CrashED

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  1. Best ER Tricks what it meant is like putting two tourniquet to get the IV

    CrashED replied to Wantoknow-rn's topic in Emergency

    make sure you bring in the size 24 french catheter as an example of what garden hose...I mean catheter you are going to use to obtain that urine

  2. New ER RN job/ worried because of my random hypoglycemia.

    CrashED replied to jdion's topic in Emergency

    I bring alot of portable snacks. things you can throw in a zip lock bag etc! I bring alot of nuts, fruit (grapes), and protein/granola bars to get me through the day. I also always try to make sure...

  3. Bored in the ER?

    CrashED replied to sapphire18's topic in Emergency

    Believe me you won't get bored! I Went to the ED for the same reason, I was bored, I needed a change of scenery!!! I was working on a physicially busy floor...but it was not mentally stimulating. The...

  4. Favorite and least favorite diagnoses?

    CrashED replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    My least favorite is CONSTIPATION!!!!!! I worked in Geriatrics and GenSurg before I went to the ED....I thought I had escaped the dreaded bowel regime and "An enema a day keeps the belly pain...

  5. Don't you hate those bad IV days?

    CrashED replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    We can't be vein whisper-ers everyday!! I have day's like that once in a

  6. Priority patient...abd pain, vag bleeding, or broken arm

    CrashED replied to JDD1017's topic in Emergency

    You can not decide which patient you can see until you actually get a critical look at

  7. Worst doctors orders ever received

    CrashED replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    STOOL SPECIMEN FOR CDIFF STAT.....I sure hope they can crap on

  8. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    CrashED replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    It always appears we are running a mini cardiology (NSTEMI) clinic with a full department (not a free stretcher) when the waiting room is full of impatient people with ingrown toenails, calluses and...

  9. ER Nurses- How do you feel about ED volunteers?

    CrashED replied to VagusX's topic in Emergency

    Honestly....THEY DRIVE ME

  10. Best one sentence handoff report

    CrashED replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    "Stretcher 11 has a PmHx of everything under the sun" nurse looks up at sounding monitor "awe ****, get the cart and a doctor, and add cardiac arrest to the list". (What a freaking way to start the...

  11. ED basics, as if there was such a thing...

    CrashED replied to maydaymalone's topic in Emergency

    I worked a Gensurg/Urology/vascular surgery and stepdown unit for a # of years before I thought I was ready to embark on the adventures and controlled chaos of emergency nursing! I thought I was ready...

  12. Compression socks ~ too soon?

    CrashED replied to GucciBeaR143's topic in Emergency

    Save your legs, and your sore feet, especially if you are getting pitting edema from work! Wear the stockings you have a long career ahead of