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Is there a standard for restarting IV's that have been started by EMS? At your facility do you have a policy regarding "field" IV's?

1998 BMW convertable, bought it from one of my doctors!! There should be some rewards after 23 years in nursing.

I work in Radiology and we have one Neuro Interventional Rad. at our hosp who in doing carotid stents. I would love to go to a seminar about them.

I am in the process of developing "standing orders" or "protocols" for our department. My problem is to have the correct tool to accomplish what we need. I do not need a form that the radiologist has to sign, he never sees the CT, or the IVP patients, yet we need an "order" to start the IV's and to DC them. What are other facilities doing? We are an in hospital department.

Hi Fran, We have 2 IR rooms (one good room one room we mainly do lines in.) 3 techs and 2 RN's, the techs do all the ordering, each has his area he is responsible for. The supervisor orders all the interventional stuff. One tech orders all the pharmacy supplies, the other one orders everything else. They stock their own supplies. We all answer the phone, and schedule. Organization? well 2 techs in the "good" room and one in the other an RN is each room. We have one DR and we try and keep him busy going room to room. Hope this helped. I have never worked in anyother Rad. Dept. Jan