MixedVenousSat

MixedVenousSat has 5 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Do you work with PA lines often? Are they really a thing of the past?

   MixedVenousSat replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in Critical Care

   Often used in our cardiothoracic surgial ICUs. Patients are risk profiled before surgery via pre-op heart function, and I'm sure the MDs have an algorithm for which patients to swan before cardiac...

2. What's on Your Nurse Christmas Wish List?

   MixedVenousSat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   I know this will never happen, but a Butterfly iQ vascular access probe for ultrasound IV's. one can

3. IV Sedation Question

   MixedVenousSat replied to Kimmadsim's topic in General Nursing

   If they had used propofol, they would have likely intubated her (or at the very least, had an LMA) and needed a fully qualified anesthesia provider at the operation. Propofol (at comparative sedative...

4. CCU: ICU or no?

   MixedVenousSat replied to Sophie Garcia's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Unit names have become very confusing, especially in cardiac specialties. The easier way is to ask this: Can this unit take care of a patient with an endotracheal tube, fully sedated and on full...