Comments | helloonurse: What a poopy night at work...

helloonurse

What a poopy night at work...

Oct 18, 2005 01:04

For some strange reason I knew that tonight was going to be bad at work... *le sigh ( Read more... )

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dana_dreamer October 17 2005, 22:30:26 UTC

*huge hugs*
You are the best Fizz.

helloonurse October 18 2005, 11:04:33 UTC

You rock too... and why were you not at fest? Hmmmmm?

dana_dreamer October 18 2005, 16:15:05 UTC

I'm a fest pooper. I don't think it was meant to be.
blah

smudge_blue October 18 2005, 04:29:58 UTC

****hugs****

you are awesome!!

helloonurse October 18 2005, 11:05:46 UTC

Awwww... you little drummer you...

It was great seeing you again, although we didn't talk much (I was a little.. how do I say it... out of it! *lol*). But I am now glad that you are on my LJ.

flygirl_ October 18 2005, 16:44:07 UTC

thats really one of the main reasons i will never ever in my career work on a floor. i will stay in the ER until my dying day because we can do whatever the hell we need to do to take care of our patients immediately and correctly. that and i guess we're the hospital people get flown to, we are a major Level One Trauma Center, so we have more resources than many facilities. good work- you did what you could in our sometimes limiting profession.

synthetikdoll October 18 2005, 17:21:53 UTC

i work at a level 1 as well and totally agree with what you are saying.

synthetikdoll October 18 2005, 17:20:00 UTC

good for you, sweetie! i'm glad that you got the balls to NOT accept what the first doc said and went to another resource to get done what was necessary for the pt. but i am not surprised because you are a smart girl and know what's up. always go with your instincts ;)

alphabetsammy October 19 2005, 06:25:37 UTC

wow. that sounds really tricky. is Lasix a benzodiazapine? is ativan? ativan also has sedative properties, doesn't it? That's pretty cool that you came up with the same solution as the other doctor.

How did you originally try and get his breathing under control? Trying to soothe him or something?

Cheers

helloonurse October 19 2005, 11:10:07 UTC

Lasix is actually a diuretic used to rid the body of extra fluid. Ativan is an anti-anxiety but yes also has sedative properties.

Originally I sat beside this patient holding his hand and tried to calm the him down by breathing with him. It did work for a bit but obiviously not well enough. It is a scary thing when you can't breathe.

alphabetsammy October 19 2005, 15:29:08 UTC

wow. good idea.

which hospital was it? i can't remember if you moved at all.

helloonurse October 19 2005, 21:44:49 UTC

Cobourg... but I bought a house in Port Hope.