keaston

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1. paramedic nursing

   keaston replied to mcgill01's topic in Flight

   I am an RN and a Paramedic 1 working in the Yukon at this time. I work as a Flight Nurse and when I'm not flying I work as a Paramedic in the ambulance. The Yukon is unique in that they don't require you to have your EMT-P certificate, but I believ...

2. Migrane Headache Treatment in the ED

   keaston posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm doing a reasearch project and am looking ofr information on how other hospitals are treting Migrane patients. What drugs are you using and why? Do you have any written protocols or a no narcotics policy. any help would be appreciated

3. Nitrous Oxide for Conscious Sedation

   keaston replied to traumadrama's topic in Emergency

   I have used nitrus for concious sedation in the rural setting. We used it for shoulder dislocatings and knee dislocations. Because of the area we didn't always have a doctor available and so we could use the nitrus without them. There was no writt...

4. Seclusion in the ED

   keaston replied to Pameula's topic in Emergency

   I work in a hospital in Vancouver, BC. We have 27 beds in the depatment of which 4 are lockable seclusion rooms. We have a special unit which is funded to treat subsatnce abuse and psych patinets. It is staffed by a psych RN and two ER nurses. We...

5. ER Standing orders

   keaston replied to CEN35's topic in Emergency

   I work in vancouver BC Canada at St pauls hospital. We see about 60,000 patients per year and run aa acute, treatment and substance abuse/psych areas. we have standard orders for initiation of IV's, ie it is deemed nessesary or prudent by the nursi...