lorjie

ask them silly questions like "did you drive your mom here? do you have a job?" then act all suprised when they say no - they always get a giggle out of it, especially school age kids.

that baby lived because of your and everyone else's quick thinking. way to go!!!

Always keep a pair of scissors on you to quickly cut a patient down from an attempted hanging or self strangulation.

As a young and naive nurse I disclosed in my 2nd interview (which was going GREAT up until that point) that I was pregnant. The entire tone of the interview changed. A few days later the manager told me she didn't want me to "start anything I couldn't finish".... thus I didn't get the job. Their loss.

unsuccessful heimlich that results in a code is still a code, regardless of what precipitated it. say for instance the EMT's arrive and they see no pulse, no respirations and a big fat DNR. you say "but the patient had choked!" they are not going to break out the paddles at that point.... yes, try your hardest to remove the airway obstruction but a code is a code. heart stops, hands off.