newbie needs help with drugs
Posted By: mt33 on 2008-01-14
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Subject: newbie needs help with drugs
Okay doc says earlier in the report pt lost his prescription for verapamil. In plan doc says renewal of his Verelan SR. In drug book it says they can get easily confused with one another. However, it also states Verelan is listed under brand names for verapamil. Would leave as is or flag it?
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for drugs phonetic guessing, etc. I do Drugs.com
Subject: for drugs phonetic guessing, etc. I do Drugs.com
worth a dry, can also search part of drug ie *threx
Hey Newbie MT
Subject: Hey Newbie MT
I don't mean to put you down at all and I see that you are getting some excellent report, but your reports indicate that you are doing trauma level work. Where is the QA staff with your MTSO? I mean, if you are needing this much help and you are working a trauma hospital, it is going to be hard for you to make it in the long run if you are needing this much help with so many small issues.
Also, from a QA MTSO standpoint, if I thought that if this much of actual reports was being put in a web forum, I would have serious issues with your understanding of any confidentiality agreement you had to sign with the company.
I'm all for helping someone out but I seriously think you are overstepping the bounds of what the intent of creation of this board and of the people enabling you here. How did you pass all the testing to get a job on a trauma hospital? I really do wish you well but I hope someone at your company doesn't recognize these reports and lays you low.
To Newbie (sm)
Subject: To Newbie (sm)
I don't know how new you are, but I think your work is excellent, and you obviously care about doing a good job. We all needed help (still do) and most of us oldsters had people right there with us to help. If I ever see your posts on here, I'll be glad to help you.
As a newbie myself I am also sad to see this...sm
Subject: As a newbie myself I am also sad to see this...sm
... It stinks that someone can get a job by 'cheating' BUT once they are working that will certainly show and the position will open up again. However, this type of thing may be a big reason why so few companies are willing to hire a new graduate. Very sad.
Are you a newbie?
Subject: Are you a newbie?
I have the word *radiology* flagged to auto email me - for potential jobs...
Could you write your questions without that word (radiology) so I don't get them?
Newbie needs help!
I am brand new so this question will probably seem funny to you more experienced MT's....I am typing about a patient's sutures and the doctor said he used 4 0 nylon...how do you type that out?
Thanks for your help!!!
Susan
Newbie needs help again
Subject: Newbie needs help again
I need help from you wonderful people on this board! I am dealing with outward deviation of boty eyes, and here is the sentence:
Apparently the child was operated on at age 2 for (sounds like scabusiness)
please help!
Thank you!
Susan
newbie needs help...Please
Subject: newbie needs help...Please
Continue some OTC cold medicine which has acetaminophen, s/l gawfinocin, dextrum, s/l methorphane and pheniramine. I cannot get these.
Newbie
Subject: Newbie
 Okay, I am sure this is asked over and over and over but I haven't been able to find any recent examples. I am in training and really growing to understand so many reasons why this is an extremely complicated field to work in. I have had to transcribe, as of late, some extremely slurred and garbled transcriptions. I'm doing pretty good on figuring out procedures, drugs, equipment, conditions, etc. But trying to figure out some doctor who sounds either drunk or half asleep, and what they are trying to say is next to impossible. I have found that it doesnt matter how much I slow down or speed up a slurred word, I will still not understand it. So, I would just like to hear some tips of things you guys have tried over the years in this area. I realize that it is something that doesn't have just one or two tricks to figure out, but I have learned there are many creative and resourceful people here! Thanks.
Give us a s/l, Newbie! nm
Subject: Give us a s/l, Newbie! nm
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Newbie MT, you did a really great job with this sm
Subject: Newbie MT, you did a really great job with this sm
tough op! I'm impressed! Not being able to hear it limits the help I can give you, but I've been doing ops for many years, and I think you did great!! As far as paragraphing is concerned, only paragraph if the doc dictates it unless your company says you can do it on your own. Most of the MT we do nowadays is "type what they say," so if they don't paragraph, don't paragraph.
There were a few spots where you should relisten as I couldn't grasp what should go there. Most of my changes involved adding hyphens, as in 12-mm this, or 5-mm that. Both 12 and mm modify the following noun so you need a hyphen here. You had a couple of misspellings (and I think I left you one with "unde") (some things didn't fit my screen). Basically, I think you're being audited because your QA may be thinking you can be advanced to the tougher stuff.
Note, Steri-Strips is a proper name. Also, I see where I didn't change one term which should read (at the end) umbilical port site was closed AT the level of the fascia. And then, The skin was then...
Ya did good, NewbieMT!!!
Newbie's reports
Subject: Newbie's reports
The area in which you most need help is in how to decide what is ethical. The moderator herself does not allow such reports to be posted here. You should have known better. Now you do.
okay, that helps this newbie! ty! nm
Subject: okay, that helps this newbie! ty! nm
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Yes, thanks. I'm a newbie and never had an transfusion before.
Subject: Yes, thanks. I'm a newbie and never had an transfusion before.
newbie reply
Subject: newbie reply
I google what the word sounds like with different spellings and sometimes that helps. Many slurring doctors on my end too! Jenny
Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM
Subject: Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM
I'm an oldie and the doctor giving dictation sounds about 101.
I left it as recess, since recessectomy does not exist and I'm tired of doctors making up words.
I really do appreciate input I receive here, so thanks.
Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM
Subject: Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM
I'm an oldie and the doctor giving dictation sounds about 101.
I left it as recess, since recessectomy does not exist and I'm tired of doctors making up words.
I really do appreciate input I receive here, so thanks.
Newbie posting reports
Subject: Newbie posting reports
Newbie, this is the stuff of which lawsuits are made. Get informed. Get some ethics. Get a clue. Good thing you do not work for my company or you would be out in a New York minute.
You may not be a newbie, but you "pubically stated"???
Subject: You may not be a newbie, but you "pubically stated"???
nm
Newbie works for Sten-Tel
Subject: Newbie works for Sten-Tel
as previous bragged about on the new MT board.
TY! You ladies are lifesavers for a newbie!!
Subject: TY! You ladies are lifesavers for a newbie!!
drugs and lab
Subject: drugs and lab
mumbling doctor here. pt has diabetes with sugars running high--has not been seeing a sl-dopatologist.
drugs--sl-lorclazepam 30 mg at night.
lab--white count sl-550,400.
thanks
drugs
Subject: drugs
D: Sentinel 75 mcg IV and Versed. Sentinel??
need help on 3 drugs
Subject: need help on 3 drugs
Patient has past medical history of CVA, angina, type 2 diabetes. Current meds are Coumadin, Glucophage, aspirin, "_______ glycerin", ibuprofen, Endura, S/L "Lasix PCO", Synthroid, "S/L carbonephrine", Cordarone, Norvasc, Vasotec.
3 drugs
Subject: 3 drugs
I forgot to tell you he is a mumbler. It was nitroglycerin. Imdur, not Endura. Lasix (mumble). I had to flag the "corbinephrine"
drugs
Subject: drugs
agreed. thanks :)
Drugs. . .
Subject: Drugs. . .
s/l Clathoriane?
drugs
Subject: drugs
s/l centinel?
for GI bleeding
drugs...
Subject: drugs...
s/l: Elavyl? (given dosage: 15 mg h.s.)
Tryntol? (given dosage: 400 mg b.i.d.)
drugs dot com.............
Subject: drugs dot com.............
drugs?
Subject: drugs?
sl: tubegous
The digit was then dressed Neosporin and tubegoes
could it be drugs
Subject: could it be drugs
drugs
Subject: drugs
Overdose patient being intubated. Sentence: Patient was given 100 of suc and 1 of bek. I know suc is succinylcholine but what is bek short for? 
help drugs.....
Subject: help drugs.....
s/l enacin used for gout??????
try www.drugs.com
Subject: try www.drugs.com
slowly type in the first couple of letters and you will see that a list of matching meds will open in a drop down box.
yes - taken from drugs.com
Subject: yes - taken from drugs.com
For treating prostate cancer:
- Adults—1.25 to 2.5 mg three times a day.
have you tried drugs.com?
Subject: have you tried drugs.com?
you can put in %lite and it will pull up a list of all drugs with "lite" in it. Also may want to try %lyte as a search.
According to drugs.com both with a "z"
Subject: According to drugs.com both with a "z"
Yep (sm) per drugs.com
Subject: Yep (sm) per drugs.com
Glyburide Micronized
Generic Name: Glyburide Tablets (Micronized) (GLYE-bure-ide)
Brand Name: Examples include Glycron and Glynase
Drugs per BOS
Subject: Drugs per BOS
q.4 h. – transcribe with a space between the 4 and the h – for clarity purposes
similarly for any other number of hours used - i.e. q.6 h.
Lilly
Drugs.com
Subject: Drugs.com
Drugs.com is an excellent site. You can do a partial search of word or even a sounds like search.
drugs.com
Subject: drugs.com
thanks so much.
drugs
Subject: drugs
Duspatalin = Symptomatic treatment of abdominal pain and cramps, bowel disturbances and intestinal discomfort related to irritable bowel syndrome.
Produced by: Solvay Pharmaceutical, Netherlands
drugs
Subject: drugs
Colpermin™
Peppermint Oil
Symptomatic Relief of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HIV drugs
Subject: HIV drugs
http://www.thebody.com/content/art40488.html
I'm not sure if this is one or two drugs being dictated. SM
Subject: I'm not sure if this is one or two drugs being dictated. SM
I will refill her Armour Thyroid and her s/l modratic and estrace
or maybe it s/l modratic in estrace??? any clue what this is ???
drugs for leukemia
Subject: drugs for leukemia
sounds like metosontrone and BP 16???
drugs for asthma
Subject: drugs for asthma
sounds like synicaine spray?
memory drugs
Subject: memory drugs
Hello! I need some help for a foreign acquaintance of mine. He's from the Ukraine, or thereabouts, and has been having memory problems. His doctor discussed some meds with him, but he can't remember what they were, and now he's too embarassed to ask about them again!!?? I told him I'd see if we could get a list together, in the hopes that one (or more) of them would jump off the page at him, and he'd remember what he and his Dr. discussed. Help me!
illicit drugs?
Subject: illicit drugs?
nm
drug help! Not sure if it's one or two drugs...
Subject: drug help! Not sure if it's one or two drugs...
Continue current pulmonary medications, increase s/l Dual and Abuse
or could it be one drug combined? Dualanabuse?
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