Thursday, May 8, 2008

Open Thoracotomy and Disneyland

Warning, graphic content:
Yeah, I knew you couldn't resist. For all you nurses or macabre thinkers out there, this story is for you. I promise, I won't turn this into a journal of gross nursing stories but this one is a 'classic'.

Recently, while responding to a code blue in the ICU I saw a bedside open thoracotomy. That means they crack the chest open right in the patient's room and intervene with 'cardiac massage' and/or pacing. I won't get into details but it was very interesting. However, I have to think of the family and patient. The guy survived, as far as I know. Probably with a very sore chest.

So, on a lighter note, we are going to Disneyland next week for our anniversary! WEeeeee!

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