Topics About 'Cpr'.

I am at the point where I can no longer physically provide direct patient care (haven't been able to for several years). I have multiple health conditions that make it all but impossible, however, at only 55 my mind is still sharp and I'd like to lo...

I am doing my preceptorship and we had a code blue on someone else's patient . I did CPR but then noticed my pants got wet from his blood coming out of his IV. He was not contact precautions but he was positive for staph when I looked at his chart. I...

Natalie Davies, a senior at Sacred Heart University, was on Spring break when she selflessly presented herself to the aid of a man who collapsed at John F. Kennedy Airport, stated a report from ScrubsMag. "With my clinical experience, plus my wo...

Natalie Davies, a senior at Sacred Heart University, was on Spring break when she selflessly presented herself to the aid of a man who collapsed at John F. Kennedy Airport, stated a report from ScrubsMag. "With my clinical experience, plus my wo...

I don't know if the CPR course I signed up for is legitimate. They claim to give an American Heart Association certification, but their website is [email protected]. After I paid by credit card, they sent an email saying that I also have t...

After the cardiac arrest suffered by Demar Hamlin on Monday night, the NFL made the decision to cancel the Buffalo-Cincinnati game. In a statement Friday by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called the incident extraordinary and went on to state, "We sa...

12/03/12 1934: Beverly puts her call light on to get help going to the bathroom. "My God!" is her response to the toilet seat's temperature on her bare bottom. Bathrooms are never warm enough in hospitals. 12/04/12 0102: "Rapid response, 7th floor. L...

Our small town newspaper's headline screamed the story: "Baby Saved by CPR." Choking and turning blue, the infant had stopped breathing when a neighbor, trained in CPR, was able to appropriately address the choking and proceed with CPR until the baby...

You're standing at your computer, charting on your patients. The end of the shift is nearing, and you really want to get this done so that you can get home. As you are typing, you hear a loud snoring noise coming from your patient's room. Suddenly al...

Has anyone used one of these before. Did your school/employer accept it? I took my first CPR class from my college about 6yrs ago..it was a 2 day course. I'm thinking about working as a CNA again...hopefully applying for an OB tech position next spri...

So I am an ED RN at a large hospital in St Louis,MO. I started my career later in life in my early 30s. I am a 15 year Disabled Army Veteran with 2 tours in Iraq. I am currently 37 years old. I am a loving husband and have two beautiful daughters tha...

As a student, the anticipation of a code being called is anxiety-laden, to say the least. In talking with the staff it became apparent that no matter how many times they have been in a code situation it is equally as anxiety causing for them. Since s...

This incident occurred many years ago when I lived in New York City. I resided in the Bronx and was actually preparing for the state board examination (NCLEX) so I attended a review course with my friend. The course lasted for one solid week, therefo...

Details have been changed to protect the patient and her family. The facts of this case are true. The ambulance page pierced the silence. Most nights it could barely be heard over the din of a busy ER, but tonight the snow had fallen in heavy layers ...

How not to do CPR ?

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...

Can’t a nurse be fired if she didn’t initiate CPR on a full code that looked to have been dead for awhile

I'm 66 and on Occupational Health Nurse Manager at a Fortune 500 company. In November one morning I woke up unable to stand on my right leg. Subsequently I was hospitalized, had a MRI then a CAT and given an spinal epidural of steroids whereupon I ...

AllNurses staff recently attended NTI 2017 in Houston, Texas. So many interesting exhibits and classes. We all know that CPR is the basis for a successful resuscitation. In fact, it is the first step in the chain of survival. The 2015 CPR Guidelines ...

Long before I became a nurse, I was required to learn CPR. It's difficult to imagine now, but the CPR instruction I grew up with did not include the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). While I've been familiar with the basics of when and...