Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Page 442, December 2004

The twelve cubes of PACU

  • Joe Stemm, MDA

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joe Stemm, MDA, Department of Anesthesia, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17821
    • Poem appears courtesy of Joe Stemm, MDA.

Article Outline

 

Sung to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

In the first cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: an arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the second cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the third cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the fourth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the fifth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the sixth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the seventh cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: nausea/vomiting, excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the eighth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: resuscitation, nausea/vomiting, excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the ninth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: marked hypotension, resuscitation, nausea/vomiting, excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the tenth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: reintubation, marked hypotension, resuscitation, nausea/vomiting, excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the eleventh cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: hypoventilation, reintubation, marked hypotension, resuscitation, nausea/vomiting, excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

In the twelfth cube of PACU, the surgeons gave to me: failed epidural, hypoventilation, reintubation, marked hypotension, resuscitation, nausea/vomiting, excessive shiv’ring, con-di-tion red! four overnights, three on vents, two without beds, and arrest down in cube fifty-three

Joe Stemm, MDA, is Clinical Coordinator, Department of Anesthesia, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA.

PII: S1089-9472(04)00295-3

doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2004.08.009

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Page 442, December 2004