Alcohol withdrawal and Delirium Tremens for New Emergency Nurses - ER Nursing Tips

In this video, we talk about alcohol withdrawal including symptoms, what questions you should be asking, treatments, and specific nursing tips. As always, we also have a question to test your knowledge😃 Thank you for tuning in!
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[@marcustroy6613]

I'm ashamed. I'm ugly. If I was handsome I would seek help.

[@boriqualove5568]

The hallucinations and nightmares from alcohol withdrawals are insane!!!

[@timothywait9457]

boriqualove they are

[@xAlbo94]

My girlfriend and I are new ER nurses. It's been a rough and difficult transition. Your videos help so thank you for that.

[@itsvivslife2548]

New grad ER nurse here! You’re videos are soooo helpful. Please keep ‘em coming! They are lifesavers.

[@mizznizz5006]

Thank you for these awesome videos! 4 months in the ER as a new grad and your content has helped me so much

[@lillywolfinger8465]

Thank you for these videos! I'm in my last semester of nursing school and I'm completing my preceptorship in a busy ER. Loving it so far and your videos have helped me a lot with both learning new concepts and reviewing concepts from earlier semesters. Hoping to get hired as a new grad in the ER 🤞🏻

[@daleandrews3552]

I am an alcoholic, but I haven't had a drink for a few years now. Many years ago I went to Hazelton, the famed alcoholic treatment center in Minnesota. On my third day there, I experienced a mild case of D.T.'s where they had to stabalize me. On the first and second day, the friends I made told me I was walking and talking but not making any real sense. I assume I was being treated with librium, the benzodiazepine of choice for alcohol withdrawal. This was back in the early 90's and I don't remember a lot of it. Thanks to A.A., I was able to cope and successfully quit drinking. I "relapsed" a time or two since, but got bac k "on the wagon". Without it, I probably would have drank myself to death.

[@Faith-lr2xm]

How that’s not easy. Good for you!! How much did you used to drink a day?

[@Faith-lr2xm]

Wow* not how.

[@Faith-lr2xm]

Did Librium actually help

[@Fubar-tq7vz]

I've been a heavy drinker around 2 liters to 2.5 liters of vodka sometimes more and I've had 5 detoxes the last 3 I was getting seizures when I tried cutting down my self, I never knew I had them until my alcohol worker came to my house and see me have 2 seizures and phoned an ambulance. Every detox I've had i start hallucinating around day 2 or 3 but the shakes start with in a few hours and get so bad I can't hold anything or eat my self or drink I have to have a babies plastic cup so my drink doesn't spill when I hold it .I never sleep aither for at least a week and I think that makes the hallucinations worse they get that bad I don't know where I am I've been talking to walls I've smashed things because it gets that bad I feel bad that I caused the nurses and doctors a bad time

[@KGB.83]

Hang in there!

[@samajbhanproduction1520]

CALL A "REHABILITATION CENTRE" AND SCHEDULE A PICK IF ANYONE FACES THE SAME SITUATION! THEY KNOW WELL HOW TO HANDLE!

[@dianat.199]

Thanks for sharing your story. It is tough, but you can get thus dark tunnel...seek for help, my friend!

[@ladonnasimpson2954]

Praying 🙏🏽 for you ♥️

[@KatiTheButcher]

I was downplaying symptoms due to having schizophrenia. Turns out I've been having withdrawals the whole 4 weeks I've been cutting down. Hope this helps someone.

[@scibherglennorpiano7710]

Could you do an altered mental status / falls video? Im a new grad in the ED, and your videos have been so helpful in transitioning into this new role

[@scarlettjoehandsome6130]

Isn't alcohol Wonderful?

[@foreverone546]

Are you going to do a video about code blue/rapid response?

[@emergencychaos]

Yes! Do you have any specific question?

[@roland.j.ruttledge]

Great teaching, many thanks UK

[@senaitnegash6113]

I have been waiting for the his video 😍

[@DeliriumTremensScaredSober]

Check out Scared Sober- Delirium Tremens on KZbin. I give you the patience perspective, uneducated, in a worst case scenario. But, i lived(!). Thank you for this video. I am always curious how you train for something so misunderstood and deadly. Dirk:)💯

[@gracewaithaka9382]

Thank you!

[@zebulunbalas147]

I've been to 3 emergency rooms and got turned away. No treatment whatsoever. And still got a bill.

[@ddtt958]

I've heard that people going through severe and even moderate withdrawls get prescribed benzo's sometimes. Wouldn't benzo's just prolong the alcohol withdrawls since they both have an effect on Gaba?

[@whyamimrpink78]

It is tapered down. Just quitting cold turkey can be a huge suck to the body and mind. And it is very painful (I have done it many times). With benzos you are given a dosage and over a few days you are given less and less to where you body reaches a healthy equilibrium.

[@chahrazedzioui1217]

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