Triage queenby
AtYourCervix
I was the triage queen again. Multiple outpatients, for multiple complaints - nothing admission... as needed. Go home!
- Simple assault at 24 weeks. Not hit in abdomen. Just chest bumped. Diagnosis: don...
The ER: Stuff You Need to Know. Part 1: Triageby
Nurse William
demonstrated by patients in the Triage section of my Emergency Department. While the article was written.... As a result, four-tier and 5-tier triage systems were developed. With either system, patients are classified...
Triage: tales of woe and sufferingby
AtYourCervix
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Note to the other triage nurse: if I can fully admit several patients at one time, then surely.... I know I've said that I enjoy doing OB triage, but it was just ridiculous when we were admitting EVERYONE...
Triage. Only blind this time.by
Erica P.
decisions, of course.) I'm doing telephone triage with a brand-new company in town that three of my friends... up a telephone triage service (i.e. who you talk to when you call your doctor's office after hours...
The wallet triageby
Dating Goddess
about someone’s ability to pay while the patient was bleeding or in pain, and it was distressing... it or not, we begin to do what was called a “wallet triage” by one of my hospital clients...
52 causes of Chest tightness AND Chestpain
1. Adult-onset asthma
Adult-onset asthma......read more »
4. Angina
A special type of chestpain....read more »
5. Aspirin-induced asthma
Aspirin...
Unexplained chestpain can be due to stressby
Niell A.
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Chestpain is a common reason for patients to seek emergency treatment. A considerable number of patients are diagnosed with unexplained chestpain, which means that the pain cannot be linked...
Chestpain = angiography = bypass surgeryby
Dr. Aniruddha M.
good for a hospital's bottom line, how much this actually helps the patient with chestpain is anyone... with chestpain is sent to a cardiologist, who does an ECG and finds "suspicious changes"; advises a stress...
Costochondritis – A Common Cause of ChestPain Chestpain is one of the scariest symptoms a person can have because the first thing we usually think of is a heart attack. Of course, any new chestpain should be considered a medical emergency... pain.
Symptoms:
The two main symptoms of costochondritis are pain and tenderness in the chest wall...crap
hiv related chestpain
why do patients with hiv sufer from chestpains Keith Henry, M.D. hiv related chestpainPatients with HIV can get chestpain from many of the same causes as the general populations (such as angina/heart pain, esophageal pain, chest wall pain and many others). For some of those conditions the risk...crap
Quick question about heart attack symptoms
If a patient came in complaining of chestpain and shortness of breath, and their blood pressure was different from one arm to the other, what would be the first thing that comes to mind? Heart attack?
Adamcrap
is pain meds the first line of defense for a heart attack?
is it normal procedure if a patient complains twice of chestpain and nauusea, (the nurses noted sweaty complexion) that the nurses in charge of him administer pain and anti nauesua meds twice? this patient died btw sometime between the last meds and when the found him unresponsive 6 hours latercrap
Is an MI indicated by left chest pressure, not going into arms or shoulders?
Recently, over the last 16 months I have encountered a "chestpain" in my right side, which does not go into the arms or shoulders. I have had two MI in the past, the lastest in 1998. I was wondering if this sort of pain can also indicate an MI. Previous pain was in the center of chestcrap
5mths preg and heart issues
im five months pregnant and have been having tightness in my chest today for a little bit ow and I am not sure what to do
faithcrap
Cognitive difficulty and poor work capacity
Hi
I am new to forum. I have been newly diagnosed with PFO and Atrial Septal Aneuyrism post chestpains which may be related to relpax treatment? I have suffered migraines for last 4 years... working in medical field with patients and I cannot think to write notes when in migraine process. One...crap
I've been on Nexium for over a month & am still in pain.
I was hospitalized for chestpains last summer. They did a full work up -- EKG, CAT scan, etc... after the party, I felt three quick and painful spasms in my chest. My PCP determined that it was caused.... I had a few of those flutterings wake me from my sleep. I'd have pains in my chest when I walked. I did not...crap
GERD Diagnosis - symptoms
My concern is that I still encounter chestpains and feeling of fullness despite being on a double dose of Prevacid. All my enzymes, stress echo and cholesterol are normal. Can GERD really cause chestpain like this?
Stephaniecrap