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Article: Do you have strategies to care for obese patients?(Report)
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- ED Nursing
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Do you have strategies to care for obese patients?
EDs report numbers are increasing dramatically
(Editors note: This is the first of a two-part series on improving care of obese patients in the ED. This months story addresses special considerations for assessment and supplies. Next month, well cover complications of surgical treatment for morbid obesity you may be seeing in your ED.)
Would you be able to manage an airway, start an intravenous (IV) line, or determine accurate medication dosages for a 300-pound patient in your ED?
We definitely have seen a rise in the number of obese patients in our ED, reports Stephanie J. Baker, RN, ...