What are some events that warrants reporting to PD? Aside from 1). Suspected child/adult abuse 2). Homicidal patients that straight up identifies a target 3). High risks elopement (SI/HI patients,...
rhkenji replied to Stella eliz's topic in Emergency
Most nurses in my ER dont use a pump, but I always do but there's some times that I've administered blood wide open before on a 16/18ga and they finish within 30min to 1hour no problem. I stayed with...
I hate this! 2 nights ago, I had a patient come in via EMS. She demanded that they be discharged as soon as she got into an ER gurney. The doctor discharged the patient right away and she requested...
I work in a very busy ER with very high acuity patients. I started off as a new grad and we hire and train new grads to work in the ER. It's a steep learning curve and about 95% of us did
Hello, I currently have 2 years ER experience and like you, I started off as a new grad and was only given 6 weeks training (with possibility of extension to 8, but was not granted). I work in a very...
I love my ER, 9/10 people in our ER treats ourselves as one family and is always ready to lend a hand even if you dont ask for it. They're just there when you need help and we strive to have a great...
This could be it as well, I agree. Analgesic was followed through afterwards. She was losing her airway and only medication included in our intubaton box are succ, etomidate and
she was placed on propofol immediately after RSI. given that additional meds will take 5-10 minutes to get from pharmacy, she needed more sedation to control restlessness. immediate v/o to max out...
The BP was later addressed with nitro and cardene. The propofol scenario and verbal order was right after intubation. While waiting for nitro, versed and cardene from
So, I had a AMS patient who was awake but non-verbal, not following direction and had to be intubated. Prior intubation, we couldnt get an accurate BP reading due to the PT being restless. After...
Don't do it! Listen to these nurses. We wanted to be what we are but we still get burnt out by the profession. More for you that doesn't want to be one. Do yourself and future patients a favor and...
rhkenji replied to Johnny1414's topic in Emergency
I work in the emergency department in a hospital with a very small ICU. Most of the time, ICU level patients stay in the ER when there is no bed available for them to be admitted, so we function as an...