Tzs1981rn replied to Aloma7's topic in Critical Care
Orlando regional medical center (ormc) is a level 1 trauma center, teaching facility, and has ground and air transport teams. I am not sure about lift teams
Tzs1981rn replied to FirstLadyRN's topic in Critical Care
I guess it's quite different in peds - we run propofol gtt for no more than 24 hours, but when we start we run at 75-125 mcg/kg/min and titrate from there (not unusual to see 175 mcg/kg/min in the...
Tzs1981rn replied to kimmini's topic in Critical Care
I took the peds ccrn and we had a review course at my place of employment, and they also covered the cost of the test. I know the content is probably a bit different, but I honestly felt like the...
Tzs1981rn replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Critical Care
We have a transport med box with epi and atropine, and we take a small tackle box with supplies (angiocaths, flushes, syringes, needles, etc), a monitor, ambu/anesthesia bag are on every transport....
Tzs1981rn replied to schavis's topic in Critical Care
I'm not sure if your character is a minor or not, but if they are, I can offer some perspective as I work in the PICU (peds icu). We sedate with fentanyl and versed, and may add precedex for...
We have a dedicated peds cardiac ICU, so we don't get a lot of cardiac kids in our picu. We are a trauma center, and a freestanding children's hospital. We get traumas (car accidents, abuse),...
Tzs1981rn replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing
I know this is a side topic, but propofol can be placed in a bag by pharmacy if the mL/hr is a high rate where you have to change the bottle frequently. If it's put in a bag, it's only good for 6...
Tzs1981rn replied to corbinRN's topic in Pediatric
We recently started to use thoracic epidurals with a basal and patient control dose using fentanyl and ropivicaine for our pectus repairs. In addition, they also have scheduled iv toradol alternating...
Tzs1981rn replied to confusedstudent_88's topic in General Nursing
I maintain the following:CMSRN (certified med surg rn)ACLS (advanced cardio life support)PALS (peds advanced life support)BLS (basic life support)I will be adding CCRN (critical care rn) for peds in...
If you can't get an order to reinsert and clamp, it might be worthwhile to try a urostomy bag if the drainage is thin enough. If it is a copious amount, you can connect the urostomy bag to a foley...
Thank you for the great articles. I now have a better understanding as to why her triponins were so high. She does have impaired renal function. Thank you
Could anyone offer any insight as to why a patint would have serum tiponin levels in the range of 40.4 to 76.3 without any EKG changes? On admission the levels were around 40, the next draw they were...