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one_speed

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  1. Yelling, screaming and ducking the cranky triaged patients

    one_speed replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Situations like this is what really gets my goat (grinds my gears even). Usually it is the poor "depressed" person with chronic neck and back pain who are unhappy with not getting their oxy's. They...

  2. worked my very first ED shift,.assessment question..

    one_speed replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    Welcome to the dark side (the ER of course) ! I'm sure that everyone here will agree that the ER is one of the most exhilerating yet exhausting places to practice nursing. Of course, this is the...

  3. Damage control? Or just more damage?

    one_speed replied to chartlooe's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... Flame me if you want but since this seems to be a bit of a retarded question anyways I'm going to go ahead and reply. I'm sure some may criticise my "lack of professionality" for responding to...

  4. DNRs and ACLS

    one_speed replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    As mentioned in previous posts, the act of cardioversion itself isn't considered a heroic act, any more than fluid boluses (fliud rescuscitation) are. Treating a person before they degenerate into a...

  5. Patient Volumes

    one_speed posted a topic in Emergency

    Well, as I'm sure we all know, Christmas has come and gone. Boxing day, of course has proved to be one of the busiest days of the year in our regional ER / trauma center. No walk-in clinics or doctors...

  6. IV sticks in Trauma patients

    one_speed replied to tdstines1's topic in Emergency

    This is why every IV I do on stable patients is minimum 18 guage. Practice shopping for the best iv site all the time ( not just the nuckle (?sp) for the 22 guages), when it comes time to do it for...

  7. Enraged (venting)

    one_speed replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    Hey Folks, Thanks for an intersting thread for an early morning read. I think this ties in very nicely with the other threads on this forum to do with violence in the ER. (family vs. RN, pt vs. Rn,...