Team Player

Today was a hectic day at work. I had two sick pts and "needy" family members... there is nothing wrong with "needy" family members.... there isn't... but shit they can be a pain in the ass!!! The exciting part of my day was with someone elses pt. They pt was transfered to the ICU cuz they were getting sicker...

When I walked into the room to help the doc out I had no idea how much i was about to learn! The doc inserted an electrical wire into the heart through a neck vein. Another nurse and I had to basically play with knobs on the control until we got the pacemaker to work. Once that was working ok the pt decided to crash (BAD).. so I guess really she wasn't ok =/

During codes I'm normally standing at the door watching what's going on and not doing much.... today i was helping to push medication and playing with the pacer for the doctor. It was SUPER COOOOOL! The coolest part was that I wasn't crapping in my pants and that I was able to play an active role within the team.... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

At one point the doctor called the time of death... as he's walking away the lady takes some breaths... scary for the girl who is scared of everything! lol.... anyways someone finds the machine to see if we can hear a pulse and VUALA.... we hear it!! The damn lady wasn't giving up so easily!!!! We did a few more things to her and stabilized her and she made it alive through the rest of the shift.... which is what counts.... making it to 7:30 pm (or till you walk off the unit!).

That's my story... its bedtime now... I switched a day with a lady at work so she can be off on friday with her kids so now i'm off tomorrow and working Thurs/Friday.. woo hooo!

xoox