deanpicu

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1. Alaris pumps

   deanpicu replied to deanpicu's topic in PICU

   One thing we have noticed with these pumps is that they can tidal a babies blood pressure. We are sure that given constancy in most other things, this tidaling is pump related. We place our inotropes exclusively on the syringe pumps and keep all th...

2. Alaris pumps

   deanpicu replied to deanpicu's topic in PICU

   Either really. I swear they will kill someone. If they don't want to flow they won't. The other day I had a "Check IV Tubing" error on my citrate for dialysis. Reset wouldn't work. Changing the tubing wouldn't work. I ended up changing the tubi...

3. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

   deanpicu replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

   Ya but even the original court documents state that Mary Shindler testified that she was present when Terri uttered those words with the rest of the Shiavo's, the question since has not been whether she said that or not, but how much importance that ...

4. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

   deanpicu replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

   One last thing, the nurse that claimed Michael said those things and testified that Terri had held conversations with her was found to be lying by the lower courts. Michael was almost given a restraining order because of how adamant and particular a...

5. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

   deanpicu replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

   She had last rites performed when they took the tube out last week and will have them again when death is imminent performed by the hospice priest. Also the money that the Shiavos' won through the malpractice suit, went into a trust to pay for Terri...

6. Alaris pumps

   deanpicu posted a topic in PICU

   Has anyone had any trouble with these pumps. We keep having Channel Error and air in line problems. Just shutting down for no reason with inotropes or dialysis causing swings in blood pressure. The pumps just shut down and are completely unreliabl...