Comment preview: Having worked in an emergency room for a number of years, I hope to provide a little bit of personal context to a story such as this, and a lot of similar stories that I have seen which condemn the ER staff unabashedly. It is true that there are a lot o ....

Comment preview: My uncle was NYPD in the south Bronx for 20 years so I've heard about a million truely unbelievable stories, but heres a good one: So he he trying to arrest this guy and it gets physical and a fight ensues. My uncle eventually subdues him but ended up disl ....

Comment preview: As many others have said, she needs to go to the emergency room. I work on an acute psych unit in a hospital, and the behavior you just described is a psychotic break. She's paranoid, delusion, having suicidal ideations. Please take her to emergency servic ....

Comment preview: I got a call while out to dinner with a man I was dating. It was an emergency and I apologized and asked my date if he would please take me to the hospital emergency room right away. My date gave me a little kiss as I got out of the car near the ER stagin ....

Comment preview: One of the strongest tales I've heard of 9/11 is in a book called "Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 bodies and the making of a medical examiner". Part of the introduction to the 9/11 segment was about a doctor hearing about the attack rushing to the emergency ....

Comment preview: > whiteboard markers at the board that work. I always bought my own. It's my professionalism that is affected by standing around like a dill looking for somebody else's whiteboard markers. > Plans on bright paper or a clipboard. When I was subbing I ....

Comment preview: If you have EVER worked in an ER you will know the pervasive nature of non-emergent complaints that the homeless bring to our department. We literally have a guy that checks in at triage 3-4 times per week, with any complaint he can think of, purely to go ....

Comment preview: In the case of an emergency, the hospital is required to treat you. This is why a lot of poor people (read: even many middle class people) will go to the emergency room. Of course, treating people here costs a lot more money than dealing with the problem ....

Comment preview: It doesn't work really. I have insurance through and paid for by my employer. I have to pay $20 to make an appointment to see a doctor. An emergency room visit would cost me $100. Surgeries or broken bones things of that nature I'd be responsible for 2 ....

Comment preview: Oh shes been in our place a total of 5 times in 8 years. when she was at 4 for 4 with the stealing, I warned everyone in my house should L ever come over again for anything, NEVER leave the room that she is in or take your eyes off her. That 5th time, her ....

Comment preview: My overnight job is as an Emergency Room Scribe. I'm basically attached at the hip to an ER Dr. and do all of his documentation, charting, keep track of labs and radiology...stuff like that. It's a dream job and I don't consider it work. It's mostly res ....

Comment preview: American Paramedic here. Yes, some people do consider it socialism, but from what I've seen the majority would have no problem with it. The problem lies in our legislature basically ignoring what the majority of the country wants and instead working for "p ....

Comment preview: A few decades ago a law was passed that required every emergency room to accept patients regardless of their ability to pay. This made it so that people were not dying outside emergency rooms because they couldn't afford needed treatment, but it also meant ....

Comment preview: I may be able to top that one. The gross room. It's the room where the pathologists process all of the samples and specimens that come in from the OR. Essentially it's anything that has come out of a human body that isn't urine or blood. Contents of this r ....

Comment preview: Oh man. Where do I begin? The half-off lunch meat I ate gave me food poisoning on New Year's Eve and I showed up for my first day of work alternating between a fever, vomiting, and the shits. Everyone just assumed I couldn't hold my liquor, and for someone ....

Comment preview: Four of my friends were in a horrible car accident right in front of me. I rode in the ambulance to the emergency room with them and to my surprise the doctors and nurses let me stay in the emergency/critical care room for the entirety of their stay. Aft ....

Comment preview: Yes, I am in the States. I'm not saying don't come in if you feel you need to be seen, of course we will see you, but don't expect to get the service you would get at a walk in. Expect to wait. If all my rooms are full and I have 5 rigs out on scene and yo ....

Comment preview: This happened to me! My story is equally, if not more, fucked. I was rushed to the emergency room with a head injury. My mother handled the insurance. They said they accepted our Cigna. She paid my emergency room copay of $75.00 right then and there. B ....

Comment preview: It's unfortunate that you got a doctor who was less than empathetic with your situation. When you're having a medical issue it's important to interact with someone who seems gentle and supportive. Should you feel violated and traumatized? I would say no bu ....

Comment preview: I got shit from my boss for calling in sick recently. I wasn't sick, my son was. He was so sick that he ended up having to have emergency surgery because a cyst was swelling up in his throat and was causing an issue with his breathing. While I was at the ....

Comment preview: I define an emergency as something that's entirely necessary in the moment, but doesn't fit well into a budget. An emergency is absolutely need based and is certainly not a want. An emergency fund is the lump of cash sitting around that can help lessen the ....

Comment preview: I work in an ER and this is literally happening as we speak. Patient here from Djibouti, in a room but hey the door is closed, awesome right!? We have no gowns appropriate for this type of situation, and the staff has absolutely no idea how to handle this ....

Comment preview: I was working the front desk for a summer camp while in college, and our name tags were held on by two tiny little magnets just like the ones you're talking about. Sitting around in the stark lodgings provided by the school over the summer, I got bored and ....

Comment preview: I am a nurse, but I have never had a first hand witness of the removal of odd objects. I do have a few stories though. Took care of a patient who had to have a 2 foot plastic tube surgically removed from his bowels after "losing" it while giving himself an ....

Comment preview: I used to work in an operating theatre. I had 2 occasions when I felt close to throwing up because of the smell. First one was fairly soon after starting; went into the scope room to help out with an emergency patient. The patient had really runny diarrhea ....