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ER obsevations
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:28 am
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:28 am
Went to the ER last night. Dad has pneumonia.
Sitting in the waiting room was an eye opener.
Completely empty at 6pm. Filled up by 7pm. Not one of these people needed to be in the ER. It's like they had nothing better to do.
Sitting in the waiting room was an eye opener.
Completely empty at 6pm. Filled up by 7pm. Not one of these people needed to be in the ER. It's like they had nothing better to do.
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Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:29 am to 3rdgentgr
Not a bad place to pick up some strange
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:30 am to 3rdgentgr
How's your dad doing?
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:31 am to 3rdgentgr
quote:Mexican's & AA's?
Completely empty at 6pm. Filled up by 7pm. Not one of these people needed to be in the ER. It's like they had nothing better to do.
They have no insurance or doctor/pediatrician so they load up the ER with trivial illnesses because the ER can't turn them away. It's ridiculous, but it happens everywhere.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:32 am to 3rdgentgr
quote:
Not one of these people needed to be in the ER. It's like they had nothing better to do.
The ER waiting room has been like that every time I’ve had to go in the last 10 years.
If you’re in the ER waiting room longer than maybe an hour or two. you really didn’t need to be there and the staff has definitely deprioritized you. Every time I’ve gone (or been sent/driven there, the waiting room is full of drug seekers and dindu’s and they’ve taken me right back due to an actual emergency.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:32 am to 3rdgentgr
I went to ER to get an IV about a month ago (covid).
I was literally the only patient.
Ghosttown in waiting room.
I was literally the only patient.
Ghosttown in waiting room.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:36 am to 3rdgentgr
quote:
Not one of these people needed to be in the ER. It's like they had nothing better to do.
People already abused the ER and treated it as their own PCP. Seems like it's magnified since covid started.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:40 am to 3rdgentgr
My wife is an ER nurse so I get to hear all the dumb shite people come to the ER for. All these people use the ER instead of having a primary care physician and never pay their bills. People will show up for a cut that requires a bandaid, toothaches, the homeless make shite up so that they can get a turkey sandwich and a place to hang out for a few hours. It's ridiculous.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:44 am to 3rdgentgr
ER doc = primary care physician
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:44 am to YOURADHERE
quote:
My wife is an ER nurse so I get to hear all the dumb shite people come to the ER for.
My late wife was an ER nurse at BR General working the 3 to 11 shift - she had some stories to tell every evening. Many drug addicts know what symptoms to fake to get a fix. The ER nurses and MDs get real weary of some of the stuff they hear.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:45 am to nerd guy
quote:I suppose one saving grace is that a patient can only have 1 person sit with them now.
People already abused the ER and treated it as their own PCP. Seems like it's magnified since covid started.
Before covid massive groups of people would pile up in the ER waiting room with a patient. Like a damn excursion for them, suck up all the AC and raid every vending machine in sight.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:49 am to 3rdgentgr
Ma'am, what symptoms are you experiencing?
I don't be feelin right.
Please fill this out and we'll call you back in a few hours.
I don't be feelin right.
Please fill this out and we'll call you back in a few hours.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:51 am to blueridgeTiger
Brought one of my kids in several years ago on a Friday. Severe dehydration for the stomach bug. As we were leaving, I complimented the nurses and Dr and wished them a good weekend. One of the nurses replied that with LSU and Saints both playing in the afternoon, it probably wouldn’t get very busy until the evenings when the games were over. She was on days so it wouldn’t be that bad for her shift. Found that interesting.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:57 am to YOURADHERE
quote:I worked in an ER for 8 years. This one dude homeless dude would come in in the middle of the night knowing he would get a lunch baggie. But our bag lunches always had turkey sandwiches, and he'd bitch and moan every time saying, "And don't give me that damn turkey sandwich." shite was sad...but hilarious at the same time.
the homeless make shite up so that they can get a turkey sandwich and a place to hang out for a few hours.
This was 10+ years ago so we still used paper charts, so it wasn't uncommon at all to have a homeless person come in by ambulance and the actual chief complaint on the charts was "Patient states he's hungry per EMS"
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:58 am to blueridgeTiger
quote:Definitely. But there's only so many ERs they can visit. Once you become a repeat visitor and they can pull your history, they know for sure who is a drug seeker and can usually tell that person they ain't getting what they want.
Many drug addicts know what symptoms to fake to get a fix
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:59 am to Tigerfan1274
quote:Yep
One of the nurses replied that with LSU and Saints both playing in the afternoon, it probably wouldn’t get very busy until the evenings when the games were over. She was on days so it wouldn’t be that bad for her shift. Found that interesting.
I didn't work directly in the ER recently living in the area but in DFW now, the ERs are a ghost town during Cowboys games.
This post was edited on 9/8/21 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:01 pm to RT1941
quote:
I suppose one saving grace is that a patient can only have 1 person sit with them now.
Before covid massive groups of people would pile up in the ER waiting room with a patient. Like a damn excursion for them, suck up all the AC and raid every vending machine in sight.
Bad news, now instead of waiting inside those same people now just gather in the parking lot or near the entrance. I had to go bring her lunch one day and there was a group of about 15 people hanging out in the parking lot, bbq pit going and all. I later asked her what was going on, turned out one of their 16 year old relatives had shot himself in the leg trying to take a selfie so they all hung out at the hospital most of the day, they were there when I dropped her lunch and were still there when she left that night after her 7pm shift.
Posted on 9/8/21 at 2:06 pm to shel311
Many drug addicts know what symptoms to fake to get a fix
That's true, but in the mid-1960s when my wife was working ER, you didn't have computers to help with this. The addicts would try different ERs and different shifts to get their stuff.
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But there's only so many ERs they can visit. Once you become a repeat visitor and they can pull your history,
That's true, but in the mid-1960s when my wife was working ER, you didn't have computers to help with this. The addicts would try different ERs and different shifts to get their stuff.
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