firemed483

firemed483 specializes in Respiratory, Pediatrics, Cardiac.

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1. Gave up in ACLS class

   firemed483 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   Try some of the books by Barbara Aehlert, she has books on EKGs and also a study guide for ACLS. I find she explains things very well.

2. Gave up in ACLS class

   firemed483 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   Don't give up, you are not a failure. When I first took my ACLS I had to go into a room with a panel of an ED Doc, 2 charge nurses and an oscilloscope. They were firing questions at me left right and center, in the back of my mind a little voice was ...

3. Healthcare Reform-ER

   firemed483 replied to latebloomer74's topic in Activism

   I don't think things will improve until people understand the word "EMERGENCY" on the sign at the door. I am sure everyone has experienced the patients who arrive with a minor ailment that has been going on for several weeks or even months and they h...

4. Thoughts about Combitubes.

   firemed483 replied to KsMICT's topic in CRNA

   We recently had a discussion about keeping Combitubes in our 'difficult airway' cart in the ED, the only justification we could come to was some studies that used them to tamponade bleeding in severe facial trauma. One of our local EMT crews will use...