mmutk

mmutk BSN, RN, EMT-I

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  1. Your ER policy on giving rides home

    mmutk replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    Funny story.... One time we got a patient flown in via helicopter for an ACUTE MI, when we discovered it was not an acute MI but likely just a muscle strain. Air-Evac just had their 12 lead EKG...

  2. Blood alcohol with patients refusing

    mmutk replied to SCRAPPYRN69's topic in Emergency

    I have drawn multiple specimens for TN law enforcement officers during crash investigation deaths. My chain of custody has never been questioned by the courts. I live in

  3. Blood alcohol with patients refusing

    mmutk replied to SCRAPPYRN69's topic in Emergency

    If I had a picture of a dead horse here I would post it and then beat it. These laws are different state by state so checking with your local legislature is going to be your best

  4. ER stories

    mmutk replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Emergency

    You have to check out THE HOUSE OF GOD. Hilarious and sarcastic, although not about the ER, mainly about the residents' rounds through the whole

  5. How do you treat headaches?

    mmutk replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    Toradol/benadryl/zofran and a head

  6. What supplies do you carry on you?

    mmutk replied to Nire83's topic in Emergency

    Pen, tape, kelley clamp, trauma shears, stethoscope, and tarascon emergency medicine pocket

  7. Your ER policy on giving rides home

    mmutk replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    What I would give for signs in our waiting room!! generally we don't give rides home for more than 10 miles and luckily buses come right in front of the hospital so a bus pass is often cheaper for

  8. My moms CABG

    mmutk replied to butterflie28's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    How long did she smoke for before she quit? Any ETOH use? These seem to be tied to the most complications in our

  9. "I'm a Nurse Practitioner!"

    mmutk replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I would have lost it long before the phone call myself and prob said something that would have ****** off blah blah blah I'm a nurse pracact blah blah blah and left me in my manager's office

  10. Can I bolus this patient? A legal / practice question about sedatives and narcotics

    mmutk replied to simvee's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree with the WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM if you do not give an occasional bolus or quick temp titration for your drips when your patient needs it. As long as you have a titration orders it's not a...

  11. Rejected into MTSU School of Nursing for Fall 2011

    mmutk replied to fasasha's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Clinicals are mainly at middle tn medical center, the new hospital in murfreesboro (the only hospital there) you could also do clinicals at St Thomas hospital in

  12. How do I tell employer I got a new job?

    mmutk replied to mamaxmaria's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Put your 2 week notice in writing and put that you would LOVE to stay PRN in the same letter and take it to your manager and talk about it. Congrats you'll have so much fun in the

  13. Intubation without RSI meds??

    mmutk replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in Emergency

    It's a hollow foreign body... This is just the ICU nurse in me I guess, but how do you think patients get extubated? They breathe through the ET just fine without sedation or mechanical ventilation in...

  14. Would EMT B help me land an er tech job?

    mmutk replied to soxgirl2008's topic in Emergency

    Yes it would be

  15. Dealing with ICU visitors

    mmutk replied to leesespieces's topic in MICU, SICU

    you might as well stay everyone is going to this soon. on our last jacho visit we were cited for having visiting hours! now we are open 22 hours of the

  16. Hespan

    mmutk replied to Aneroo's topic in MICU, SICU

    We use Hespan on occasion for our post op CABGs, but if it doesn't work soon it's time to move on to the

  17. Triage shifts: how long/how many pt.'s?

    mmutk replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    I triaged 12 hours at a time 3 days a week for 2 years. I love triage it's my favorite place in the

  18. Intubation without RSI meds??

    mmutk replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in Emergency

    Yeah I can see the sadness here, some sedation would have been nice. But even awake you should have been able to ventilate him if the ET was correctly placed. You generally don't choke on a tube when...

  19. I have been an ER nurse for exactly one week....

    mmutk replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    Ohh give it a month and you won't believe what you will have

  20. Does he need to be intubated??

    mmutk replied to InmyblooD's topic in Emergency

    I wonder if TNCC and ENPC will come out with updates or new editions that embrace the new AHA guidelines of CAB instead of ABC? Does trauma get a different set of guidelines or will the new CABs be...

  21. ER RN salary

    mmutk replied to newfloridaRN's topic in Emergency

    TN cost of living is low, so in general the pay is too. However VANDERBILT is the lowest of the Nashville region. I was board certified(CEN) with 4 years experience and offered $20/hr at PRN. New...

  22. Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

    mmutk replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    I'd of said... " What's a diastolic

  23. It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    mmutk replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    "patient shenanigans", I love it! We have a $ limit on cab ride vouchers and rarely use them. We have a bus stop outside of our ER as well. We also have security that will help "Enforce

  24. What are your pet peeves when orienting a new ER nurse?

    mmutk replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    The ones that let the patients run all over them and don't stand up for

  25. When is a patient your patient?

    mmutk replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    I love all these posts from people who don't work ER! It's not like getting report on the floor. Often it is a tech that brings this patient back and you will rarely see the triage nurse to get...