lozza81

lozza81 specializes in Emergency Nursing.

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1. Insulin drip?

   lozza81 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   if we have an insulin infusion going for our DKA patients, then they are always checked hourly and the infusion is titrated to whatever the sugar level is, we aim to drop the level 3 -4 mmol per hour, and we always recheck electrolytes 4hrly once on ...

2. Christmas Songs For The Psychiatrically Challenged

   lozza81 replied to lozza81's topic in Emergency

   must just be aussie humour then....just something that was posted in our "have a laugh" book at work, not meant for everyone to like.

3. Christmas Songs For The Psychiatrically Challenged

   lozza81 posted a topic in Emergency

   Thought you may get a kick out of these.... Schizophrenia - Do you hear what I hear? Multiple Personality Disorder - We three kings disoriented are Amnesia - I don't know if I'll be home for Christmas Narcissistic - Hark, the herald angels sing a...

4. What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

   lozza81 replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

   Christmas day 2005, had a guy come with a ring stuck around his penis (apparently for increased pleasure), took the docs about an hour to cut it off, coz his penis was so swollen, it was getting blacker, as each minute went by, pt self discharged him...

5. Why FAST TRACK is wrong

   lozza81 replied to Email4KH's topic in Emergency

   We've just changed our fast track system a little bit, just be using our extended care unit as our fast track area, it has area for 6 beds area for seats and has a dr's station, we're also using 2 cubicles for anyone needing gynae exams. So far, it'...

6. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   lozza81 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   I'm so glad that I haven't had to deal with any paeds rape cases, we don't get very many in, we get a few teenagers who've had their drinks spiked and have been sexually assaulted, but thank god no real littlies!

7. What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

   lozza81 replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

   Yesterday we had this guy come in after query being exposed to radiation, as he was digging up toxic waste without protective clothing for two days. He came in because he had these blisters that had come up on his chest. We had 3 fire trucks come o...

8. What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

   lozza81 replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

   We had an 80 year old male come in with PR bleeding and pain after attempting to use a vibrator, vibrator was about 30cms long, lol. One of our regular psych patients, actually I should say two coz they're twins they always come in after putting mcdo...

9. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   lozza81 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   Pedestrian vs car, the guy had incomplete above knee amputation of his left let, compound fractures to his left arm, and his skull was completely boggy, having to do CPR on him for a good 5 minutes, before the docs decided to call it. 8 week old, car...

10. Hello from Aussie Land

    lozza81 replied to lozza81's topic in Emergency

    Hi guys, thanks for the welcome! I've worked in ED for 2 years now, and am in the middle, well should say have almost completed a certificate in emergency nursing. Our ED has 17 beds, including 2 resus beds, 11 of which have full cardiac monitoring...

11. Hello from Aussie Land

    lozza81 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi guys just wanted to say a quick hello, signed up here the other day! My name's Lauren, and I work in emerg. at one of the smaller hospitals in South Australia. Even though we're a smaller hospital, we still get the usual trauma's, arrests, paedi...