Comments on: Blah, Blah, Blah, Wait, What The…. Holy Crap! http://erstories.net/archives/1477 ER Stories Real Life Tales from the Emergency Room Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Rogue Medic http://erstories.net/archives/1477#comment-11427 Rogue Medic Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:24:59 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1477#comment-11427 If the patient never becomes symptomatic, does anyone need to do anything other than record a strip of this rhythm, so that cardiology can look for the cause. We become upset over <i>life threatening</i> rhythms because we are told that they will kill you. Sometimes that is true. Other times, it is not. Assessment and treatment <i>only when necessary</i> is what the patient needs. For all the people who will comment about the necessity of following the ACLS algorithm, AHA also states - <i>Treat the patient, not the monitor.</i> If the patient never becomes symptomatic, does anyone need to do anything other than record a strip of this rhythm, so that cardiology can look for the cause.

We become upset over life threatening rhythms because we are told that they will kill you. Sometimes that is true. Other times, it is not. Assessment and treatment only when necessary is what the patient needs. For all the people who will comment about the necessity of following the ACLS algorithm, AHA also states - Treat the patient, not the monitor.

]]> By: ophelia http://erstories.net/archives/1477#comment-11343 ophelia Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:14:03 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1477#comment-11343 During my OB clinical, all the nurses did was watch the monitor. Well, all they made me do was watch the monitor. ;) During my OB clinical, all the nurses did was watch the monitor. Well, all they made me do was watch the monitor. ;)

]]> By: KT http://erstories.net/archives/1477#comment-11339 KT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:57:14 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1477#comment-11339 I don't have anything relevant to add except for that picture cracks me up every time I see it. I don’t have anything relevant to add except for that picture cracks me up every time I see it.

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