Callie Lucas

~Live the life you love, love the life you live~ 26 years old •ER/ICU travel nurse •UA alumni •Roll tide y'all

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Just a reminder that a trauma code and a medical code are not the same. When a trauma patient loses pulses, there are only a few interventions that can potentially save their life—and closed chest CPR interferes with virtually all of them.

[ER 💩 Magnet, BSN RN CEN @ERshitmagnet]

nursing student: “I cant wait to graduate, I wanna specialize in ****”

new grad: “I’m so happy I’m in **** specialty! Can’t wait to progress my education/role!”

experienced nurses: “I cant wait to fucking keel over and die”

[ICU Nurse Life @thatnrselife]

Sometimes just because we can keep someone alive doesn’t mean we should. Medicine now a days teeters a line…especially in the ICU.

[Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy]

On Saturday, walking in my neigbourhood, a man complimented my hair and wished me a Happy Mother’s Day.

“Thank you but I am not a mother,” I replied.

“That’s ok. You’ll make a great mother one of these days,” he said.

“That’s not going to happen,” I said, and continued walking

[Penemonium, Drug Duchess @DrugDuchess]

ICU: Can you even do an amiodarone drip down in the ER?

Me: We have a DKA in the hallway as part of a 6:1 assignment. I think we can handle it in a room with a monitor.

[Empress 🖤 @drrdemon]

The emotional trauma and moral injury we sustain working in healthcare cannot be emphasized enough

[JaymetheRN @JaymetheRN]

That feeling when you fought death, hell all night long & you see people going about their lives on the outside completely oblivious to it.

[NurseRoco @bananabagbabe]

I don’t care what my family wants, if I’m 75+ DO NOT CODE ME. Let me die peacefully with all my ribs in place.

[JaymetheRN @JaymetheRN]

Folks. This kinda stuff is one reason we are leaving.

[🆃︎🅸︎🅽︎🅰︎ @USMC_wife_]

#VaccineDeath
There shouldn't be a debate. Don't get vaxxed if you don't want to. I wanted to, so I did. It's just like any other thing. Don't like abortion? Don't get one. Don't like meat? Don't eat it. Don't like drag shows? Don't watch them. It's America. 😉

[Kat BSN, RN, CCRN🩺✨ @SaltyLikeSaline]

We finish coding a patient and then are expected to head to our next patient’s room like nothing ever happened. We are not okay.

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

As an ER doc, I can 100% tell you that after cardiac arrest, CPR and defibrillation (AED), there is no way any provider will say Damar Hamlin is ‘okay’ anytime soon.

Cancel the game @NFL. Let people be together.

[Glen O'Humeral @HumeralO]

Some of you have never worked in the emergency department overnight on New Year's Eve and it shows

[Callie Lucas @CallieLeighh]

@Country_Words @WarrenZeiders

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

When a patient says “I feel like I’m gonna die”, they are about to code until proven otherwise. Trust me on this one.

[RNSuperHero @RNSuperHero]

5 ICU nurses for 17 patients and 20 beds. No help being given. Nurses refusing to clock in an accept 4 patient assignments. Some floors have NO nurses scheduled this morning. 37 nurses short hospital wide. Where is admin?

[Kat BSN, RN, CCRN🩺✨ @SaltyLikeSaline]

Coding someone younger than you is a different kind of trauma

[People Are Wild Podcast! 😷 @peoplearewild]

Do EVERYTHING you can to stay safe and healthy if you're an American right now.

If you come to the ER, be prepared to wait for hours. If you get admitted, be prepared to be held in the ER for hours to days.

It is not just bad out here.

Its grim and unsafe.