Our new Critical Care Interns have been decided!

Congrats to those who were selected to be part of our Spring 2009 group. Look who’s joining us:

Veronica, Redlands, CA—Graduate of Loma Linda University, Currently working at the Urological Association of Laguna Hills, CA
Blair, Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of University of Vermont, current working at the U of U Hospital on 6 south
Abigail—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of University of Vermont, current working at the U of U Hospital on 6 south
Tamara—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of the U of U, currently working at the U of U Hospital on IMCU
Tyler—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of the U of U, currently working at the Huntsman Cancer Institute
Trevan—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of Provo College, currently working at the U of U Hospital on 3 North
Megan—Taylorsville, UT—Graduating from Salt Lake Community College in Dec. 2008, currently working at the U of U Redwood Clinic
Kimberlee—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of Utah Career College, currently working at the U of U Hospital in the Newborn ICU
Rachel—Provo, UT—Recent graduate of Brigham Young University, currently working for Compaq Computers
Cherry—Clinton, UT—Recent graduate of Salt Lake Community College, currently working at Pioneer Valley Hospital
Brittany—Draper, UT—Graduating from Brigham Young University in Dec. 2008, currently working as a home healthcare aide
Devon—Safford, AZ—Graduating from Eastern Arizona College in Dec. 2008, currently a full time student
David—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of Weber State University, currently working at South Davis Community Hospital
Carly—Provo, UT—Graduating from Brigham Young University in Dec. 2008, currently a full time student
Julie—Salt Lake City, UT—Graduate of the U of U, currently working for Qwest communications
Amber—Gilbert, AZ—Graduating from Northern Arizona University in Dec. 2008, currently a full time student
Whitney—Reno, NV—Graduating from University of Nevada in Dec. 2008, currently a Nurse apprentice at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center

Technical Presentations

We just finished our group technical presentations. The interns took turns teaching each other about different equipment and/or therapies that we use here at the U. Some of the topics that were chosen were: Rapid infuser/bellmont, Leech therapy, Crash Cart/Defibrillator, Hands only CPR, and Continous Dialysis. We had a lot of fun sharing and teaching about our experiences with these therapies.

Good Speaker + Good Friends + Good Food = A Great Time

Last week we held our annual CCRN review. After one year of ICU experience you are eligible to test for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses CCRN exam. We had a great review course with over 65 of our ICU, ER, Airmed, PACU and Cath lab nurses there. 10 of those nurses were Critical Care Interns who have graduated from the CCI program in the past year. Elite performers.

CCI Brochure

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Learning Labs

Pictures of Spring 2008 CCI's

Pictures of a couple of the hands on learning labs that the CCI's participate in. One is the ACLS Patient simulator where we get to practice doing compression, intubating, relieving a tension pneumo and ACLS algorythms. The simulator patient talks to us, has heart and breath sounds, can be shocked, given IV fluids, is connected to an EKG, and can even be ventilated. Another opportunity is provided by our Burn Trauma ICU. They host the Advanced Burn Life Support class twice a year. Our CCI's are often recruited to be the moulage victims (they get dressed up and "accessorized" to look like real burn victims). Both are awesome learning experiences!