I have been an RN for 3 years, but my career in healthcare began as an EMT/firefighter. This is my true passion, although nursing has been extremly rewarding to me, I would be interested in some info as well. I live in a south suburb of Chicago, but ...
We use Fent and Versed for the patients we sedate, and CRNA's push the prop for their patients. (based on insurance, of course) I like it this way not, because I don't think I could do it, but the deeper sedation in some patients is exaggerated, and...
This is not uncommon in our facility either. Typically for an upper I use 4-6 of versed and 50 of Fent. You also must consider your patient when titrating drugs, as I have given 10 of versed and 100 of Fent and the pt is still wide awake having a con...