Dear List Members Please can we have some ideas on what you would like to see on this list. I am aware that we have students on this list as well as very...
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Davis, Robert S., CPT
davisrs@...
Nov 8, 2000 4:27 pm
... Heck, I'd be happy just to learn what an "RTA" injury is. Is RTA short for Regional Transit Authority? If so, is an RTA injury like getting hit by a bus...
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Wendy Furness
wfurness@...
Nov 8, 2000 6:47 pm
... RTA = Road Traffic Accident. How come in the UK we always seem to know what American versions of things are, but not the other way around? Hollywood I...
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Martyn Hodson
nra98mph@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:00 pm
Road traffic accident, yet again two nations divided by a common language Martyn Hodson Nra98mph@... / martyn@... or...
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Davis, Robert S., CPT
davisrs@...
Nov 8, 2000 8:07 pm
... Probably so. The only thing that I and a great many other Americans know about British lexicon (and society in general) comes from 25 year old Monty...
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fenella lemonsky
organiclemon@...
Nov 8, 2000 8:33 pm
... From: Davis, Robert S., CPT <davisrs@...> To: <emergency-nurse@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:21 PM Subject: Re:...
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Jon and Cathy Johnson
menagery@...
Nov 9, 2000 1:34 pm
My son was put on antibiotics when he was three, almost four (he's twelve now) because we suspected Lyme's disease. He didn't have the "bull's eye" rash that...
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Damien van C.
webmaster@...
Nov 10, 2000 10:43 pm
Hi. Does anyone know what percentage of people with acute myocardial infarction initially present with an apparently normal 12 lead ECG? Any refs to back it up...
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Pam Murphy
smurf@...
Nov 11, 2000 11:09 am
sorry cant help you with percentages of presentations of MI with normal ECGs but where I work (in a small rural hospital in Australia) we do a bedside Troponin...
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Teresa dougherty
RRRRRRed@...
Nov 11, 2000 5:29 pm
Hi Matt, Sorry it took me so long to answer but we are having a nurses strike in our area. Being the only hospital opened with the exception of county, we're...
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Matt Aldridge
matt.aldridge@...
Nov 11, 2000 10:33 pm
Hi Teresa Thanks for your comments, it sounds like the system you have does have potential. Unfortunately, the universal issue of understaffing rears it`s head...
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fenella lemonsky
organiclemon@...
Nov 12, 2000 3:38 pm
Yeah Martyn. RN etc... is the aim....just like SRPara is! Did you see Cas last night? Sorry, to those not on the 999 list ...just finishing off a conversation!...
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Martyn Hodson
nra98mph@...
Nov 12, 2000 9:41 pm
... From: "fenella lemonsky" <organiclemon@...> To: <emergency-nurse@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 3:29 PM Subject: [emergency-nurse]...
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Marion Wilson
M.M.Wilson@...
Nov 13, 2000 1:22 pm
Damien, it's between 10-20%. The standard 12 lead ECG has a low sensitivity for lateral, apical and non-Q infarcts. Often the evidence is there clinically and...
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Teresa dougherty
RRRRRRed@...
Nov 14, 2000 3:32 am
Dear Matt, Nurses in our county are striking over mandatory overtime and nurse to pt ratio's. There were 21 nurses strikes in the U.S. in 1999 and I'll bet ...
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sbuccalo
sbuccalo@...
Nov 21, 2000 4:03 pm
It is really good being back on the UK scene, it is different than US er's . YOU the man ... From: Martyn Hodson <nra98mph@...> To:...
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fenella lemonsky
organiclemon@...
Nov 22, 2000 2:35 pm
Hi Silly question but I wanted to find out whether A&E depts. give out triptan meds for migraine and if they do, do they check with the patient if they are on...
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sbuccalo
sbuccalo@...
Nov 26, 2000 8:36 pm
Here in our Ed's we look at the patient if they are in the throws of having the MI they get lifted. Otherwise think of it some walk in the front door and...
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Pam Murphy
smurf@...
Nov 26, 2000 10:24 pm
We have a set migraine protocol at our hospital. Haven't heard of Triptan but sounds like amytripylline (generic)? If it is, we still don't use it. We use...
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fenella lemonsky
organiclemon@...
Nov 26, 2000 10:39 pm
triptan, is short for meds like sumatriptan, peth is rarely used for migraine Fenella ... From: Pam Murphy <smurf@...> To:...
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fenella lemonsky
organiclemon@...
Dec 2, 2000 11:16 pm
Hello Colleagues There was a nasty accident today in Wood Green, involving a 67 bus and a woman who was run over. HEMS attended the scene. About 12:30pm. I was...
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gwen farrugia
gwen_farrugia@...
Dec 5, 2000 6:13 pm
hello, My name is Gwen Farrugia, I am a Maltese BSc Nursing student and now I'm in my third year. This year i have to start on my thesis, where i will study ...
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MNAVIN@...
Dec 7, 2000 9:44 pm
Gwen, Got your E-mail - I have some information and other sources that you may find helpful,but need a short while to ask their permission to pass their...
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Sharon Payne
Spayne@...
Dec 7, 2000 10:34 pm
Gwen there is an article in the Aciidednt and Emergency Nursing journal Vol 1 number 5 Oct 1998 Safety at Triage Walk a mile in my shoes. by Donna Smith. ... ...
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Damien van C.
webmaster@...
Dec 8, 2000 9:15 pm
Hi. I have added a news feature to http://www.emergency-nurse.com containing links to the 20 latest UK health and medical news stories. The feature is updated...
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Nicolas P. Philippou ...
philippou@...
Dec 15, 2000 4:27 pm
We would appreciate it if you could let us know whether you can supply the Scoop Stretchers with 3 restraint belts as per following specifications: The scoop...
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fenella lemonsky
organiclemon@...
Dec 21, 2000 11:56 am
I would like to send my best wishes to everyone during the festive season. I would like a quiet one however I know there are those who will be busy working so...
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Martyn Hodson
nra98mph@...
Dec 21, 2000 7:02 pm
Hi everyone, the list has been a bit quiet recently, so here's a few things to cponder over the chirstmas period 1. what impresses you about students who come...
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mvrs44@...
Dec 22, 2000 3:00 am
She said the "Q" word!!!!!!! Stand back everyone. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!! Lisa [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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GBreij@...
Dec 22, 2000 10:23 pm
hi, most of our students get 4 weeks in A&E and that is only if requested. The students we do get range from the very good to the hopeless, which is what you...
