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  1. Trouble with understanding pH-related death

    Wow Belgian thanks! That really helps my understanding of the whole picture. I haven't seen these scvo2 catheters yet. Are they like continuous co measuring devices in that they give you a constant update on the scvo2 via a monitor?
  2. Trouble with understanding pH-related death

    thank you both for the responses. It helped. I guess I need to focus on the MODS picture that I'm guessing acidemia/alkalemia causes. I just was confused b/c the specific things I was told was that acidemia causes the heme molecules to give up O2 mor...
  3. Trouble with understanding pH-related death

    I'm having trouble understanding what effects acidemia and alkalemia have on the body that LEADS TO death. I have scoured the internet to no avail. I was told by my preceptor that both acidemia and alkalemia affects the conduction of the electrical s...
  4. I'm having trouble understanding what effects acidemia and alkalemia have on the body that LEADS TO death. I have scoured the internet to no avail. I was told by my preceptor that both acidemia and alkalemia affects the conduction of the electrical s...
  5. General IV Filter question

    so the filters are for air rather than particulate? Nice to know thanks all
  6. General IV Filter question

    Hey all, concerning adult patients (no open foramen ovale or anything like that, just regular patients) I know that certain meds like mannitol needs a IV filter on it, but I don't know the reasoning for this? All I was able to see online is that the ...
  7. Measurements: NGT vs. OG tubes

    yeah I know that it's usually tip of nose to earlobe to xiphoid process, but when you aren't going through the nose there has to be some part of that cut out I would think because you're closer to the stomach. You cut all that space out between the n...
  8. Measurements: NGT vs. OG tubes

    Hi all, I know how to measure for the NGT placement, but my question is for the intubated patients that are getting Orogastric tubes placed. How does the measurement differ? Do you cut out the nose-to-earlobe part of the measurement, or do you st...
  9. Isolation precautions-nurse server question

    so my question is then when the patient leaves, I guess in order to be cost effective the supplies can go with the pt., but we in the icu use a lot of stuff that the floor doesn't, so that's all wasted products...
  10. Isolation precautions-nurse server question

    it's just a set of drawers in the rooms that house all the supplies a nurse would need; for ex.: pre-filled saline syringes, 12 lead stickers, duoderms, 2x2s, 4x4s, yankauers, etc.
  11. Pre-reqs for CRNA/ACNP

    Hi All, I have been a RN in a SICU for going on 2 years now. I really want to further my education and go into either a acute care nurse practitioner role or a certified registered nurse practitioner role. I already have done the research for the...
  12. I am really trying to improve my SICU's hygiene and I think the first place to do so is our nurse servers: When a patient is on isolation precautions for, let's say contact precautions, the clinicians take the appropriate precautions to protect thems...
  13. Is ventricular tachycardia WITH A PULSE shockable? I understand that V-fib and pulseless V-tach are shockable, and that PEA and asystole are not shockable, but I am reading this book on cardiac arrest and it doesn't mention any scenario with v-tach w...
  14. Having trouble with understanding lasix use

    happens all the time in the sicu I am doing my practicum at
  15. Having trouble with understanding lasix use

    thanks for all the replys so far...I was just confused b/c I have heard before that if the BUN and creatinine are elevated then it is time to stop giving lasix. Is that true or is that not the case in this straight-forward scenario? I'm just curious ...