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methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans and other animals, including pets. it may also be referred to as multiple-resistant staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant...

Today in OR where I work a patient was brought in urgently from the ER in need of a bowel resection. After the patient was opened, she coded. After the necessary attempts to revive her the code was called. The weird thing is that the surgeon conti...

Actually, the investigator that I spoke with was very accommodating but unable to answer my question as to the legalities. Apparently when a patient has dead bowel they are not considered a coroner's case and the coroner did not have this patient. ...

I didn't forget. I have a few more details. I was not actually involved in this incident so the information is coming in an ongoing basis. The specimen that was removed as a part of this bowel resection was not sent to pathology, it was trashed. ...

Will keep everyone posted as more info comes in

It doesn't matter if you are a new grad or an old hag RN, if you are new to the OR, you are fresh meat. I had to really harden myself when I was the new kid on the block or I would not still be an OR nurse. No question about it, OR nurses eat their...

Amen sister!!!

I've never had a surgeon request that I position the light. They generally prefer to do it themselves so that they get it where they truly want it to be. That seems like a power issue to me.

It's very scary. There is so much going on these days, I'm afraid to be involved in direct patient care anymore.

All procedures are billed but in a sense it is fraud. The procedure should have been ATTEMPTED colon resection. Since the patient coded and was pronounced before the resection portion of the procedure began, all the necessary staplers, etc had to b...

Not funny ha ha, funny queer, as in very weird. I just can't comprehend why you would perform a resection on a corpse

No, the surgeon continued to work after the code was called. The patient began coding before the actual resection had occurred. That's why I'm so confused. Even for teaching purposes, it doesn't seem ethical to continue a procedure on a corpse.

I don't think you are understanding the situation. It was the operative patient that coded, she was pronounced during the procedure. The resection had not yet taken place. Once a code is called the patient is deceased and all rescussitative measur...

I have done numerous organ harvests and they are a very different animal than any other surgical procedure. I would not say they are depressing but there is a solemness. A person is losing their life in my presence yet others will live and live bet...

Stay calm, that is the best thing you can do in a trauma situation. If you loose your head and can't think straight you are lost. Just stay calm, remember to breath!