RN positions Denver & Durango, CO/Four Corners NM/AZ/UT border area (will precept into new specialties) Hello- My name is Shannon Holt, Clinical Consultant to...
I teach classes in Medical Spanish. I'm looking for more suggestions for ways to help emergency nurses and other healthcare providers to learn Spanish. I...
Meg, I am in need of a great simple medical Spanish lessons that I can use to prepare for a medical mission to Honudras this Summer. I will look at your...
I was wondering if I could get some input on snakebite treatment. A lot of literature says to immobilize and place below the heart. I just recently read an...
Based from the context of pre-hospitalemergency care the protocol is that imobilize the biten area and keep the patient calm and lower the biten area from the...
John, I read the article that Chris mentioned. You might want to read it also. Its good information. Dave [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dave, I guess thats a good idea if you can share me that article at least I may be able intruspect different ideas and if pre hospital manual that i have...
John, Here is a link to the article. http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/articles/Snakebites.html I have to say that it has made me think about SB...
The extremity should be immobilized at the level of the heart not higher. The circumference of the affected extremity should be measured and re-measured...
The extremity should be immobilized at the level of the heart not higher.....your source is...........? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Emergency Nursing Reference. I have cared for many venomous snakebite victims in the ER. Lowering the bitten extremity might increase the risk of...
... Emergency Nursing Reference. I have cared for many venomous snakebite victims in the ER. Lowering the bitten extremity might increase the risk of...
Jones, You are quite right that the goal is to slow lymphatic circulation of the venom; recognition and management of envenomation. The question seems to be...
Alternative Channel Coordinating Emergency Support Service, Tacloban city, Leyte Dear Sir/Mam, I am Benzon Castillones Bsn Rn,A member of DX5LYM 5,otherwise...
David, (sir), Excellent post. I'm also glad you brought up the "loose tourniquet" concept - I have been taught that and was wondering when it would be brought...
Hello Mark, I appoligize for any confusion that might have come from my last posting. I fear that I have given you the impression that I am the author of the...
Mark, Here is the site I mentioned, the massage is within the thread http://www.luv2paddle.com/cgi-bin/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7081叼 Dave [Non-text...
Hi may be these sites are good for you. http://www.motivationalplus.com/humour/1 /laughter17.html http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/bysubject /medicine/...
We call that a Code Cart in my neck of the woods. But the meds in it vary from hospital to hospital here. ... From: emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com ...
and its a "CRASH cart" where i live. the meds are things for codes like epinephrine, amiodarone, sodium bicarb, D50, lidocaine, mag sulfate, procainamide,...
and of course let's not forget the difference in meds for peds and adult. both cold code carts but for ped dosing is different as well as intubation tray Ana ...
I am a RN supervisor at a rural hospital in virginia. We have a very small ER with a LPN and then me supervising. The med/surg floor is also very small....
Chris, I started out as an RN at a small rural hospital like you are describing, and even those small hospitals need an adequate number of RNs (as you...
I contacted them about that and they stated to me that the LPN can work in the ER as long as they have the RN supervision. They would not say how close the...
Chris, I feel for you! I would seriously consider leaving the job if they didn't PROMPTLY find some other RN coverage. You've got some BIG questions that need...
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