Highest number of people in line at the triage window at one time: 10
Highest number of people in the ER at one time today: 52
Longest length of time someone waited: 3 hours
Most members of one family triaged today: 3
Longest time someone had a symptom they were being seen for: 2 years
Shortest time someone had a symptom they were being seen for: 1/2 hour
Percentage of people who didn't really need to be there: 90%
Dumbest reason to come to the ER: "I want to be seen for an std, I have no symptoms but something doesn't feel right".
Smartest reason to come to ER today: severe chest pain for 3 days
Amount of time left in the shift when I got dinner: 1 hour
Amount of times I felt like running screaming from the ER while working in triage: 12 - at least twice an hour
Great list. I am a triage RN at a busy ER North of Houston. I keep random stats in my head on a daily basis also. I had a mom sign in her 6 kids today (ages 8mos - 7yrs).
ReplyDeleteLol omg! I feel like you work at my hospital! I love your posts, it's nice to know we're not alone.
ReplyDeleteI'm new to ED but a dinosaur in nursing. The scary thing is I find I really like triage and I can't figure out what's wrong with me :) Maybe it's still so new that I haven't seen it all six thousand times yet, or is it that I only have to put up with the dramatic crying for ten minutes and then I'm done with them?
ReplyDeleteLove your blog and look forward to reading it each morning...sometimes I swear we work in the same ER!
Ugh, that gives me anxiety just thinking about it. I hate triage. But I'm good at it, and not a complete a*hole to the patients. So they keep putting me out there. dammit.
ReplyDeleteSmartest reason to come to ER today: severe chest pain for 3 days
ReplyDeletenot really, Smartest would have been Severe cheat pain for 15 Minutes, as it is whatever muscle is gonna be lost is lost
Drug seeker award from triage yesterday goes to Mr Back Pain who ran out of his fentanyl patches & percocet.
ReplyDeleteHe left the ER unhappy & without narcotics.
er nurse from toronto area,- someone signed in to the er at 2am because they had gained weight!!!!
ReplyDeleteI very much dislike working triage. The other day I had a lady with two previously broken legs and bruising all over her face (positive racoon's eyes and positive battle's sign). Her husband got upset with me because I was not addressing her nausea but was addressing her possible head trauma!
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