Yes, we do EKG's in triage. They are done by a tech if available or a trained pt advocate or the triage nurse. They are then shown to the ED doc and he has to inital and place the time he saw it....
Diane Fox replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency
After 38 years in the ED, I can say everyone of these is true. I have come up with 3 basic rules that makes everything fall into place. 1. It is the nurse's fault. It doesn't matter if it happened...
Diane Fox replied to night fox's topic in Emergency
In my career of over 30 years, I have had guns pointed at me several times, knives pulled on me, pinned against the wall and be involved in pulling patinets and their families apart while intercepting...
\\\To help someone out is admirable. However: consider your patients. I work in an ED and have to think quickly, correctly---literally on my feet with a sharp mind. Can you do that with that...
Diane Fox replied to FirewalkerRN's topic in Emergency
A thumper was used many, many eons ago. It was a device powered by compressed O2 and it literally had a powered pad placed on the patient's chest to do compressions. It was synchronised with a...