ED Nursing Archives – March 1, 2008
March 1, 2008
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Boost your trauma patient's chance of survival with these interventions
When a man with a severe liver injury from blunt abdominal trauma arrived at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's ED, he had no recordable blood pressure and a barely palpable carotid pulse. -
Use these tips for severe trauma injuries in your ED
On the way to being rushed to a Level 1 trauma center after being hit by a car, a boy's airway suddenly filled with blood. -
Overdoses of prescription meds may be unintentional
If your next patient had altered mental status and lethargy, would you suspect an unintentional overdose of pain medication? -
Adverse effects from ED sedation are common
When children have procedural sedation in the ED, at least 42% have at least one adverse effect, according to a recent study of 547 children. -
Adverse events high in elders for these 3 drugs
One-third of the estimated 177,504 ED visits by elderly patients for adverse drug events were caused by warfarin, insulin, and digoxin in 2004 and 2005, says a new study. -
White ED patients more likely to get narcotics
White ED patients are more likely to receive narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine than patients of other races or ethnicities, says a new study. -
Know risks of restraint with violent patients
After an intoxicated and combative man broke loose from restraints, he struck two ED nurses and threw a computer at another nurse at a New York hospital in December 2007. Could this happen at your ED?