Valentine's Day started out nice and slow--which is a good thing because we were a few nurses short that night. The night started out calm--but it didn't last long. Before I knew it we got a call from Provo ambulance who was bringing in 3 traumas. A car of teenage girls had managed to plow their car head on into a tree. The girls were really lucky. I'm sure they won't be able to walk straight for a few days but no serious injuries. Seriously, I don't think I will ever let me children drive until they are 30.
Well within 15 minutes of them all arriving Orem calls with a full cardiac arrest. Poor guy wasn't even that old. He was stabilized and quickly sent to the cath lab. We would also send another crashing patient up there within a few hours as well.
The craziness continued from there. One of my patients delivered her babies a few days ago and was now had blood/pus continually oozing out of her. She had been bleeding continuously for days. I had to infuse her with 2 units of blood. Poor thing. How excited am I to have a baby right :D! Needless to say in order to get caught up I had to stay til 0600 and chart like crazy. Oh I love my job!
(this is what I imagine the car looked like)
Well within 15 minutes of them all arriving Orem calls with a full cardiac arrest. Poor guy wasn't even that old. He was stabilized and quickly sent to the cath lab. We would also send another crashing patient up there within a few hours as well.
The craziness continued from there. One of my patients delivered her babies a few days ago and was now had blood/pus continually oozing out of her. She had been bleeding continuously for days. I had to infuse her with 2 units of blood. Poor thing. How excited am I to have a baby right :D! Needless to say in order to get caught up I had to stay til 0600 and chart like crazy. Oh I love my job!
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