Jtsqueek

Hi there, I have a couple questions regarding cooling of infants with possible hypoxic brain injury, basically,how successful is it? Our NICU is tiny, only 8 beds and we dont really see much of this but are looking at starting, and I would like to know how successful it is, a hospital in another part of the country (South Africa) is having amazing success with cooling post near drownings,with some kids returning to fully functioning as before the incident,do you see this in infants as well, what if the infant was without oxygen for a long period say 20 minutes, as some of the near drownings are? I realize it's difficult to compare a 2 year old who has been submerged in often cold water for long periods to a infant with a birth injury,but I'm still quite interested in the whole concept. Thanks in advance J

How about " patient is on continuous Lasix infusion running at .... And has an indoor pool" in my defense it was about 2am :-)

This is sooo true, the nights I take something to do, all hell breaks loose

Said by a colleague,one nightshift : Be alert because the world needs more Lerts.

Hi there South African RN here,we also do not have RT's, we use a handheld manometer to measure the cuff pressure atleast 4 hourly, the aim is to keep it between 20 - 30 cmH2O, leaking cuffs are reported but very rarely are tubes actually changed,unless the leak is severe, more often then not the nurse is left to "top up" the cuff prn