brock8024 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hip surgery and A fib. She has PE right there. IV, O2, Monitor. She needs Diesel to get to ER. Get ready to work a CODE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock8024 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Another clue she is on no anticoagulants. No warfin, ASA , or plavix and she is in A.Fib and recent hip surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itku2er Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hip surgery and A fib. She has PE right there. IV, O2, Monitor. She needs Diesel to get to ER. Get ready to work a CODE She coded as soon as they loaded her on the ambo. It was a PE so says the great ER MD! And Spenac I was that NURSE thank you. *grumbles at spanac* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET EMT Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I agree with Brock completely, Admin. high flow O2 and high flow diesel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic_texas Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 The A-fib threw a clot causing a embolism in the lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 And Spenac I was that NURSE thank you. *grumbles at spanac* Then I definitly would check that everything was right. Did you actually turn the oxygen on? :twisted: And if you turned it on did you conect the little plactic hose to the oxygen? :twisted: Hey I was right. Guess those books that hold the chair up have value for something else. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itku2er Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Then I definitly would check that everything was right. Did you actually turn the oxygen on? :twisted: And if you turned it on did you conect the little plactic hose to the oxygen? :twisted: Hey I was right. Guess those books that hold the chair up have value for something else. :wink: Hose are you kidding me we use a plastic cup and straws....its a real pain to get all those straws on that concentrator!!!! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don1977 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 5 lpm and she was at 81%????????? typical NH.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itku2er Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 5 lpm and she was at 81%????????? typical NH.. No Don not typical NH she had no problems all day. It was sudden onset and she was on O2 already at 5 L. Trash if you like but she was even up doing therapy earlier in that morning. No problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 5 lpm and she was at 81%????????? typical NH.. I'm assuming that was the SPO2 upon the staff finding the patient. I doubt they left her like that. It's easy for us to trash the folks at extended care facilities, but we don't work in an environment where 30 to 1 is considered an acceptable patient - provider ratio. I'm not saying that bad care doesn't happen, but Itku2er already told us she was the nurse at the facility and I think we can agree that she's smarter than the average bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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