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A bed alarm went off. A chair alarm next. Silence. Then the code blue alarm. I didn't make the connection until I arrived in the room. It was the patient I had seen only mere hours earlier, a close friend really, and they weren't moving. They were la...
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I have the rare and distinct honor of working in the ICU of one of Chicago's most prestigious and longest-standing hospitals. Don't get me wrong, I busted my backside getting here, with a large helping of luck along the way. When I started this past ...
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Initial Response:
Oh no! Your patient has gone unresponsive on you. First thing to do is a quick pulse check of their carotid artery.
If you do not detect a pulse within five to ten seconds and your patient wishes to be resuscitated, call fo...
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I recently started in the ED. I had a patient who came in with Pnuemonia and sepsis. Was on a norepinephrine drip to maintain a MAP>65. Her BP went up, MAP was 80ish. We had to get a stool sample, so me and my preceptor sat her up at the bedside. ...
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Earlier, the paramedics found her--deep in the winter of her life--lying like a rag doll in a man's lap. Shocks and drugs refocused her heart's energy. She is whisked to the emergency room and then transferred intensive care. Now, the team of nurses ...
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So I've been at my new job for almost 3 weeks. I won't say that I like it. Truth be told, I hate it. I don't know anyone, so I can't be myself. I just show up and try to do my best for my patients for my shift. 90% of the time, I question whether I r...
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When do you accept that it is futile to code or prolong a code? I had a patient maxed on 5 pressors. He was saturating in the 70s on 100% vent settings and gradually dropping lower. He ended up being coded twice. It was a combined time of over an hou...
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Life as a Pediatric nurse can be very difficult at times. I remember being in nursing school and helping to participate in two different adult codes within a couple of hours of each other in the ICU. Later that day I went to post conference and recou...
