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Prevent Things From Going Bad in the Endo Suite
How to navigate your way around some common problems.
Robin Egbert, RN, BSN

RMV->) Your biggest patients might also be your biggest colonoscopy challenges. We once had to tie two stretchers together to scope a 500-plus-pound patient. Even then, all that weight pressing on his abdomen and his short neck made for a tense time. We had the Ambu bag ready, just in case.

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