greetings praireriver, our whole Er is used like a clinic, My first question to most of the pts is.. did you call/see your Dr? I am surprized the number of...
question for all of you- in our ER when we give Td shots we remove the label from the barrel of the Im injector, that shows the exp date, lot # etc--- and...
I teach ACLS and am looking for interesting "code" stories... to share in my teaching stations... if you have anything let me know. also fyi on the next ACLS...
nk, you're right about that humour.... we have a Department (ERs are called EDs... Emergency Departments here in NSW, Australia) humour book in which we write ...
When I work nights, the first 2 questions to a non-urgent eg'I've had this pain in my little finger for the past three weeks' are "is there anything different ...
showing my Aussie ignorance here.... what is Td???<br>*blushing*<br>All our IM injections are checked by 2 nurses, expiry date and drug name and no. being what...
Bretylium hasn't been used in Aus (to my knowledge) for years... we use amiodarone as an IV infusion. Use it fairly frequently, in fact, it seems to be the ...
we only check certain iv meds, heparin, insulin w another nurse, no paperwork on our td shots, just give the pt a little card w the date and drug on it. any ...
Well nice to see that things down under are no different than our Military Emergency room here at Tripler Army Medical Center. We too, cannot turn anybody...
You know why? Those are the only ones who can speak. Sick ones are too sick to talk most of the time. <br>I work sometime in this small ER, 8 beds with one doc...
thanks for the clarification... we call it tet-tox or ADT down here ... had an idea it might be something along those lines :)<br>No special way to record the...
It never ceases to amaze me how the wonderful world of ED (ER, A&E, Casualty..etc :) can be so similar under different medical systems and in different ...
Aloha! I wish we had regular clinics to triage them to but alas! All this spending on the olympics means that our clinics are no more :(<br>Oh well....<br>I...
Frequent use of ER for non urgent clinic-type problems happens all the time here and seems to be growing. One of the problems is doctors offices are frequently...
There are times when it really gets me down to take care of that whiney, sniffely, should've went to the doctor 2 weeks ago junk. But they are numbers to a...
we have medi-clinics or minor emergencies, usually run w a family doc practice. i don't hesitate to triage pts there or to the other 2 hospital er's for care,...
Hello- I need help pertaining to mis-managed care that was done to my grandmother! Her primary care MD did not admit her till 12 hrs. later while in ER! My ...
I agree that the 3am 'sore hand' for weeks is an issue that we all have to contend with. The hospital in which I work is smack in the middle of what was once a...
I can think of only 2 solutions...community walk-in centres that are open late, say until 11 pm or midnight. The other is to get administrative approval to...
I would say "go get his b----". Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath and meetings do not fall in there anywhere...patients and their needs are always first. He...
Thanks for the reply. This MD now has called my aunt (who's an RN) in that same hospital and he's trying to blame everything on the ER!!! He told her that he...
I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I do encourage you to follow this through. The doctor is counting on intimidation. Let me tell you a little story, a...
Greetings everyone-havent been on line for a week due to a week long of ceu classes followed by going to work all week- but I am back on the scene. have a ...
I agree with you! My aunt(RN) does have a different personality than I. The story that you shared, hits home. It has happen to me, and I always question the...
How many of us do experience those doctors that do count on intimidation (and the highly funded Medical Defence Union, not to mention the Old Boys Club!)....
"there but for the grace of God go I...." It can so easily happen to the best of us. My whole Dept had to give statements 2 yrs ago when it was discovered that...
Thanks for the needed advice everyone. The support means a lot. I just wanted to say "thanks" to AusDuck1, and skizyx2000!<br>I spoke with my grandmother over...
