aidan13

aidan13 specializes in Emergency/trauma.

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1. Vancouver Island Prospect

   aidan13 replied to aidan13's topic in International

   Thanks for the info Fiona59.

2. Vancouver Island Prospect

   aidan13 replied to aidan13's topic in International

   Looking forward to hearing from you. [email protected] Thanks.

3. Vancouver Island Prospect

   aidan13 posted a topic in International

   I'll be moving to Vancouver Island very soon and I'm very excited about it. I'm hoping to work at the Victoria General Hospital. For the nurses who work there how's the experience? ... the hospital, the city. Also anyone working at Campbell River hos...

4. Nurses taking patient's off backboards without doctor clearnce?

   aidan13 replied to the big nurse's topic in Emergency

5. Ordering labs and images in triage

   aidan13 replied to whichone'spink's topic in Emergency

   In my facility we also have protocols in terms of blood test. As long as we order what's appropriate with the patient's symptoms. And if we have time, we do them ourselves in triage including EKG. Saved a patient once by doing an EKG on the spot. If ...

6. Nurses taking patient's off backboards without doctor clearnce?

   aidan13 replied to the big nurse's topic in Emergency

   Maybe it's because i'm in canada that we do things differently, but in my hospital, which is a level one trauma center, we leave the patient the least amount of time on the backboard to preserve the patient's skin integrity. As soon as the patient is...

7. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

   aidan13 replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

   So this 38 yr old woman comes in because she said she accidentally defecated on the floor thinking she was just going to make a fart. For some reason that scared her. Still, the doctor asked for an EKG.

8. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

   aidan13 replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

   On Christmas evening I had a 30 yr old male who comes for a cut on his finger he had for 2 wks, occasional numbness to his arm and a bump on his sub-clavicular he had for 20 yrs. No pain, pt is in good condition. When asked why he specifically came o...

9. Nursing in Quebec (montreal)

   aidan13 replied to silverhalide's topic in International

   i work at the montreal general hospital and even though it's an english hospital you still have to be able to express yourself in french because of the french clientele. Though the staff is pretty much bilingual, francophone patients will expect to b...