Today we had a fire drill everything was going fine till a 7th grade boy went into cardiac arrest out of the blue, no warning just heart stopped. He is doing fine i got his heart back to a normal rhythm thanks to my AED before EMS got to the school:) Any of you have fire drill nightmares?
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN 4 Articles; 20,908 Posts Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma. Has 43 years experience. Jan 26, 2015 ((HUGS)) how horrible! That deserves a bubble bath and a glass of wine.Great job!!!!!!!!!I'm not a school nurse I'm an ER nurse. We had a volunteer fire department mental giant who thought the drill on the school bus would be more realistic by using a smoke bomb....needless to say the mass causality drill was no longer a drill.
childcare1 33 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics. Has 3 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 i like the wine idea!!
SnowyJ, RN 1 Article; 844 Posts Has 28 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 Good heavens!!!! Did he have any cardiac history???
SassyTachyRN 408 Posts Specializes in Peds, Oncology. Has 4 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 Kudos to you!!!
RatherBHiking, BSN, RN 1 Article; 575 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, Oncology, OB, School Nurse. Has 31 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 That IS a nightmare! Good for you! Nope, biggest issues have always been a few scraped knees from tripping and falling and hope that's all it ever is! Yikes!!
bsyrn, ASN, RN 810 Posts Specializes in Peds, School Nurse, clinical instructor. Has 24 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 OMG I have chills!!! Awesome job!!! Thank God you were there!
kidzcare 3,393 Posts Has 5 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 Wow! So glad you were there! What a scary situation! Please let us know how he is doing!!The only issues I've had with fire drills are that once last year and once this year our fire alarm went off (not a drill) and we had to evacuate into freezing temps. The day last year was 12 degrees and this year was at about freezing. 900+ students (and all employees) evacuated without coats-- including a student with cold urticaria. No emergency situation followed, thankfully
allnurses Guide OldDude 1 Article; 4,787 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics Retired. Jan 27, 2015 When I worked in the ER one of our old Attending MDs would often say, "Well, we snatched another kid from the jaws of death!" YOU DID TOO!! Awesome!
childcare1 33 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics. Has 3 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 Thank you all! this child is doing fine and in happy sprits, I want to the hospital after school and found out he has a hx of arrhythmia and is on antiarrhythmic meds and to top this off for about 3 mouths he has been without meds. In the end everything is fine the sweet boy got saved and gave me a big hug, so now I feel good about myself and about being a nurse.
RainMom 1,114 Posts Specializes in PACU, pre/postoperative, ortho. Has 12 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 Awesome job! Was his history not disclosed to the school?
