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1. trauma gadgets

   tinaree123 replied to tinaree123's topic in Emergency

   bougie is a good idea, we don't have portable vents but that becomes resp depts problem ( remember goverment and confusing illogical budgets). we are looking at a remote monitored laryngascope ( we currently use a fiber optic) ps we are shiprock nm

2. trauma gadgets

   tinaree123 replied to tinaree123's topic in Emergency

   our hospital offers it but classes are constantly canceled due to the fact that education only offers it on their own schedule and won't work with the er to try to keep us up to date. there are 2 private hospitals who offer classes and i usually go t...

3. trauma gadgets

   tinaree123 replied to tinaree123's topic in Emergency

   yes we are federal civilian employees but we also have commissioned corp and travelers. I keep certs in acls, pals, apls, tncc, enpc, and nals.

4. Are you afraid to go to the ER?

   tinaree123 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   Yeah, or "DO NOT PUSH HERE" lol

5. Are you afraid to go to the ER?

   tinaree123 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   Don't we all have an irrational fear of having an MVC on the way to or from a shift and ending up on a bakbaord in our our own trauma room with our clothes cut off and varous tubes including foley's, etc. That would be my nightmare.

6. trauma gadgets

   tinaree123 posted a topic in Emergency

   I work in a hospital on the navajo indian reservation. We are not classified as a trauma center but tell that to all the traumas we stabilize and turf elsewhere. We are a mash unit. We get unimaginable MVC, A&B, GSW, penetrating wounds, cardic, b...

7. Resources for ER Newbie

   tinaree123 replied to Caralee's topic in Emergency

   I have been looking for a good drug program geared to rn's forever and finally found Davis's drug guide for nurses c integrated calculators on the palm site. It is free to try and only $50/yr. believe me when I say epocrates and the other popular pro...