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  1. Please walk me through a code blue

    Oh an Siri I have a question for you since you also teach ACLS...How extensive do you have them do Megacode...Do you make them go through each antiarrhythmic in that particular algorhythm, or do you...
  2. Please walk me through a code blue

    Pulses Vtach needs to be shocked asynchronously just like Vfib and follows the same algo as Vfib, and yes you shock first before any meds are given. I teach ACLS and this has been phased out but when...
  3. Please walk me through a code blue

    I guess I should be more specific in regards to when you place the monitor. The answer is as soon as you can when it is available. When a patient develops sudden cardiac death, most likely culprit...
  4. Please walk me through a code blue

    During Primary Survey.....You determine to shock if the rhythm is shockable and the patient is pulseless, synchronized is done when a patient is unstable and medications are not working, an R wave is...
  5. carriers for drips

    sorry i misread that, i mean 0.5mcg/kg/min not 0.5mg/kg/min, though that's still a very low dose even if it is for the ''supposed'' renal
  6. carriers for drips

    .5mg/kg/min is not a right dose. 0.5 mcg/kg/min would not suffice as a start up point for bp control, maybe 5mcg/kg/min. but i agree with carriers...unless you know no one is going to be hanging a...
  7. How do I get into the ICU?

    Frankly speaking...Not much,even wheny they say they ''prefer'' 1 year of telemetry or floor experience, most of your training would be when you're in. New grads are hired in the ICU now all the...
  8. Three withdrawals on my transcript...how bad is this?

    I dont think withdrawals, those that are done in time affects your GPA therefore it won't make a difference on your
  9. vancomycin

    No it's not true....Vancomycin's given usually in 250cc q 12h, and alot of the population that get it are elderly. if you flush with 100 cc before and after that's 450 cc per dose or almost a liter a...
  10. Any Difference?

    i should say tachyarrhythmia before someone says av blocks also come from the av nodal pathways lol
  11. Any Difference?

    I think what siri's just trying to say is all atrial tachy's are svt's but not all svt's are atrial tachy's......svt is in umbrella term of any arrythmia that originates in the atrium or av...
  12. physician abuse in PACU

    Administration owes you a personal apology, better yet in writing. A writing you can post in the break room so it doesn't happen
  13. what is expected of a trainee by this time?

    Yes if she's observing you, it's good
  14. alcohol site prep

    One of the reasons why we have a standing protocol to replace field-placed IV's as soon as the patient gets in the
  15. Stupid question

    there u go some kind of permissive hypercapnia lol increasing the cathecolamines and increasing the icp thus leading to the body's compensatory
  16. Stupid question

    besides watching the peak pressures to prevent hypotension not really sure, decreasing rr will lead to an increase in the icp which would lead to the body compensating by increasing the map to keep...
  17. Stupid question

    back off on the
  18. Hyper vagal response?

    I think what they're trying to say is to not get this guy up because if a patient has a hypervagal response and he's bradycardic and hypotensive, and is quite alert but symptomatic, getting them up...
  19. My son has SVT Questions

    Hi i guess since most cases of psvt in young people are harmless and sometimes occur once in awhile leading to symptoms, maybe learning how to ''stop'' they cycle would be a good idea. I get psvt...
  20. CVVH and the 1:1 assignment

    2 nurses to 1 patient!!! where in shangrila lol that'd be the day in most
  21. Then if everything is sub par in your eyes, bag the patient, administer your own anesthetics, intubate and push ur own ventilator to sicu. God forbid I push something on the vent button and...
  22. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    I just think that whatever specialty you do decide to go and practice at you do so because it is what interests you. That's why there are alot of different specialties. Me personally, I am not cut...
  23. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    the easiest way to know where you're going is to know where you came
  24. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    I saw that LOL and decided to just let it go and not
  25. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    I'm an SICU nurse, open heart/trauma ICU....personally I wouldn't wanna be an ER nurse....It's not jealousy because ICU nurses are not jealous of ER nurses because if they are they would be down there...