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Hi everybody, I'm a Belgian male nurse with an Emergency and ICU specialisation. I am abit confused concerning the abreviations used in the States (and elsewhere) There's no nursing at University over here, but two grades in college. I'd like to know...

Hmm, sounds very noble, but life over here is not that perfect. We do not have a large African community in Belgium, but we're confronted with an increasing population of Turkish and North-african population as well as former USSR (or whatever) resid...

Hi all, We just received a new toy (transcutaneous Pacer and Defib) and I would like to know more about this transcutaneous pacing business, and more specific, what the protocols in other ER's are. Sorry for my crappy English, I'm a better nurse tha...

Thanks for the replies. We use a Zoll portable monitor/defib/pacer. The ER I work in does not always have a doctor on the floor (yeah, I know, and it's a busy ER) so I was looking for some info and algorythms. The pacer will indeed be used as a bridg...