1 posted on
06/07/2007 6:15:27 AM PDT by
60Gunner
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ER Nurse Stories ping. Been awhile.
2 posted on
06/07/2007 6:16:26 AM PDT by
60Gunner
(ER Nursing: You watch it... We live it!)
To: 60Gunner
I cracked the RSI medication box and pulled out the Etomidate (very fast-acting knock-out drug), Succinylcholine (longer-acting knock-out drug), and Vecuronium (paralyzing drug).
Might want to go back and check your pharmacology here. Succinylcholine is a depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent. A fast onset short duration paralytic.
That said, I crap my pants at pediatric codes too and I've been an ER doc for more then 20 years.
3 posted on
06/07/2007 6:21:05 AM PDT by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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4 posted on
06/07/2007 6:21:17 AM PDT by
wastedyears
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To: 60Gunner
Man, that one made me cry.
Excellent writing.
9 posted on
06/07/2007 6:23:26 AM PDT by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: 60Gunner
Great job!
My youngest had acute epiglotitis as a toddler. Thank God we have dedicated doctors and nurses, medicine and hospitals.
11 posted on
06/07/2007 6:25:20 AM PDT by
OpusatFR
To: 60Gunner
We went through something similar with my son last December. Thank you for telling me your side of it as a nurse. Everyone in the ER seemed so calm (including me) and it’s good to know that they were probably deeply affected too.
Your stories are wonderful, you have a perfect sense of rhythm and timing. Keep ‘em coming.
12 posted on
06/07/2007 6:25:29 AM PDT by
Fairview
( Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.)
To: 60Gunner
You have a way with words, my friend. What caused the girl to be in this condition? Did you ever find out?
To: 60Gunner
That is such a great story. Did you ever find out what was wrong with the little girl - what caused the swelling?
To: 60Gunner
I worked 20+ years in the ER of a large University hospital.Given that there was a major pediatric hospital about 100 feet from our front door our ER (in fact,the entire hospital) was just adults.
I became famous in our ER for saying,as we were cleaning up after a fatal GSW,MI,CVA,MVA,etc....."thank God that we don't work at Children's" (the hospital next door).IMO,as bad as it is to see a dead 20 year old...or 80 year old...I (thankfully) can't imagine what it's like to see a dead 6 year old.
Pediatrics is a job that's gotta be done but I'm glad that I never had to do it.
18 posted on
06/07/2007 6:32:49 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: 60Gunner
It's a crime that good stories like this are never broadcast on the news.
Just one per week (without the talking heads smiling over it as if they were part of the team) would be great.
To: 60Gunner
Well, it wasn’t you who did it, but 25 years ago, a team did this for my minutes old son, bagging him for 6 hours while we waited for a teeny enough vent to arrive with the transport to take him to a NICU.
I thanked them then. And every day, I remember them in my prayers.
That 30 week gestational baby is 6 foot tall now and preparing to get married.
21 posted on
06/07/2007 6:40:25 AM PDT by
trimom
To: 60Gunner
Thank you for what you do. It is not an easy career. God Bless
To: 60Gunner
Thanks for that great story. We have gotten such dreary threads lately that this was a very welcome change.
To: 60Gunner
Diagnosis?
I was a pediatric chaplain (PICU/NICU) a million years ago at MGH. We lost about 2 kids per week from Xmas to Valentine’s. That’s when I learned about crying as tension relief.
24 posted on
06/07/2007 6:42:51 AM PDT by
Mad Dawg
(Some of us like to think of mania as a lifestyle choice....)
To: 60Gunner
Even just reading this gave me an adrenaline rush!
Your writing is wonderful. Thanks.
25 posted on
06/07/2007 6:45:17 AM PDT by
Grammy
("Ms Pelosi is a very difficult person to embarrass." Fred Thompson, 4/11/07)
To: 60Gunner
Wow. I'm not sure how well I'd react under those circumstances.
Thank God for those dedicated Doctors and Nurses who have to deal with this every day.
27 posted on
06/07/2007 6:49:15 AM PDT by
reagan_fanatic
(I'm Fred, White and Blue!)
To: 60Gunner
As a father myself, I had a meltodwn while reading this paragraph....
Dad was in the room, holding the girl's hand and saying soothing words. We put a lead apron around him so he could stay with his little girl while we snapped a portable soft-tissue neck x-ray and did really, horribly noxious things to his baby.
I'll have to return later to finish reading.......
29 posted on
06/07/2007 6:54:47 AM PDT by
Responsibility2nd
(Global Warming is Leftist Theology - Why is it Being Taught in School?)
To: 60Gunner
As a baby young nursing student, many years ago, the ER lost an acute epiglot...many complicating factors...
It was horrible.
When my children were young, most had croup and I overreacted every time. I still hear that child’s dying breaths.
My primary humored me, he understood the story.
30 posted on
06/07/2007 6:59:43 AM PDT by
Chickensoup
(.The Muzzies are hanging us with the rope we paid out to the leftists.)
To: 60Gunner
Thanks for the ping.
Scary but uplifting story.
Bump to YOU!
32 posted on
06/07/2007 7:00:27 AM PDT by
upchuck
(If you don't have borders, you won't have a nation ~ Mark Steyn)
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God’s Blessing Upon YOU and all those that stand in the Gap
33 posted on
06/07/2007 7:02:53 AM PDT by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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