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Yes...I have heard of this being done. Typically on pts with .Raynaud's Disease.

Haha! This is great! Love the Docs response!

Congratulations!!!!

Make sure there's Calcium Gluconate on hand

Norman Greenbaum...good tune!

I was wondering about this too. I'm surprised the pts SPO2 was 99% being a COPDer. It would be fun to look at some ABGs...hmmmm.

"New Slang" by The Shins...listening to it all day!

We have badges we just use to scan into the ED. No MRSA infested key pads.

In SVT you are going to see changes in the QRS complex, in atrial tachycardia you are going to see changes in the P waves, and in MAT you will see multiple changes in your P Waves (not one P wave will look the same). I hope this helps....I wish I had pics for you but Good luck! ~Ec

I was thinking Vaso-Vagal Sycopal Episode too....hmmmm.

I liked that! I wish I had that dude as an instructor! haha!

In Patch Adams when Robin Williams was talking about death he said: "...and if we buried you ass up I'd have a place to park my bike!."

Haha headache = allergy to nitro! I love it.

You remind me of Hawkeye Peirce Dust! ha! :wink:

Wtf? This PISSES me off! People who come to America need to learn English!!!!

I like Dawn's idea of "taping the hot packs on." Calcium Gluconate is sometimes used to relieve muscle cramping...hmmm. I did notice that you had that on your rig so...

DNR = Final answer. Good topic by the way.

http://www.bostonems.com/ I love Boston! Hope this helps.

you can ask what the pts normal range is...this will give you an idea as to how much to inflate the cuff. Also to help with reading...the needle will "tick" just about where you're going to hear it! Just keep doing what you're doing already...practice...one DOES get used to it...pretty soon you'll be able to do it while "listening" to a gabby ol' pt...I've had plenty of those...they just don't seem to get that you're listening to something with that stethoscope thingy...ha! ~Ec

yeah...the flu and MRSA!!!!!! Psshhhh...oh well...

took the words right out of my mouth Dust!...well sort of :wink:

i loved these...enjoy! 1. A man comes into the ER and yells, "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs ---and I was in the wrong one. Submitted by Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio , TX . 2. At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall. "Big breaths," I instructed. "Yes, they used to be," replied the patient. Submitted by Dr. Richar d Byrnes, Seattle , WA 3. One day I h ad to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a "massive internal fart." Submitted by Dr. Susan Steinberg 4. During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications. "Which one?" I asked. "The patch, the nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I'm running out of places to put it!" I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now, the instructions include removal of the old patch before applying a new one. Submitted by Dr Rebecca St. Clair, Norfolk , VA 5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked, "How long have you been bedridden?" After a look of complete confusion she answered..."Why, not for about twenty years - when my husband was alive." Submitted by Dr. Steven Swanson, Corvallis , OR 6. I was caring for a woman and asked, "So how's your breakfast this morning?" "It's very good, except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used to the taste" the patient replied. I then asked to see the jelly and the woman produced a foil packet labeled "KY Jelly." Submitted by Dr. Leonard Kransdorf, Detroit , MI 7. A nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and wearing strange clothing, entered. It was quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled for immediate surgery. When she was completely disrobed on the operating table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been dyed green, and above it there was a tattoo that read, "Keep off the grass." Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient's dressing, which said, "Sorry, had to mow the lawn." Submitted by RN no name AND FINALLY!!!................ 8. As a new, young MD doing his residency in OB , I was quite embarrassed when performing female pelvic exams. To cover my embarrassment I had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly. The middle-aged lady upon whom I was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing and further embarrassing me. I looked up from my work and sheepishly said, "I' m sorry. Was I tickling you?" She replied, "No doctor, but the song you were whistling was, "I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener ". Dr. Wouldn't submit his name ~Ec

The most common form of writing one's pregnancy Hx in the hospitals is as follows: Gravida ( # of pregnancies) Term Preterm Abortions (this will include any spontaneous abortions (miscarriage), ectopic pregnancies (tubal pregnancy) Living For ex: A mother comes in and says that she had an ectopic pregnancy, she had twins @ 27wks, and one full term. Her pregnancy hx would be listed as: G 3 T 1 P 1 A 1 L 3

Let's do it Ruff! 1, 2, 3,......GO!

A bit of a whacker?...I thought I was bad! Psshh Palease!