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new to corrections

Hello 😊

So I just got a job at a correctional facility and I love it (so far ;) ) and wanted to know different types of codes I should expect to respond to. I've never done this kind of nursing or emergency nursing so its a completely new world for me. I want to brush up on some skills and inyerventions but dont know where to start. So far I've only had to respond to someone having a seizure. I am expecting some stabbings as that's happened a few times already but I didn't need to respond to those. Any tips would be hugely helpful, even not necessarily about codes and such. Thanks in advance!

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    Any medical emergency or if an inmate acts up you'll need to be there during/after to medically clear the inmate.

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    I need more information before responding in detail. You haven't said whether you are an RN or LPN, or whether you work in a jail or a prison. Responsibilities will vary depending upon the answers to these two questions.

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    Seizures (real and fake). Weak and dizzy. Slip and fall. Drug OD or intoxication. Trauma from fights. Suicide attempts (usually hangings). Diabetic crisises. Occasional curve balls: I had a guy with a spontaneous pneumothorax last week.

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