biomedsam

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1. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

   biomedsam replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

   My Dad said he woke up during his hip replacement a couple of years ago. The surgeon asked Dad what he was doing awake.... Dad said it was the hammering of the new hip into his femur. He did not mention any pain and apparently they "dialed" him right...

2. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

   biomedsam replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   Wife started nursing school in August.... RN school. She has never been a nurse of any kind. She is 42. I no longer have a dining room table.

3. Do cell phones interfere with telemetry?

   biomedsam replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

   Currently, the FCC has allocated the following frequency bands for medical telemetry use. 608-614 MHz, 1395-1400 MHz, & 1427-1432 MHz http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=wireless_medical_telemetry Some years ago, me...