I am an experienced CC RN and work weekends while attending school for my ANP. I have had some really crazy experiences this past few weekend and am really worried and need some guidance for all of my fellow workers and me.
This past weekend, we used for the second time our arctic sun machine for rapid cooling of cardiac arrest patients. However, my facility and unit, stupidly and dangerously, decided not to have any written policies and procedures for this machine. Ironically enough, last year during my master's studies, I did a group project on the Arctic sun and gave a class presentation on the physiology and research of the cardiac arrest pt.
Does anyone use this machine and concept? Anyone willing to share their P/P?
The few weekends prior to the Arctic sun... we had a young man with gangrene lower legs that the surgeon wanted on dry ice over the weekend so that surgery could be done on the following monday and tuesday.
Again, does anyone have any experience with dry ice and have P/P they are willing to share?
I don't want to reinvent the wheel here with the P/P but we need guidance and I have no where else to turn.
Thank you to all my brothers and sisters out there !!
