harry Krishna replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management
[. . Dave, who will gladly order medication based on what the PATIENT says their pain is. [/b] Perhaps it is this attitude by Private Medical Practioners that create the multitudes of drug addicts...
harry Krishna replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency
yes sir, the love child from Kenny G and weird Al Yankovic is back on board. I was off at a retreat for RN's, we sat around holding hands singing Kum-ba-ya my Lord and giving ech other supportive...
harry Krishna replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency
But you must admit (unless you have not worked in an ER recently) that there is a growing epidemic of narcotic abusers using the ER to feed their habit(s). And it is not "just a few" as you say. Ask...
harry Krishna replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency
OK first off forgive me if my earlier posts seemed a bit smart alic. What I think is being overlooked here is the actual role of an E.R. in pain management. First one must rule out life threatening...
harry Krishna replied to RN2B4ABBY's topic in General Nursing
RT's have to deal with sputum..perhaps that is why... no I am just kidding. I think it is because the pay stinks, and in most hospitals they have alot of areas to cover. From an ER stand point, a...
harry Krishna replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency
There was a report about Cardiac events using Droperidol, however a recent study out of Norway concluded no such events after using it on thousands of patients. Md's are starting to reuse it more...
Oh my Lord!!!! It is scary what some folks do with a passage from the Bible. If only churches would spend as much time teaching history instead of just piecemealing scripture quotes to fortify their...
harry Krishna replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency
Come back to reality my friend and get off thy high horse. If someone is sleeping, I would call that pain relief, regardless as to what your "reputable pain mgmt authorities" say. If what you say is...
harry Krishna replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency
Always works for me when I am blessed to be in triage and I have a knucklehead who keeps coming up to triage and getting loud and obnoxious. After a few attempts of being pleasant, I get up and in a...
harry Krishna replied to kellilou3's topic in Emergency
yes it actually happens, although most of the time you may get a degloving injury. It usually happens when a man (or woman I guess) gets a ring caught on something as they are exiting say the back...