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  1. Where after PACU?

    traumaguy8 replied to hs2005's topic in PACU

    Great! good luck! I would like to start studying for it asap but all this overtime to get debts down to a minimum is wearing me out...but ya gotta do whatchya gotta

  2. Where after PACU?

    traumaguy8 replied to hs2005's topic in PACU

    My coworker got in at samford. He started his first RN job with us in the TBICU about 8-9 months ago. He also has picked up some shifts in the CICU here and there. I think that helped him some as...

  3. Should i have questioned this order?

    traumaguy8 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Here is the scenerio... MVC who entered our unit intubated. no fx's, no pulmonary contusions, and no blount trauma warrenting surgery. Pt's respiratory function stabilizes, extubates w/ no s/s of resp...

  4. Where after PACU?

    traumaguy8 replied to hs2005's topic in PACU

    Hi sydn35, I noticed in another one of your posts that you were planning to apply to USC next year. I also plan on applying to USC next year. I havent taken the GRE either and am a little nervous...

  5. Should i have questioned this order?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in MICU, SICU

    Absolutely! That was the reason he got intubated the 1st time..though when this particular episode happened he had been having bowel movements and the distention had gone down alot. Our trauma doctors...

  6. CRNAs specializing in trauma

    traumaguy8 replied to mark2climb's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Is it safe to assume that crna's that work in level 1 trauma centers place more cvls, arterial lines, and emergent intubations than other hospitals? I have yet to shadow through a level 1 trauma OR...

  7. CVL placement landmarks?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I thought

  8. CVL placement landmarks?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks Happy! That sounds like something that would take a lot of practice. unfortunatly on my unit, we have a lot of 2nd year residents trying to place lines in pts with +3-4 edema, and lungs are...

  9. Should i have questioned this order?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in MICU, SICU

    i almost feel guilty about the guy having to be reintubated. Lesson learned! Ill definately question this in future

  10. CVL placement landmarks?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Youre right..that is confusing. let me explain. When i said i help the doctors, i ment by getting the drugs they order, the cvl kit, anything else they might need during the procedure, and holding the...

  11. Should i have questioned this order?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in MICU, SICU

    Actually, your right...the pt had a history of bipass surgery and A-fib, for which we were infusing a dilt drip. The pt had been converted out of a-fib for a few days, but he was showing S-T...

  12. "If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school"

    traumaguy8 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is how i look at it.... Im giving my pt a bath with the help of a PCT. The pt has a chest tube. The PCT says, "Dont you think you need to change that chest tube dressing?"... to which I politely...

  13. Paralytic Question

    traumaguy8 replied to Nurseboy1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The two paralytics of choice in my unit are vec and cisat. we don't use succ probly due to our pt population (trauma/burn). we generally use vec, but for renal compromised pt's we us cisat. I was...

  14. Question for out of state applicants...

    traumaguy8 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I live in Alabama and probly will live here until i get accepted. I plan on going to school out of state and I would love to skip the out of state tuition. Does anyone know the rule about how long you...

  15. Question for out of state applicants...

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thank you very much for the reply. So the bottom line is that i could not claim in state tuition if i signed on and recieved educational funds from say an anesthesia agency in Birmingham while i was...

  16. laryngospasm and peds Succs dose.

    traumaguy8 replied to SRNA312's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Im an ADN nursing student with a huge interest in this field (anesthesia). In other words, im anesthesia stupid but i love learning about it. Is it a common thing to give a med. to prevent...

  17. Just before the crna intubates...

    traumaguy8 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    ... a patient, what stats or sats or vital signs are they watching just before they take off the mask to intubate? I was recently shadowing a crna who was vigorously watching the monitors as the...

  18. Gooding Institute

    traumaguy8 replied to blee1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It would be awesome to do two of my favorite things at the same time... study anesthesia and watch the sun set over the beautiful beaches of PC. I have talked to a CRNA who graduated from there about...