Last night in the CVICU, probably ever!

[anoudegozaruna]

Why is it that as soon as I come on to the night float shift, someone in the CVICU tries to bleed out on me? Last night was a post-op heart patient that was pouring out of his chest tube at a rate of about 1200mL per hour. Tonight, ECMO patient who had been stable for the past several days, suddenly started bleeding to her chest tube at about the

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[aoife_hime]

I swear, these sorts of things always happen in spurts (no pun intended). It's like, as soon as it happens to one person, it happens to everyone.

Hope you have a great mini-vacation!