tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post4835854761889668662..comments2024-03-20T10:44:38.106-05:00Comments on madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: MAN UPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-6832074867103353122012-10-16T18:48:10.439-05:002012-10-16T18:48:10.439-05:00For liability reasons obviously. For the 99 people...For liability reasons obviously. For the 99 people who have tum tum aches there will be a hundredth with something deadly and other presenting symptoms they either forgot to mention on the phone or just aren't trained enough to catch. Even with this though vomitting x 1 or diarrhea x 1 is not a GD emergency, take a common sense approach before you call 911 or go to the ER. Another favorite of mine is 'chest pain' which is really epigastric/stomach pain post eating spicy barbecue whose pain of 6/10 becomes 2/10 after burping. Common sense dictates Maalox first, not ER visit/911!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-59779697362731406462012-10-12T17:51:08.751-05:002012-10-12T17:51:08.751-05:00If the hospitals don't want "this" o...If the hospitals don't want "this" or "that," then why don't they take a different tack and get on TV, radio, and online and do some public education: "Really, a day or two or even three or four of vomitting or diarrhea will not kill you. You will recover. It takes time. Push the fluids, blah, blah..." <br /><br /> There will always be a portion of the public that have nothing better to do than go sit in a ER waiting room, but there are also some very intelligent others who come into your ERs unnecessarily, because we are not highly trained healthcare pros, and all we know is that we are feeling very sick and the regular doctor is unavailable, and perhaps we live in an area that doesn't have any urgent-cares.<br /><br />The state police and the mayor's office and the school systems all have official spokespersons who go out and deliver messages to the public. What you ER people apparently need to do is get out there on a soapbox and start drumming the desired patient behaviors into patients' heads before they even cross your doorsills. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-13280379964379719032012-10-12T13:59:45.820-05:002012-10-12T13:59:45.820-05:00Feeling nauseous for 2 hours also not an emergency...Feeling nauseous for 2 hours also not an emergency<br />Vomiting x 1....not an emergency<br />Diarrhea yesterday x 1....so not an emergency<br /> <br />All of which presented in our ER yesterday.EDNurseasaurashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039072154469818990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-35842600579648985792012-10-11T04:58:49.443-05:002012-10-11T04:58:49.443-05:00Unless you're unable to keep down water and ar...Unless you're unable to keep down water and are dehydrated (not passing urine, skin pinch test). Then you may need medical attention. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-27173928699243163232012-10-11T01:45:33.775-05:002012-10-11T01:45:33.775-05:00um...its not vomiting and diarrhea it's "...um...its not vomiting and diarrhea it's "vomicking and diarear"vernkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11117973175161774732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-4655440806234536412012-10-11T01:19:51.807-05:002012-10-11T01:19:51.807-05:00Amen!!!!Amen!!!!yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319719137064645744noreply@blogger.com