jh504
Explorer
I am still here just havnt had the time to get on in a while. We finished up our first trimester and I also just purchased a house so, I have had a LOT on my plate!! I finished with a 90% overall for the first trimester and I was very happy about that!
Congrats on your IV sticks, now you start doing the fun stuff. I keep forgeting to clamp off that vein too, when I start a line, so I have been making a few messes. I got some really good practice in the ER the other day though. I had like 20 IMs, a few SCs, and some IVs. It was more than I could think about doing in a truck. But it was standing still in a well lit room.
They taught us to piggyback dopamine becuase the 60gtt/min set isnt enough to keep the vein open. They are also teaching us not to titrate to effect due to the effects that too much dopamine can have on the heart. However, here where I work the medics titrate to effect because by the time they are hanging dopamine things are already going down the toilet. Most start with fluid.
Congrats on your IV sticks, now you start doing the fun stuff. I keep forgeting to clamp off that vein too, when I start a line, so I have been making a few messes. I got some really good practice in the ER the other day though. I had like 20 IMs, a few SCs, and some IVs. It was more than I could think about doing in a truck. But it was standing still in a well lit room.
They taught us to piggyback dopamine becuase the 60gtt/min set isnt enough to keep the vein open. They are also teaching us not to titrate to effect due to the effects that too much dopamine can have on the heart. However, here where I work the medics titrate to effect because by the time they are hanging dopamine things are already going down the toilet. Most start with fluid.