Carotid

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  1. Who here currently belongs to, or has been affiliated with a nurse union

    Carotid replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

    it's hard for me to fathom that that kind of oversight occurs to the nation's #1 career

  2. ER not considered Critical Care?

    Carotid posted a topic in Emergency

    this has always puzzled me. i searching most schools for crna admissions, they do no accept ER as critical care. http://http://www.musc.edu/chp/afn/afnacceptance.shtml are we the etc? as overcrowded...

  3. how many times can a human be defibrillated?

    Carotid replied to TinyNurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    i have sustained patients in the er for 6 hours in order to let immediate family arrive (i.e. 40 y/o male out of town sustained v-tach; 35 y/o wife and 6 y/o and 8 y/o daughters). sad, sad,

  4. ER not considered Critical Care?

    Carotid replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    excellent posts traumadog and emerald. perhaps these schools need to reword their entrance requirements to state, "3 years experience with swanz, vents, etc." instead of excluding emergency nursing in...

  5. Another flight crew pays the ultimate price...

    Carotid replied to DMoon's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Here are a couple of links from the crash. We never used their service b/c there are two local chopper services near our hospital, but we are all close-nit....

  6. RN call outs, how do you handle them?

    Carotid posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    trying to formulate a policy for those RNs who call out b/c they just don't feel good, or have child care issues. do your managers/charge RNs/clinical coordinators just tell them, "OK!" or do they...

  7. HAZMAT for healthcare

    Carotid replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    i'm tech-level trained as well as 4 other ER staff. many others are operations-level. our big hurdle is getting included in our county's cobra-team meetings and drills; they simply have excluded us...

  8. OOOOK, let's get you registered!?

    Carotid posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    32 y/o female ran into my triage office with a c/o "i have genital herpes." vs were obtained and normal, afebrile, non-toxic appearing. denied urinary s/s, vag. d/c or bleeding. last menstrual...

  9. How do you get patients to give you a "very good?"

    Carotid replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    could be related to the apgar score, there's not a neonate that gets a perfect 10 upon birth, although my 4 year-old should've. what's less than your "very good" score. perhaps if you healed that...

  10. D&C's in the ER?

    Carotid replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    to the or with ours as well.

  11. Question for ER nurses...

    Carotid replied to matchstick's topic in Emergency

    i guess to answer your initial question, "What would your ER do about a 13 year old child brought in to the ER for difficulty breathing, but the episode is over before she can get to the ER?" chest...

  12. triage

    Carotid replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    TraumaRUs said, "our case managers now talk with patients that are waiting to ensure they have the right resources and really need to be seen in the ER." if they really don't need to be seen in the...

  13. triage

    Carotid replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    our 55-bed er sees ~ 85,000 pts per year, and climing as most of you. our lwt (left w/o treatment) % is ~

  14. New to the board

    Carotid posted a topic in Emergency

    glad to be a part of this forum. look forward to discussing with you all.

  15. New to the board

    Carotid replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    thanks, i pm'd you

  16. New to the board

    Carotid replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    most efficient er md in my mind. don't have to do alot of million dollar workups. usually says, "do what you want" in signal 83s. he's the guy you want to see when the wait time's long. also spoke...

  17. New to the board

    Carotid replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    i work at lexington medical center in columbia. been there 9 years now. live in

  18. triage

    Carotid replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    the way i see it, emergent they get back. if they come in smiling, eatin' tater chips and sippin' mountain dew, they can wait. if they leave, they didn't need to be there in the 1st place. our...

  19. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    Carotid replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    had a guy get out of the tub early one morning, slipped and fell on the deodorant cap - (+) rectal fb; sent him to the or. checked his history, you guessed it!