Emergency Nursing Today Show

Episode 46: Splinting Techniques

Emergency Nursing Today is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Get CEU’s for the podcast! Go to www.phoenixCE.com and find out how! And ENA members, email me to find out how to get 50% off your first year! In this weeks episode:

I’m away in Pa. this week, but I managed to get the show ready to go before leaving. But since I’m away, there will be minimal blog updates until Friday morning after I’m back in Fl.

An update to the PhoenixCE site is still in the works. With the recent death of my father, I’ve had minimal time to put toward the blog, the show, or the other projects I have going here. Once I get back from Pa I should have more time to devote to them though. Look for updates to roll out this summer!

Along with that, I put up a new poll. Tell me what you think about taking a FREE ESI course online LIVE. It would be for con ed credit also.

I also have an ABG interpretation class and EKG interpretation classes in the works. I will be announcing dates for them soon too. CE credit will be available for them too, so look for them!

In the news today:

A story from Cult of Mac about a hospital purchasing 100 iPads to give to physicians and nursing staff as a trial program. As I blogged about my own iPad on Sunday, I can definitely see it coming to the bedside in full force in the very near future.

An editorial from the Ashland Daily Tidings out of Oregon titled “Too much medicine”. A very good, thought provoking piece about how we practice medicine in the US.

An article from Medline Plus that goes right along with the last piece on the cost of imaging services for cancer patients. It’s interesting that we are doing more imaging on patients who already have cancer, and the tests we do are actually linked to an increase in cancer rates. Makes one wonder.

A JEMS article on the potential negative effects that placing cervical collars can have on patients neurovascular status. Again, a thought provoking article on something we do routinely that has never been shown to be the “best practice”.

Another JEMS article, this time that covers traumatic brain injury. This is a really good primer/overview/review on a subject that we need to stay on top of.

An article out of Medline Plus that discusses research into what interruptions of nurses during medication rounds can do. Med errors are a big potential problem in health care, and interruptions during their administration are one reason for these errors. This article discusses the topic and offers some interesting ideas on how to minimize these distractions.

And lastly, don’t forget to join the ENA!!

And now, on to the podcast!!