24 Hours… of ECMO New Beginnings (To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here) Jesse Shipman struggles to do a stretch during a therapy session with occupational therapist Megan Taylor at TrustPoint Hospital in Lubbock, Texas Tuesday, June 12, 2011. (Miranda Grubbs/ Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) To view the entire “Day In The […]
24 Hours… of ECMO To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here Part VI: A New Day & Definitely a New Beginning ! 8:00 am Coffee, Bugles, and McyDee’s I know it’s a bad example, but the hospital cafeteria is being remodeled, so I stocked on provisions for the long term. There […]
24 Hours… of ECMO To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here Part V: Past Midnight… Ghost Stories & What-Not 3:00 am Ghost stories So it’s 3 a.m. and the STS paper work has become a mountainous blur, our ECMO patient is on “cruise control”, the hive activity is down to almost nothing, […]
24 Hours… of ECMO To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here Part IV: Past Midnight Saturday: 1:00 am STS and the Paperwork Deluge So at something like 1:00 am, it’s do or die time. The patient is fine, but as an ECMO coordinator, I typically like to stay awake and support […]
24 Hours… of ECMO To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here Part III: Getting Past Midnight : ACT’s & Clots … 11:00 pm Somehow during the initial debriefing from the previous ECMO coordinator that I had taken over for, the question of reliability regarding our ACT (Activated Clotting Time) came […]
24 Hours… of ECMO To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here Part II: The Setting … 9:00 pm Well it’s about that time. The PICU is closed for business, onlookers, rubber-neckers, and pretty much any visitors not directly related to your patient, are ushered away- and the staff is settled in […]
24 Hours… of ECMO To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here Part I: Getting Started … 24 hours to the finish line, and all you can do is just hope you don’t trip and fall. That pretty much sums up this ECMO run. Just trust your feet, and don’t lose sight […]
Jesse Shipman struggles to do a stretch during a therapy session with occupational therapist Megan Taylor at TrustPoint Hospital in Lubbock, Texas Tuesday, June 12, 2011. (Miranda Grubbs/ Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) To view the entire “Day In The Life” series Click Here The End and a new beginning This is the culmination of Jessie’s story. His […]