Having been in the ER for 59 years, I have always wondered why there are some days that bring in hoardes of people. Like today for example. There has to be some kind of rational scientific explanation involving atmospheric changes or something that brings everybody out at once. Someone work on that alright?
Anyway...I would like to propose a new national holiday that would only apply to ERs. It would be called the "national ER chronic pain patient free holiday". One day a year, all ERs could have this one day in which they wouldn't have to take care of any of the following patients and their complaints:
migraines
arthritis
sciatica
low back pain
neck pain
chronic abdominal pain
fibromyalgia
any weird syndromes
carpal tunnel
knee pain
Joy would ring throughout ER land. Angels would be singing. Nurses would be dancing. Everyone would want to work that day. The day no one did a crappie flop on the floor, threatened to call their lawyer, had to be put out by security...oh happy day....
6 comments:
Can that day please coincide with "no constipation" day?
"Having been in the ER for 59 years, I have always wondered why..."
You've been working in the ER for 59 years???? So which is it, did you start when you were 3 or are you still working at age 77?
Wow, hope you pay better attention to your charting and dosing than you do your blogging.
It was a JOKE my dear, a JOKE...geez
I used to tell younger co-workers that I graduated with Florence-would Anonymous believe that too?!!
ah wouldn't it be nice if one day every single one of my patients had a real diagnosis. Bam, you have an appy, off to the OR. Bam, you're having a STEMI, off to the cath lab. Bam, you have gall stones, you can go home but call this surgeon tomorrow. Even, Bam, you have strep throat, here are some abx. All straight forward, and uncomplicated, and something I can actually help.
Oh, a joke, ahhhh, I see, ha-ha. Wow, not funny. Perhaps 95 years would be a joke - 59 just seems like a mistake. Perhaps it's me. I still have to wonder if you are not 59 years old and just transposed. Anyhow, moving on...
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