an oldie but goodie

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For all us ancient ones, how about remembering an oldie - aramine IV drip!

Was watching an oldie TV channel and Dragnet, Squad 51 (can't remember the real name, but it was with firemen/paramedics Gage & Desoto) and then Emergency came on. Some snakebite pt had bottomed out and was in the ER. All nurse Dixie McCall was doing was taking a manual blood pressure, handing the docs meds (that docs administered) and making phone calls.

No specific directions; just "an aramine drip".

I got the biggest kick watching the nurses walking around in their white uniform dresses and their white heeled shoes (beige pantyhose) and wearing their caps. (I am an antique nurse who loves nursing caps!).

So for you all you nurses out there, what are some of the obscure and oft forgotten meds that we all used to use at some time can you name???

Aramine precipitated this thread, but I also offer that oldie, aldomet. Any others???

I could have spyro-graphed for days. My favorite toy ever.

Me too! I loved my spyro-graph! Does anyone remember Chrissy and Velvet, the dolls that had a button on the navel which, when pressed, released a fabulous long ponytail of hair? (The hair came out of the top of the doll's head, not the navel, just to clarify, haha !)

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Me too! I loved my spyro-graph! Does anyone remember Chrissy and Velvet, the dolls that had a button on the navel which, when pressed, released a fabulous long ponytail of hair? (The hair came out of the top of the doll's head, not the navel, just to clarify, haha !)

Yes! I had a Chrissy doll! I had totally forgotten about that....sniff, sniff.

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Yes! I had a Chrissy doll! I had totally forgotten about that....sniff, sniff.

I had Chrissy & my sister had Velvet. Remember how cute their little dresses were? (None of those 'Bratz" dolls for us, right?) Those were the days....:)

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Specializes in retired LTC.

One sister had a "Giggles" doll. I really loved the way that doll giggled - didn't find it annoying.

Another sister had an original '"Betsy Wetsy" doll. Any guesses what my sister's name is? Oh, she was the sister who had a Davey Crockette coonskin hat with the tail.

Also - I guess that tct of benzoin would make good adhesive. It was sticky, but who cared after sniffing it awhile!!!

Now here's a real oldie - remember paper cutout dolls that were all THE THING when we were little?

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Specializes in Oncology.

Now here's a real oldie - remember paper cutout dolls that were all THE THING when we were little?

I had my mom's from when she was young, preserved in wax paper. They made a brief comeback during my childhood thanks to American Girl. I had the historic American Girl paper doll set, and the magazine had a new modern paper doll featured monthly. I wonder if all my paper dolls are somewhere at my parents' house. I had quite a collection going.

Why was methelyene blue used in feeding bags? I've only seen it used for dye studies for questionable CVL's, and once for methemoglobinemia.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

blondy - you do realize that you now made me old enough to be your mother? Now I'm really feeling older than I was feeling before. Sheesh!

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Watching the show as I type!

I thought two stripes was to signify charge nurse as well; I hope someone can confirm or deny this.

:nurse:

It depended upon your school. If you graduated from the diploma school where you woked, two stripes could signify anything they wanted it to. But if you graduated from a different school, your cap was your cap.

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Specializes in ICU.

I remember when Vioxx and Propulsid were the rage, then taken off the market.

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blondy - you do realize that you now made me old enough to be your mother? Now I'm really feeling older than I was feeling before. Sheesh!

I'm sorry! I am young, so being my mom's age isn't that bad, right? And, uhm, paper dolls rock.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
I had Chrissy & my sister had Velvet. Remember how cute their little dresses were? (None of those 'Bratz" dolls for us, right?) Those were the days....:)
I am really old.....I had a Chatty Cathy doll and Little Miss Echo!

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.
I remember when Vioxx and Propulsid were the rage, then taken off the market.

Oh Lordy, seeing Propulsid mentioned reminds me of how much I miss Zelnorm....

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Did you know that the show Emergency greatly contributed to the development of the modern paramedic profession?

Back then what we know now today as paramedics didn't exist. What you had were firemen like Gage and his partner that took some extra courses but nothing like the training/education today. In response to the interest that grew out of the show paramedic programs began sprouting up all over the USA.

While Los Angeles County's first paramedic course consisted of 192 hours, the curriculum soon expanded to 325 hours. By the time Emergency was released in 1972 the hours required rose to 1000. Clinical time was added as well, with 180 hours of clinical practice as well as a 480 hour internship at Harbor General Hospital.

This was similar in makeup to the paramedic course I completed in 1989, as well as many paramedic programs today.

In addition, with the exception of completing the final written examination, Mantooth and Tighe completed the Los Angeles County paramedic in preparation for their rolse

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