tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post4561613039529309048..comments2024-02-18T01:56:38.508-06:00Comments on M.D.O.D.: Helpful Hints911DOChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-20612995900882664692007-03-09T11:49:00.000-06:002007-03-09T11:49:00.000-06:00Ha!Ha! Pregnancy test machine! :)Ha!Ha! Pregnancy test machine! :)SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-60698341137275804252007-03-08T23:42:00.000-06:002007-03-08T23:42:00.000-06:00Yeah, you and me we could make a bundle on the pre...Yeah, you and me we could make a bundle on the pregnancy test machine. Go to RiteAid, buy 100 home pregnancy tests for $3 a piece, then vend them from the machine for $500 a piece (which would be less than their bill for me to do the same thing in the ED). Of course the really smart ones demand the "blood test" because "last time my friend Jenny was pregnant they told her she wasn't and all they did was a urine test but three weeks later they did a blood test and she was"... but don't get me started.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-7909702864292027062007-03-06T22:17:00.000-06:002007-03-06T22:17:00.000-06:00911doc if you institute the Lortab gumball machine...911doc if you institute the Lortab gumball machine etc. don't forget the pregnancy test machine next to the work excuse generator.ERnurseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843824564108513499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-83482974926762012972007-03-06T12:41:00.000-06:002007-03-06T12:41:00.000-06:00At my institution the provision of a Lortab gumbal...At my institution the provision of a Lortab gumball machine, automated work excuse generator, and prozac salt-lick in the waiting room has been discussed but has been nixed due to its reliance on sheer logic.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-39563602455845415372007-03-06T12:35:00.000-06:002007-03-06T12:35:00.000-06:00Why can't we have a modern ER like grocery stores?...Why can't we have a modern ER like grocery stores?<BR/><BR/>Self checkout? Have all the patients go to a screen and press buttons. After the machine does the diagnosis, put in the credit or debit card; out comes the pills, needle, thread and self help instructions. <BR/><BR/>Ofcourse there would need to be a tazer robot to jumpstart any of the patients not moving or incapable of using the self checkout machines. <BR/><BR/>It would save alot of money(no doctors), cut down on lawsuits(machines not responsible for incorrect responses etc.), and be more humane (severly ill people would not survive thus being euthanized and not suffering years of medical abuse)<BR/><BR/>%)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-31940898343150677462007-03-05T21:54:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:54:00.000-06:00From a registration perspective - Don't say that a...From a registration perspective - Don't say that all your info is in the computer and don't ask why you have to provide your INS/ID every time you come in. Also, if you read the signage you will see that it is hospital policy requesting that you provide your Ins/ID<BR/><BR/>Do you really think I want to ask you unnecessary questions? Do you really think I want to create more work for myself? Do you really want me to leave or enter inaccurate info in your record that will cause YOU and others a problem later? How much time DO YOU want to waste discussing this instead of getting registered quickly and examined by the doc and out. Do you want the ambulance to come in and bypass you before we finish your registering? I am being paid for my time - are you? Do you really want to sign out AMA and drive to the other busier hospital that is a half hour away?<BR/><BR/>Information changes often and I can't count the number of times there was wrong patient info in the system that needed to be corrected - when nothing had changed.<BR/><BR/>In 20 years I never said these things, but instead I did patiently answer these questions and more. I always cared about their feelings etc., but, I would think - if I had just a dime for every time this or that question was asked. :)SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-44160456552937610702007-03-05T21:22:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:22:00.000-06:00Might I add: please bring with you a list of all t...Might I add: please bring with you a list of all the medications that you are currently taking. It doesn't matter if you generate this list on the computer and didn't have time to type the new ones in before the paramedics trundled you into the ambulance. Either write them in with a good old fashioned instrument of writing or bring the new bottles with you. Do not, DO NOT, tell me "Dr. So and So just started me on a new pill for something... it's small and (pick your color)." About 9.5 hours into a 12 hour shift this week when the umpteenth person tried play 'guess that pill' with me I said, "don't even start that. Do you have any idea how many little white pills there are in the world? What pharmacy do you use?"<BR/>Geeze-us...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16073009476573085983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-61807272060082526042007-03-05T21:11:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:11:00.000-06:00Yep, forgot that one.Yep, forgot that one.shrodingers cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020541322469047041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-76399292628955633772007-03-05T21:04:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:04:00.000-06:00Also, when asked by the doctor "What seems to be t...Also, when asked by the doctor "What seems to be the problem tonight sir?" Do not reply, "I don't know, you're the doctor." One day I will snap at this reply and end up in the pen as some big dude's bitch.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.com