old skills that we do not use anymore

[sassykitkatt]

hello,

I was wondering if you guys were doing anything different now than we did before? Like before when we would suction trach patients we would squirt NS down the trach but now after clinical study they say we don't have to that anymore because it does't work. So have you guys had any changes?

[Jamesdotter]

Alcohol IV drips are still in use for alcohol withdrawal patients. How many of you have seen these?

Thirty-plus years ago they were occasionally used for pre-term labor. The patients would get terribly hung-over--it was a miserable experience for them, worse than mag sulfate.