* Medical Team Confused as Patient Made DNR Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
** Joint Commission Mandates Extensive Timeout Prior to Initiating CPR
*** Product Review: Mattel’s Resuscitate Me Elmo
**** New CPR Guidelines Recommend Switching Out Providers Every 5 Cycles to Update Facebook Status
***** Beverage Container Left Open at Nurses Station, Three Dead as a Result
****** Nurse Has License Suspected for Ordering Wrong Sandwich
^ Naptime Now Required for Residents per ACGME Guidelines
^^ Hospital’s Electronic Health Record to be Replaced by New, Efficient “Paper Chart” System
^^^ Hospital Administrator Delivers Clutch Performance During In-Flight Cardiac Arrest
^^^^ Patient Allergic to Epinephrine, Dies When Doctor Suddenly Slams Door
^^^^^ ICU Team Excited to Untangle Lines After Patient Dropped Off from OR
^^^^^^ Nurse Relieved to Find Out that Patient’s Family Member’s Aunt is a Nurse
VCO = vultures circling overhead
Rule #! Gomers go to ground….:0
I love “epinephrine and shocks if you can remember where they fit in the algorithm”…hhahahhahaha
I assume you meant “crapped” my pants…that’s what I do, anyway…
HAHAHHAHAHAHA
me too!! HILARIOUS!
Commit to memory!
Brilliant!
I like the part about tangling the lines if transferring to ICU.
Before all this, ensure patient’s med rec is complete. (Remember, no care until the med rec is there!)
I swear to you. They’re like snakes; weaving and undulating when us RN’s in the ED aren’t looking!!
Susan Blackwell-Nichols HAHA! Love it!!!! And just so you never forget…SVT is greater than 150 bpm, and NO I do NOT want you to give that Adenosine 6mg :) Hugs!
Susan Blackwell-Nichols HAHA! Love it!!!! And just so you never forget…SVT is greater than 150 bpm, and NO I do NOT want you to give that Adenosine 6mg :) Hugs!
Regina Hedrick Spach
Regina Hedrick Spach
There should be something in there about the clueless person that stumbles in the room fifteen minutes into the code and asks if you’ve tried the epi yet.
Awesome!
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I have legit seen it listed as an allergy – “tachycardia”. No shit Sherlock
But I liked AHA-sanctioned killing my patients with Epi from the 2010 guidelines. :(
I love the part when administration hands out the patient satisfaction surveys!
YOLO! Too funny!
They forgot, check to make sure drain is in place
I think the “oops I capped my pants” was accidentally left out
Bretilium (sp) was removed in 2000
Adham Ahmed Sayed
I like ” attach monitor–take selfie-post to facebook”..lol!
Magali Carlier
Leigh Slater
Damn you open beverages!
Scott Newell, Kimberly M. Bailey :)
“Rhythm scary? Yes = CRAP!” LOL! I would start it out as “Mutter, ‘Oh, SHIT’ under your breath and activate emergency response” – hehehe…
Epi and electricity allergies! :)
Perfect! The students could use a laugh to help maintain sanity.
Ha! Mona Visnius think we need to laminate a copy of this one!!!
Well as a previous article did state, as an ICU nurse I giddily await a tangled mess of lines when getting an admission. It gives me something to do.
I have legitimately seen this listed as an allergy. Also versed with an “allergy” of respiratory depression.
What about post-resuscitation? We still do ice water enemas and sublingual Tic Tacs, right?
Love this!!! So want to print it out in the ICU!! YOLo!!!
Where the F is the bretylium? I swear that’s in here somewhere.
I kind of want a sandwich too. Codes are hard work. They make you sweat and stuff…
I see most of them shared from other people– you know the administrative cracks are the best ones. The clinical jokes are obvious right away but the things like “Charge nurse hands out satisfaction survey” or whatever it said about conducting a time out on that code algorithm… I would not be surprised if it showed up. The clipboard folks are so out of hand and I hope they read these too! Well maybe not, they may get some bright ideas, lol!
Awesome!
Even with this new algorithm you have to take a recertification every two years!
Bridget Ralston
Priceless…lmao
Mackenzie Guizio-Crockett, do you follow this blog? Hilarious!!!!!
Upgrade to iPhone 6 … Classic
Ben, Ryan, Steve, Freddie, Ben
Just in time for recert
Cause when you’re dead, you’re dead!
Thanks for ensuring that the lines stay tangled for me!! It’s my favourite :-D excellent algorithm!
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This algorithm seems outdated…I see no mention of twitter or instagram. Also, where do you fit in texting your friends that your patient is coding? I think hospital administrators need to have a meeting about having a meeting to update this algorithm.
Don’t forget to check for that Epi allergy! Reaction: makes my heart race.
Kristen Glasgowyou must subscribe.
As for me, I appreciate that pt satisfaction forms have been included!!!!
Freakin’ classic, once again!!
So relieved to see the 42-step time-out before CPR is incorporated into the updated ACLS algorithm…We can’t have wrong-sided CPR!
This belongs on the wall in my office where I can review it daily for adequate preperation….which I am sure will meet criteria for “meaningful use!” Thanx, Gomer Blog! :D
YOLO!!! Too funny…