aeauooo

aeauooo

neuro, ICU/CCU, tropical medicine

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  1. Flu Vaccines, Herd Immunity, and Randomized Trials

    aeauooo replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I realized your interest extends far beyond H1N1 after I posted my comment. I'm currently working for the Louisiana OPH in H1N1 (a job I don't expect to last much longer). I have to admit that,...

  2. Flu Vaccines, Herd Immunity, and Randomized Trials

    aeauooo replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Indigo Girl (not to be confused with Indigo Mom): H1N1 warrior - and God bless you for

  3. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    aeauooo replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh yeah! last week i had a patient who was admitted to the ccu in a hypertensive crisis. the guy weighed over 150 kg, had chf and a dissecting aortic aneurysm, and came in positive for cocaine. the...

  4. Graduating...moving...does anyone work in Seattle?

    aeauooo replied to Tasket's topic in General Nursing

    I went to WWU for a couple of years back in the 80's and really liked Bellingham. My wife did a photo shoot up there a couple of years ago. From what I saw, Bellingham hadn't changed much - which is...

  5. Graduating...moving...does anyone work in Seattle?

    aeauooo replied to Tasket's topic in General Nursing

    I love it - I don't even have AC in my truck. I spend all day working in cold, dry hospital air then, when step outside in the evening and that warm, wet air hits my face, I take a deep breath and...

  6. Graduating...moving...does anyone work in Seattle?

    aeauooo replied to Tasket's topic in General Nursing

    My wife and I moved from Seattle to New Orleans a few years ago. Today the weather was beautiful! Clear blue sky - a little chilly, down to the 60's - but I managed to bundle up and go for a nice long...

  7. Ruptured AVM

    aeauooo replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    [color=#74330b][color=#74330b][color=#74330b]i've dealt with this type of issue more times than i care to think about. [color=#74330b]i'm not sure if the law varies from state to state, but...

  8. Will I survive this?

    aeauooo replied to Imgettingthere's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    déjà vu! you don't happen to be working in seattle, do you? man, i got burned severely when i went from a neuro floor to a neuro icu in a toxic work environment. it was the lowest point in my...

  9. TBI management

    aeauooo replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    what, your docs don't know how to do a literature search? the aann has a clinical practice guideline on management of the patient with tbi. http://www.aann.org/pubs/guidelines.html click on the link....

  10. Got told our/ any neuro ICU is not really an intensive care unit

    aeauooo replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    What the heck does 'SOS' stand for? Sack of sh**? I've worked in hospitals where the trauma docs wanted thier patients in the neuro ICU because the nurses had better

  11. Triple H therapy

    aeauooo replied to Epona's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    In the most recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing there is a review article comparing mannitol to hypertonic saline. One of the studies reviewed found that mannitol increases MAP - that,...

  12. You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

    aeauooo replied to Elenaster's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Been there, done that. You know you're a neuro nurse if... You've ever said, "Oh don't worry about it, he's just having a seizure." You've ever come to the uncomfortable realization that there are...

  13. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Exactly, your "badge of honor." Relevance? You're blowing smoke. Go back and re-read that definition: regulated discussion, according to the rules of parliamentary procedure. What is it you'd like...

  14. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Or, I could interpret your statement to mean that the effect of illegal immigration really doesn't make a dent in our economy anyway, so why

  15. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How is that a response to what I wrote? You throw a number at me and expect me to accept that it's even relevent to the topic - it doesn't work that way. You don't even have a weak

  16. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Excuse me - that's exactly what I said. You're too busy sniping to bother to read and understand what I wrote to make a valid point in return. I've made the points I wanted to make. I don't have...

  17. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Can you provide objective data to support your claims? All of the statements I made began with "I wonder...," but you claim to know the answers to those questions - how? What's your source? If you...

  18. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As I understand it, the first generation of immigrants (from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world) usually don't learn the native language, or "learn just enough to get around" (having lived...

  19. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks. I'd like to believe we can have a discussion about a subject with which we have disagreements without becoming hostile - as we've seen on other threads. I've acknowledged that I don't know...

  20. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Exactly! Debate: a: the formal discussion of a motion before a deliberative body according to the rules of parliamentary procedure. b: a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched sides...

  21. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    not at all. as i said, i don't have the answers, but i think we need to take two very large steps back from the emotionalism of this issue and look at every aspect of it before we draw any conclusions...

  22. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the status quo doesn't (directly) force people to come here, but it certainly welcomes them when they get

  23. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks. We have created most of our monsters, then we blame other people for our problems. I don't have the answers. I don't pretend to. I just try to do what I can and know how to do to make life...

  24. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    status

  25. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    loss of wages spent in this country by the laborers, loss of taxes paid by the laborers (yes, they do pay taxes!) and the business, loss of the contribution of that business to the gross national...