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  1. open heart visitation

    I work in an 8 bed CVICU that has semiprivate rooms with curtains for privacy. The hospital is looking at creating an open visitation for all critical care environments. We currenty have structured visiting but make exceptions when appropriate, I w...
  2. ecg/pressure waveform documentation

    does ecg HAVE to be with CVp or can CVP be run simultaneously with PAP?
  3. ecg/pressure waveform documentation

    What is standard practice for documenation of strips as far as what needs to be documented together and why. For example a patient has ecg, abg, PAP,CVP, etc. What 2 waveforms gets mounted together in the strips and why?
  4. CVICU lengh of stay

    the unit is only an 8 bed unit and with 2 to 5 cases a day typically we don't have room for a patient that stays long term and still admit a fresh CABG. Its is a bed crunch. It would be a lot easier for the patients as well as staffing if we had a ...
  5. CVICU lengh of stay

    thanks
  6. CVICU lengh of stay

    They may need to stay if they become a long term vent patient, CVVH, etc. Unfortunately our doc's want them to stay in our CVICU ( the only unit to recover fresh cabg pt's) rather than transfer to a true ICU. I was hoping for info on what other fac...
  7. CVICU lengh of stay

    I work in an 8 bed CVICU and we are continually having a bed crunch trying to make room for fresh CABG patients if we have an unstable post-op patient. Sometimes we keep patients for 2-3weeks. What criteria do other places have related to lengh of s...
  8. Precedex...

    I have been using Precedex for a little over 3 years in our CVICU. We use it from immediate post-op for all post cabg pt's until the next morning(we keep it on after extubation). This allows the patients to stay calm thru the night, get some rest, ...
  9. EMERGENCY MEDICATION DOSAGE CALCULATOR

    I'd love to get some info as well. thanks
  10. Which leads do you monitor your CABGs in?

    Ideally the leads being monitered should correspond to what artery was bypassed. Best practice at my facility dictates to know what was bypassed then moniter the appropriate leads. Most the time we moniter in lead 2 to see the inferior, then our 2n...
  11. post-op Beta Blockers

    I have heard of k and Mg routine replacement but not CaCl. The only time I give that is if the patient needs a boost to hr and contractility, I have not heard it associated with AFIB
  12. post-op Beta Blockers

    How soon and how much do your postop CABG pt's receive beta- blockers and how does it relate to a-fib rates?
  13. post-op cabg care

    What type of care do your fresh cabg patient require that is routine. I am interested in seeing how much FLUID other hospitals give their patients related to starting of IV gtts. I think we fluid overload a lot of our patients post-op then have to ...