I was drinking and..." day :beer: or how about
"Bring a tazer to work day!":devil:
UM Review RN, ASN, RN
1 Article; 5,163 Posts
How about Low Wattage Parents Day? (for them that aren't too bright?)
Victoriakem
248 Posts
"I was drinking and..." day :beer: or how about "Bring a tazer to work day!":devil:
We thought about getting long sleeved t-shirts with "Your tazer certified nurse" printed on the sleeves. That should get some people's attention in the ED who like to come in & raise hell while drunk & otherwise impaired.
MomNRN, BSN, RN
316 Posts
I like that one and will use it at work this week.
Today there must have been a sign out front that said we running a special on female-of-child-bearing-age abdominal pain - complete with pelvic exams. If I did one, I must have did 101! Even ran out of culture kits and had to get more from the lab!
muffie, RN
1,411 Posts
guess their IQ day
MS._Jen_RN, ASN, RN
348 Posts
Talk like a pirate day?
:smiley_ab
Altra, BSN, RN
6,255 Posts
:rotfl: Love it!!
Recently we've had
Polysubstance Overdose Day
Nausea/Vomiting + Spotting = Yes, You Are Pregnant Day
Haldol for 18-Year Olds Day
and Run Out of Pain Meds Day
EmerNurse, BSN, RN
437 Posts
How about:
Here's your charcoal. Would you like that straight up or on the rocks?
stillpressingon
225 Posts
Name that scream (pedi's): sutures, fx's, etc
zudy
475 Posts
I also thought my old ED had theme days. We used to hve "Slingblade Day", and we would all talk like Billy Bob Thorton in the movie Slingblade. (ummmm,I reckon I won't kill me nobody today so they won't put me back in the nervous hospital,ummmmm) We also had Ministry Of Silly Walks day, and we all had to have a different silly walk. Anything to get thru those 12 hours!