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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

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It ' s EMERGENCY Nurse to you! In hospitals, the work role or function of nurses and other staff is usually (and traditionally) defined by place, e.g. : O.R.; Post-Anesthesia Care Unit; Delivery Room; Medical-Surgical Ward Nurse. Nurses'; L&D Nurses, Pediatric Nurses.

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Early Modern Resuscitators

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Although told several times, the story of the development by Henning Ruben of the prototypical modern manual resuscitator, the self-refilling bag with unidirectional non-rebreathing valves which now dominate the world of resuscitation, is still not well-known. Czech Military resuscitation kit, 1969, mfr.

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Carbon Dioxide As A Resuscitative Gas

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This is the fourth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. The select bibliography will provide ample links to extend your reading. “Carbon Dioxide Resuscitation?” You think to yourself, “ What could that be?” In 1927, H.W.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

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Peter Josef Safar in 2003, who is often called "The Father of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation," or noted citations of his work in articles written and references given by me here at AENJournal.com and the Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog. " established that exhaled air was a satisfactory gas for resuscitation.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

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Still, except for the public hospital, other hospitals did little emergency work and would have unattended first aid or treatment room in which one could meet one's physician or have an intern provide care in the meanwhile. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research. Organization and Specialization in Emergency Nursing.

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Time, the subtle thief of youth

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Other occupations, such as military, police, and fire, have come to grips with the reality of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in their field, but I think that Emergency Nursing doesn't yet accept the cumulative nature of the stresses in our field. My own career includes both prehospital and in-hospital care.

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Sir William Osler, and, “f/11, and be there … “

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.") This, in a sense, is an allegory to the realities of emergency care. Compare the possibilities of cardiac arrest resuscitation survival while in the Cardiac Cath Lab, the witnessed versus unwitnessed cardiac arrest in the ED, or the witnessed versus unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Have I seen changes?