ECG interpretation is a skill that any nurse must have. This is also a step ahead for student nurses.
Our clinical instructor shared this website called Six Second ECG: Cardiac Rhythm Simulator. Basically it simulates what can be read in the ECG strip and it also has an exercise where you interpret the current ECG reading. The website is http://www.skillstat.com/ECG_Sim_demo.html
One of the more interesting topics this term, the flail chest is a life threatening condition where the patient breaks two or more ribs. Anyway, I compiled some information and a video so here goes 
A flail chest occurs when a segment of the chest wall breaks under extreme stress and becomes detached from the rest of the chest wall. It occurs when at least two ribs are broken in at least two places, so a part of the chest wall moves independently from the rest of it. The flail segment moves in the opposite direction as the rest of the chest wall: because of the ambient pressure in comparison to the pressure inside the lungs, it goes in while the rest of the chest is moving out, and vice versa. This so-called “paradoxical motion” can increase the work and pain involved in breathing. Studies have found that up to half of people with flail chest die. Flail chest is invariably accompanied by pulmonary contusion, a bruise of the lung tissue that can interfere with blood oxygenation. (Read on …)
I found common laboratory test and their results, our textbook is too big to carry around. This is like a cheat sheet you can carry around with you. Incase you guys want a printable version of it in MS Word format it is available in the forums “student nurses” section
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