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clintswanI won't go into the gory details but....
Had a chronic kiddo come in and go to directly to critical care....aka Me and my peeps.
after 3 1/2 hours of getting the kiddo stabilized (away we go!)
- Vtach - almost had to shock the kid....
- 41.9 C (107.4 F) temp!
- intubation (five attempts - ICU fellow had to finally get it)
- blood pressures dropping over and over
- pushing albumin x 3
- putting a fem. central line
*sigh* ICU called....they are (finally!) ready for the kid...
as we are exiting the elevator ("lift" for you poofers *eg*)....the kid drops O2 sats....ECG goes to eradicate rhythms
we are about 200 yards from ICU and 1 floor from the ER...
the kid goes pulseless......*FUCK*
started chest compressions as we ZIP (read : fucking run) down the hall toward ICU
we bust into the quiet ICU hollering at the top of our voices "CODE BLUE"!!!!
about a billion people jump and haul our collective asses to the kid's room (still doing compressions mind you))
ER peeps jump out of the room and ICU peeps fucking start RAWKING......
(ICU peeps do codes like this every night so no biggie to them)
then my RN and myself sit down and do about 3 hours of charting to save our arses if this kid dies and it goes to court.
look up at the clock....*score*....worked about 9 hours without feeling a thing (or eating, drinking, or peeing)
the rest of the might was a breeze after that.
*bows*
ok, I hope to FUCK this never happens again!
PS. the kid is still alive as of now
Had a chronic kiddo come in and go to directly to critical care....aka Me and my peeps.
after 3 1/2 hours of getting the kiddo stabilized (away we go!)
- Vtach - almost had to shock the kid....
- 41.9 C (107.4 F) temp!
- intubation (five attempts - ICU fellow had to finally get it)
- blood pressures dropping over and over
- pushing albumin x 3
- putting a fem. central line
*sigh* ICU called....they are (finally!) ready for the kid...
as we are exiting the elevator ("lift" for you poofers *eg*)....the kid drops O2 sats....ECG goes to eradicate rhythms
we are about 200 yards from ICU and 1 floor from the ER...
the kid goes pulseless......*FUCK*
started chest compressions as we ZIP (read : fucking run) down the hall toward ICU
we bust into the quiet ICU hollering at the top of our voices "CODE BLUE"!!!!
about a billion people jump and haul our collective asses to the kid's room (still doing compressions mind you))
ER peeps jump out of the room and ICU peeps fucking start RAWKING......
(ICU peeps do codes like this every night so no biggie to them)
then my RN and myself sit down and do about 3 hours of charting to save our arses if this kid dies and it goes to court.
look up at the clock....*score*....worked about 9 hours without feeling a thing (or eating, drinking, or peeing)
the rest of the might was a breeze after that.
*bows*
ok, I hope to FUCK this never happens again!
PS. the kid is still alive as of now
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:16 am (UTC)Thank you!
-B
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:58 am (UTC)(By the way, I think this is your longest post ever.)
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Date: 2003-07-04 08:20 am (UTC)PS -- you rock!
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Date: 2003-07-04 11:10 am (UTC)PS - Please go pee, thanks.
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Date: 2003-07-06 08:50 pm (UTC)