Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Emergency Nursing / Common Medical Condition Seen in the ER

📍Let's talk DKA! What is it? How do patients present? How is it treated in the ER? and specific nursing considerations for Emergency Nurses! 📍

⚡Team Work Makes the Dream Work!
⚡Proactive Not Reactive!
⚡Take a Deep breath, you got this!

💥-Be Proactive Not Reactive! Be prepared ahead of time for anything! Ensure that your rooms are stocked and ready for business. Suction? Oxygen? Ambu Bags? Pulse oximetry? Cardiac monitor leads? Bp cuff? Do you know where your IV supplies are? Is the crash cart readily available? Is your glucometer ready for business?
💥-Team Work Makes the Dream Work! The Emergency Department is dynamic, if you don't work as a team, you will not succeed. Help each other and have fun at the same time. Remember, its One Team.
💥-You will not know everything, EVER, and that's ok! This specifically applies to new grads! Ask questions, lots of them! If everyone is super busy, wait until patients are stabilized, then ask away! The more you know, the more confident you'll be, and at the same time you'll realize how much you actually don't know. So, ask more questions.
💥-Charting is extremely important! HOWEVER, patient care ALWAYS comes before charting! Take notes on a piece of paper as the what is happening with times, then when you do get a chance to sit down, chart away. But don't forget, patient care comes above anything else.

❗ATTENTION❗: The information provided in this video lecture is purely educational, please follow your hospitals or organizations guidelines and policies. The information provided is also not meant to substitute the guidance and care provided by your primary care provider.

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[amandalynn]

This was an extremely helpful video as a new grad, ER nurse. You really broke it down into easily understandable terms, and examples. Thank you! I will definitely be looking through your library and sharing with others.

[FCChelsea]

The anion gap should be less than 12 but you have on your slide 'GAP > 12 (resolved ketoacidosis)' @1421. Sorry for nitpicking! Love your videos. Incredibly useful information.

[chrislast]

I love your video and books. Very very helpful and not a lot of fluff, just straightforward useful information.

One small correction. < means less than and > means greater than. (I am a retired math teacher turned RN.) Thanks again for posting/publishing these!!!

[pillmatik]

Thank you! I am starting my first day of orientation on the floor tomorrow. Super nervous 😬 keep these videos coming please!!

[fp]

So grateful for your videos. Just one note- I think you have your less than/greater than symbols backwards on the slides. > means greater than. < means less than. It helps to remember that the crocodile mouth is eating the larger number.

[rudegangster]

I'm not a nurse, however, I found your presentation very useful to understand the role of point of care testing devices in diabetes treatment. Thank you.

I don't know whether you have already done videos on the use of glucometers in hospital in patients, as I would very much like to know how how glucometers and vbg devices can be used more effectively in hospital wards and clinics.

[aylan.]

I am so glad to see your subscribers growing! Please keep putting out your great content. When you are working in the emergency room, things are so fast-paced that it is difficult to cement concepts in your brain at the time, so when you have laid it all out so clearly it is such a help.
What do you think about a video on stroke?

[danooshs]

You can switch to 5-10 percent dextrose added to saline bag when the bg level approachea 250 mg/dL ☺️

[lynn]

My granddaughter has this we found out today breaks my heart she's 14

[merabbram]

I love thèse vidéos, thank you so much for posting them, I have a question what if some facility doesn’t have ct but ultrasound can they rely on that if patient is coming with dka is it important to perform ultrasound or ct ?