r/nursing • u/KeepAwayTheNargles RN - PICU 🍕 • Jan 06 '24

Nursing Hacks I’m Watching House

…and he just said, “Get me 40mg of furosemide so I can intubate!” I know medical shows are notoriously inaccurate but that one felt especially ludicrous. I died. The patient did not.

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u/GiantFuckFace RN - PACU 🍕 Jan 06 '24

One thing that took me out of Breaking Bad for a second was when a doctor yelled “Let’s give him 2 grams of oxygen!”

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u/yellowlinedpaper RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 06 '24

I was watching ER back in the day. I heard ‘We’ve got third and fourth degree burns over here!’ I turned it off and never watched it again. I was sad.

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u/Forrrrrster RN - Burn ICU 🍕 Jan 06 '24

I’ve yet to actually see it documented, but some of our APP’s and burn surgeons will refer to some areas as being fourth degree. Usually refers to bone showing and being charred. Another moniker for 4th degree I’ve heard touted around is “burnt to shit” 😂