EMS RN 7

EMS RN 7 specializes in Pre- and In-hospital emergency medicine.

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1. Which Strips Are MOST Dangerous?

   EMS RN 7 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   Tombstone is indicative of STEMI (ST-elevation MI) and indicates an active infarction, depending on what leads ST-elevation appears in on a 12-lead ECG. Start at the J-point (beginning of T-wave) and...

2. Which Strips Are MOST Dangerous?

   EMS RN 7 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   As a 4-year paramedic and soon-to-be RN, remember that the wider and faster the rhythm, the worse it is. When QRS complexes begin to widen, that is a bad sign. Extremely slow bradycardias, especially...

3. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

   EMS RN 7 replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   What it means for us--lower pay, and less time with patients. Judging from what my 2 friends from the UK have told me about the socialized system in place there, the majority of Americans will simply...

4. CLC student 1st semester...any advice

   EMS RN 7 replied to clcstudent22307's topic in Illinois Nursing

   I'm currently headed into 172 this fall and found your post accurate but anecdotal. From what I can tell, many of the posters here are probably from my night class. We had a great teacher but our...