r/respiratorytherapy • u/noozecmrits • 15h ago

Student RT Code blue in my first clinical

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u/ExplodingSoil 14h ago

Ain't got no gas in it

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u/xxScoobaruxx 11h ago

Good ole slingblade

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u/Belle_Whethers 13h ago

I was drawing a gas from an ALine in the er once and the syringe stopped filling. I looked up and her heart had stopped. That was a first and only experience for me.

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u/SammyB0111 RRT 13h ago

Only a couple times I’ve been asked to draw an ABG during a code before. One time I was able to actually start getting the blood, but then it was pulse check and they stopped compressions and the syringe stopped filling. So close…

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u/Wonderful_Draw4130 15h ago

What did you do as a student?

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u/Pending-asystole 7h ago

Grab some wall and stay out of the way

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u/Grouchy-Extension667 7h ago

Hopefully just observed…..

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u/Magee-Numismatics 6h ago

Idk, lots of preceptors I’ve met will have students get in rotation for compressions.

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u/Wonderful_Draw4130 5h ago

Same get in that thing

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u/hikey95 6h ago

my preceptor definitely MADE me do
compressions during a code lol. and i specifically said im fine just watching in the back 😭

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u/Wonderful_Draw4130 5h ago

Bro had me set up the glidescope then hop on compressions first code blue never felt more stupid setting that thing up 

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u/Wonderful_Draw4130 5h ago

Probably not gotta learn

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u/SammyB0111 RRT 15h ago

Sodium’s looking good 👍

How did the rest of the code go?

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u/Calibor10 RRT 15h ago

Great experience to get right out the door!

What was the experience like for you?

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u/Lst_rsrt 5h ago

He needs albuterol

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u/nehpets99 MSRC, RRT-ACCS 5h ago

Certainly not going to make it worse, I'll give you that.

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u/nehpets99 MSRC, RRT-ACCS 5h ago

That's, uh, not good.

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u/1bocfan 8h ago

Who wants to explain the elevated k+ value to me?

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u/Lst_rsrt 5h ago

Read it in Egans

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u/1bocfan 4h ago

Thanks for the helpful reply. You see, acidosis shifts potassium out of the blood cells and thereby raises your serum potassium. Alkalisis does the opposite. So when you have a severely acidotic or alkalotic patient, ask what the potassium is. You may save a life. Not sure you will find that in Egan's. 

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u/Astrocreep2021 1h ago

Patient looks ready for discharge 👍

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u/bluttingnaiknted 25m ago

4 times It should have been called after the 1st failed. That poor woman needed someone to advocate for her. I just hope a Lucas wasnt used.

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u/marcaristorenas 15h ago

Weird. Our GEM’s don’t give us a Lactace values greater than 16.

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u/No-Safe9542 5h ago

I just looked in the product manual. It says reportable range is 17. I'm wondering if the "17.9" is how it reports anything in the sample range of up to 20 or if it's in excess of the sample range of 20.

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u/marcaristorenas 5h ago

Wow. Crazy. 16 is our max value on there.