ER Wishlist Items!

[HappyKYRN]

Our director in my ER has sent out an email asking us if we could choose any one item, regardless of cost for our ER, what would it be? She mentioned vein lights as a example.

I honestly dont know what to ask for. I'm drawing a blank.

Is is there some really handy item you're grateful to have in your ER? Tell me about it! Any suggestions appreciated!

[JustaGypsy]

An airbed patient mover, works like a dream on patients that would normally take 5-6 people to move.

EZ Way - EZ Matt Air Assisted Patient Transfer System

That specific piece of equipment is amazing. we also have two sheets made of parachute-like material that assist in the same way. Both products are amazing.

[widi96]

Our iStats are wonderful - we have 6 and need more. Use them all the time. We recently also got a machine similar to the iStat that will do POC INR.

[lacusc93-1]

Zyprexa or Geodon spray

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

ativan mist to disperse in the waiting room!!

Heck with the waiting room…how about the nurses station??

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

One thing I wish our ER had that the ICU has is the ability to pull data from the monitors directly into the chart (well, the ability is there, they just won't pay for the software upgrade to do it).

So nice when you have q5 vitals to just double click on the vitals tab and they pull over.

We had monitors that would do this. Then we did some construction work…the system was taken out, but "in a few weeks," after the construction is done, that would come back on line. That was a few years ago….still not back online. It was very helpful with a critically ill patient where you are getting frequent VS.

[wanderlustnurse88, RN]

We are a small hospital and we send out all bloodwork to a neighbouring lab so we have POC for INR, CBC, Cr, lytes, ABGs, lactate, urine. It's great and quick.

[Bobjohnny]

Manual BP cuffs. Or the capability to to do CVP monitoring. Either would suffice. Something more accurate for BP monitoring when it's crunch time. But, finally got an (one) ETCO2 monitor so I should be happy with that.

[Soran]

I would say an ultrasound machine for ultrasound guided IV's would be more useful than a vein finder light. We use ultrasound for that in my ER. Gotta be trained, but it's worth it.

[Nonyvole, BSN, RN]

Rollerball computer mice. The computer mice we have don't work very well on the desks. And unified computer charting throughout the hospital.

No?

Then I'd be happy with more thermometers, the ability to pull vitals directly to the computer from the monitor, and a fax machine that doesn't need the sacrifice of a goat and three drops of fresh blood from a virgin of legal age to work. (Tried the virgin goats. It...didn't go well, but with some creative use of restraints, fiberglass splinting material and the sterile ENT pack we were able to send the result back to whence it came.)

[AOX4RN, MSN, RN, NP]

Re: ultrasound for PIVs... after getting one you'll need to train nurses to use it

[Elly Em]

A box of pregnancy tests just before entering the ED.

[Clementine1]

Vein finder, techs