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Why no stethoscope? Probably the cheapest, but most valuable, piece of equipment a BLS unit should carry.

Congratulations! Just keep doing some Kaplan or UWorld questions everyday until the NCLEX and you'll do great!

As charge nurse, I have to call the ME, call LifeNet, and deal with the local authorities regarding any deaths. A lot of times questions about prehospital care are simply to clarify these dealings. And then some questions are because some nurses are *****es ;)

Congratulations!! Enjoy the break and then finish strong 👨‍🎓

As the charge nurse at a busy level 2 trauma center, I can honestly state I've never held a crew longer than 15 minutes. We've been using our triage and fast track area for all EMS that isn't a trauma, MI, or critical patient. We funnel everyone there and have a designated paramedic that takes...

Got dispatched last night for an unresponsive at one of our local no-tell motels. Arrived to find one of our most frequent callers very dead. Between the ambulance and being a nurse at the local trauma hospital I've probably had hundreds of contacts with this man over the years. He has called me...

So many nurses I went to school with also had to repeat/redo a class, it happens. I love your attitude though, that is priceless! That kind of self-reflection and honesty is what I love working with, it means I can trust you. Kick *** this fall :cool:

We use it as a first med on patients with a food bolus in their throat. Works about 20% of the time, not great numbers but sure beats calling in ENT :cool:

Based on the interaction at the beginning of the video the patient was being brought in for a welfare check/mental health check. Our ED has had a few very close calls with guns/knives/SNAKES (alive!) snuck in by mental health patients. Our hospital got our security the wand-type metal detectors...

I'm scheduled for the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Friday morning.

This, so much this. We're holding ICU patients *alongside* my other patients, without critical care support staff, proper equipment or training. Last night we had an adult cardiac arrest and a pediatric unresponsive come in 2 minutes apart. A full department, 20 in the waiting room and the HEAR...

A passy muir valve is probably what you're referring to as his 'speech filter thing'.

Also, remember that nursing school exams are looking for the answer that only works at NCLEX Memorial Hospital. You have to leave real world answers behind for now. So aggravating :confused:

Risk vs Reward equation, how big is the anuersym and what is that particular patients surgical risk profile. If it is less than 5 cm and remains stable, they do a follow up every 6 months to monitor.

There are questions about the expiratory port filter efficacy on our BiPap. We have 50+ rooms, but only a few are negative pressure, and a fairly open layout. So they've made the decision to not use BiPap with any potential Covid until we have clearer evidence. I've never seen any situation this...