The Nursing Crash Cart

By Cameron Hansen, RN

Medicine

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Episode 09 – 10 Reasons NOT...

10.21.2015

I love this profession, but not everything about it is puppies and rainbows. In this episode, I give you 10 reasons you may not want to pursue a career in an emergency department. Unless the reasons get you excited. Then ...

The Nursing Crash Cart episodes:

10.21.2015 Episode 09 – 10 Reasons NOT to be an ED Nurse I love this profession, but not everything about it is puppies and rainbows. In this episode, I give you 10 reasons you may not want to pursue a career in an emergency department. Unless the reasons get you excited. Then ...
10.16.2015 Episode 08 – Harder and Harder to Breathe This episode covers positive pressure ventilation – both invasive and non-invasive, discusses what reasons we may see that use positive pressure to help our patients, and some troubleshooting for ventilators. Patients who are short of breath will be a daily ...
05.18.2015 Episode 07 – I Wanna Be Sedated After a way-too-long hiatus, I’m back! This episode discusses the state of the podcast, where it’s going in the future, and covering drugs used around rapid sequence intubation. Thank you to everyone who has sent me messages, I feel honored ...
03.28.2014 Episode 06 – Chief Complaint Series – Headache Today’s episode will guide you through the sea of headache patients in the Emergency Room. From a simple tension headache to a subarachnoid hemorrhage, this podcast will cover your important assessments, treatments, and supportive interventions. You can’t miss this episode ...
03.11.2014 Episode 05 – Sepsis – I’ve Got a Fever, and the Only Prescription is EGDT In this episode I talk about why we need to care about sepsis, how we diagnose it, how we treat it, what it’s doing to our patients, and why EGDT (early goal directed therapy) is the best thing you can ...
02.15.2014 Episode 04 – Acid Base and DKA This episode covers interpreting a blood gas, as well as goes more in depth on acid base (though not too in depth) and then applies the discussed topics to a patient in DKA, one of the most common metabolic disorders ...
02.11.2014 Episode 03 – Chief Complaint Series – Chest Pain Episode 03 – Chest Pain This episode discusses focused assessment, differential diagnosis, interventions, and evaluations for the heavy hitters of chest pain. Filled with more mnemonics than you can shake a stick at, this episode is the first of the ...
02.05.2014 Episode 02 – Specialization is for Insects In this episode, I talk about what makes the ED different than other critical care and floor nursing environments, and talk about what roles and areas you can expect to see in an Emergency Department. After a few weeks of ...
02.05.2014 Episode 01 – Chance Favors the Prepared Mind Hello and welcome to the podcast! This is the first episode, where I discuss what this podcast will be covering, and some tips for your first days in the Emergency Department. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date ...

The Nursing Crash Cart

What's The Nursing Crash Cart about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Nursing Crash Cart episodes:

Episode 09 – 10 Reasons NOT to be an ED Nurse

Episode 08 – Harder and Harder to Breathe

Episode 07 – I Wanna Be Sedated

Episode 06 – Chief Complaint Series – Headache

Episode 05 – Sepsis – I’ve Got a Fever, and the Only Prescription is EGDT

Episode 04 – Acid Base and DKA

Episode 03 – Chief Complaint Series – Chest Pain

Episode 02 – Specialization is for Insects

Episode 01 – Chance Favors the Prepared Mind