ED Nursing articles from June 2007

ED Nursing archives from June 2007

Rural ED nurses treat 14 gunshot victims in one day: Teamwork is key.(emergency department)
June 1, 2007... Rural ED nurses treat 14 gunshot victims in one day: Teamwork is key Mass casualty disasters such as Blacksburg 'can happen anywhere' A young man and woman from Virginia Polytechnic Institute arriving about 8 a.m. on April 16 with...

ED shares lessons learned for multiple trauma cases.(emergency department)
June 1, 2007... ED shares lessons learned for multiple trauma cases Tracking patients was 'extremely difficult' Every ED nurse at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA, recently attended the Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) offered by the...

Be ready for gunshot wounds in your ED.(emergency department)(Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Georgia))
June 1, 2007... Be ready for gunshot wounds in your ED ED nurses 'play a pivotal role' in outcome Five or six gunshot wounds in one night. "Drive-bys" in which a person's body is dumped by the ED entrance. These are not unusual occurrences for ED...

Pediatric Corner: Are you treating pain adequately for procedures?
June 1, 2007... Are you treating pain adequately for procedures? Many children are given no pain meds If a child was undergoing an intravenous (IV) catheter placement, would you offer anything to relieve the pain? The answer for many ED nurses would...

Study: It can be dangerous to guess a patient's weight.
June 1, 2007... Study: It can be dangerous to guess a patient's weight Estimates by ED nurses often are wrong If you have estimated the weight of an adult patient recently, your guess was probably not accurate, says a new study. ED nurses and...

Patients with serious head injuries on the rise in EDs.(emergency departments)
June 1, 2007... Patients with serious head injuries on the rise in EDs Take immediate action to rule out brain injury ED nurses at Denver's University of Colorado Hospital knew the following from the emergency medical services (EMS) call: The...

Here are interventions for common ED drug overdoses.(emergency department)
June 1, 2007... Here are interventions for common ED drug overdoses Symptoms can be life-threatening A woman dies of respiratory arrest in the back of a car on her way to the ED — not due to acute asthma exacerbation, congestive heart failure,...

CNE objectives/questions.
June 1, 2007... CNE objectives/questions Participants who complete this activity will be able to: *identify clinical, regulatory, or social issues relating to ED nursing; *describe how those issues affect nursing service delivery; *integrate...