tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post8585221010638528435..comments2024-02-18T01:56:38.508-06:00Comments on M.D.O.D.: I'd Rather Do it For Free911DOChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-86710356034340597472007-11-12T19:59:00.000-06:002007-11-12T19:59:00.000-06:00Po'opst Rong 2nd year MLB out of LSUPo'opst Rong 2nd year MLB out of LSUerdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-45991187667967816522007-11-12T14:22:00.000-06:002007-11-12T14:22:00.000-06:00you may want to visit our sponsor, www.poopstrong....you may want to visit our sponsor, www.poopstrong.org, they do it all for the children.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-6524266806058506132007-11-12T14:01:00.000-06:002007-11-12T14:01:00.000-06:00Nurse K,I'm talking about lazy-ass welfare recipie...Nurse K,<BR/><BR/>I'm talking about lazy-ass welfare recipients. And, I am sure you know as well as I, most drug seekers will be positive for other substances such as marijuana and cocaine. I'll give you that cocaine metabolizes w/i a few days, but pot sure doesn't...especially in the chronic user. <BR/><BR/>So, while the "system drug seeker" may be able to justify the Vicodin or Perkie, he or she WON'T be able to justify the weed or crack/coke.<BR/><BR/>That's is to which I am referring. One less moocher off of the government's dole is a start...right? <BR/><BR/>Or would it hurt "the children?" ***cough, cough, puke, spit**Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487174438094428976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-91957933195363300412007-11-10T23:34:00.000-06:002007-11-10T23:34:00.000-06:00After a long day, I found a few more things that I...After a long day, I found a few more things that I mind:<BR/><BR/>1) 18 year old female who missed her period, has nausea and breast tenderness and had 2 positive pregnancy tests at home. She comes to the ER for confirmation. Yes, you're pregnant. We use the same pregnancy tests you buy at WalMart.<BR/><BR/>2) A woman who comes in with her kid demanding "shots of Bicillin so we won't get sick over the holidays". They have a PCP, but he wants $75 to see them. So she wants it free.<BR/><BR/>3) The lady with a scheduled hip replacement in 5 days who "just can't wait any longer" and wants it done on Saturday, right now.<BR/><BR/>4) The lady who can't stand up straight and her family is sure she's had a stroke. Turns out that her drug screen is positive for everything EXCEPT marijuana. When confronted, she says "maybe they're putting something in my weed"!<BR/><BR/>These are things that I mind.erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-83560747503724764712007-11-10T15:19:00.000-06:002007-11-10T15:19:00.000-06:00How about a random drug test once every couple of ...<I>How about a random drug test once every couple of months?</I><BR/><BR/>Dear Pink, our physicians are writing the prescriptions; one could hardly fault the patient for taking what was prescribed to him by 8 or 9 different doctors that week.<BR/><BR/>I don't really care if you do coke on the weekends or evenings as long as you do your required job during the week. If you have to have a job, you'll maybe have built-in incentive to not use it anyway.Nurse Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-80492369926817085692007-11-10T13:31:00.000-06:002007-11-10T13:31:00.000-06:00oh God bless you PINK! four letters and two words....oh God bless you PINK! four letters and two words... ACLU and liberal democrats.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-3114561029517029912007-11-10T13:00:00.000-06:002007-11-10T13:00:00.000-06:00Nurse K,How about a random drug test once every co...Nurse K,<BR/><BR/>How about a random drug test once every couple of months? No passie, no bennies. I have to pass one to keep my job. Why in the hell shouldn't moochers have to pass one to benefit from my taxes from said job (and higher premiums)?Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487174438094428976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-36121259998001111612007-11-10T07:56:00.000-06:002007-11-10T07:56:00.000-06:00ladies, happy to help. really, i don't think that ...ladies, <BR/>happy to help. really, i don't think that any ammount of knocking on the head is likely to change the outlook of our legislators. you are assuming that they want to past the best and most reasonable laws. cynic that i am i believe that, especially on one side of the aisle, legislators want little more that re-election. i would like to be wrong about his.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-64013019447464934832007-11-10T05:17:00.000-06:002007-11-10T05:17:00.000-06:00Holy Cats. Do you think we should get the lawmake...Holy Cats. Do you think we should get the lawmakers to hang out and observe in a busy ER for about a month straight before they can enact any more laws? It can't be a bad thing getting them a little perspective.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the replies. Next time I have to use the ER I'll send a bunch of flowers and a nice note. That'll throw you all off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-70243073484635662132007-11-10T02:07:00.000-06:002007-11-10T02:07:00.000-06:00911 doc, no clever comment here, just thanks from...911 doc, no clever comment here, just thanks from a patient for your easy-to-understand explanation of what er docs have to go through. I didn't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-48164643361535235402007-11-09T22:42:00.000-06:002007-11-09T22:42:00.000-06:00here is the site i bought mine from. there are se...here is the site i bought mine from. there are several out there.<BR/><BR/>http://phonejammer.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-52363531735088670592007-11-09T22:19:00.000-06:002007-11-09T22:19:00.000-06:00NO MEDICAIDNO MEDICARENO TRICARE (military insuran...NO MEDICAID<BR/>NO MEDICARE<BR/>NO TRICARE (military insurance for those who don't know)<BR/><BR/>Those are the same three that won't pay me to assist.<BR/><BR/>911 That was the best summation I have read yet. <BR/><BR/>Bongi, I agree, you (I, we) may not get paid either but at least in the OR it sure is a lot more fun to not get paid from an anesthetized patient was can't cuss, insult, complain, and demand while you're treating them. Of course that's easy for me to say, I don't have to do rounds....bahhaha!make mine traumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149160428613740527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-19505240188866841252007-11-09T20:58:00.000-06:002007-11-09T20:58:00.000-06:00heartless and cruel you are ma'am! i'm a romanian/...heartless and cruel you are ma'am! i'm a romanian/cherokee indian/pacific islander/ mexican/ dutch person with all the glory and grandeur attached to my heritage. i demand respect and free stuff!911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-89690061732514922312007-11-09T20:44:00.000-06:002007-11-09T20:44:00.000-06:00I'm going to piss off all the liberals in the audi...I'm going to piss off all the liberals in the audience, but how about requiring a little job action for these 22-year old able-bodied people with 2 or 4 kids in order to get "assistance" from the govt? <BR/><BR/>If you want to choose to live purely off the money of others, you should be out of the category of "government assistance" and into charity care. It should not be mandatory for people to provide assistance to people who are simply choosing to be unemployed for whatever reason. <BR/><BR/>I'm not talking about the truly mentally ill or those with bona fide disabilities; everyone who works in an ER knows who I'm talking about. <BR/><BR/>If some of these people who use ERs the most had an obligation to be at work (and consequences if they didn't go), the amount of time spent in ERs for sniffles and in bed with some new guy having another to have another child would go way down.Nurse Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-2641004558874686992007-11-09T20:12:00.000-06:002007-11-09T20:12:00.000-06:00oh my goodness, please tell me where i can get one...oh my goodness, please tell me where i can get one. <BR/><BR/>thanks for the kudos emergencyemm.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-11851980043325567512007-11-09T19:58:00.000-06:002007-11-09T19:58:00.000-06:00i got tired of patients on cell phones. i bought a...i got tired of patients on cell phones. i bought a cell phone blocker over the internet. they are illegal here so i ordered mine from england. it's the size of a small pager. when i walk into a room where a patient is on their cell phone and holds up their finger for me to wait a minute, i just click it on and poof they are no longer on their cell phone. it's also great at the movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-88442981781256850412007-11-09T19:42:00.000-06:002007-11-09T19:42:00.000-06:00I love yall. Intelligent, and to the point, yet hi...I love yall. Intelligent, and to the point, yet hilarious.EEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13697074755915208566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-34849811149953060832007-11-09T19:38:00.000-06:002007-11-09T19:38:00.000-06:00Lynn: can we get a share of the book profits? Ju...Lynn: can we get a share of the book profits? Just make the check payable to the IRS and put my ss# on it!erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-12144782771649894532007-11-09T19:33:00.000-06:002007-11-09T19:33:00.000-06:00I don't worry about Hillary too much since I don't...<I>I don't worry about Hillary too much since I don't think Congress will let her make too many changes</I><BR/><BR/>I'll worry for the both of us. Frankly that woman scares the crap out of me. I can't wait to get some of this into my writing...Lynn Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958402288888144904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-61727927213654040932007-11-09T16:30:00.000-06:002007-11-09T16:30:00.000-06:00*murmur of agreement*my feelings precisely, i need...*murmur of agreement*<BR/><BR/>my feelings precisely, i need the 'not so sick' patients inbetween the time intensive ones no doubt. <BR/><BR/>one thing that is being floated but will not pass legislative muster is to allow physicians to deduct the cost of the free care they give. even a 10% write off would make a huge difference but, well, i'm a rich doctor and unfeeling and uncaring etc... so that won't be so popular. <BR/><BR/>off to my yacht. <BR/>toodles.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-1780736795801730132007-11-09T16:13:00.000-06:002007-11-09T16:13:00.000-06:00Is a child with a bladder infection an emergency? ...Is a child with a bladder infection an emergency? No. Is a child with pyelonephritis an emergency? Yes. What's the difference....a few hours or days.<BR/><BR/>What IS and ISN'T an emergency is a subject that even insiders can't agree upon. Pink made a choice to go to the ED, made a choice to pay the extra, and made a choice to wait patiently while more serious patients were seen. I can't say that I mind that at all.<BR/><BR/>But when minor patients bitch about the wait, my standard comment is "'Emergency' isn't defined by the fact that you are here".<BR/><BR/>It brightens my shift to walk out of some cluster-fuck drunken asshole who took too many pills, has 4 people holding him down to get an IV started, questions my heritage, and vomits on my shoes...only to pick up a chart for a nice person with a relatively minor problem that's grateful that we're there. <BR/><BR/>When I bitch about the abuse of the ED, I'm not referring to patients like pink. I'm talking about the patients who come 20 times a year for demerol shots for their chronic back pain, or 15 times a year for toothaches since they can't afford a dentist (even though they smoke 3 packs a day and are on their cell phone). I'm talking about the people who have seen 5 different doctors in the past 2 years and no one can figure why a pain shoots out of their big toe and back into their eye socket.<BR/><BR/>I mind the people who won't go to the health department for their STD because there's a $10 charge and they can get care "for free" in the ED.<BR/><BR/>I mind the parents who bring their kids to the ED for fever because "I can get Tylenol for free here".<BR/><BR/>That's what I mind!<BR/><BR/>Some studies have even been done to show that if ED's depended solely on funds garnered from true emergencies...they'd all go bankrupt.<BR/><BR/>The solutions aren't easy, nor are the issues. Surely, Hillary and her band of "experts" (which doesn't include a single practicing physician) can figure this all out! Fortunately, I don't worry about Hillary too much since I don't think Congress will let her make too many changes....but I may be wrong.erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-34141283096070087862007-11-09T15:38:00.000-06:002007-11-09T15:38:00.000-06:00Here is a link to the facility to which I referred...Here is a link to the facility to which I referred:<BR/><BR/>http://24houremergencyroom.com/Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487174438094428976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-19450872041960172042007-11-09T14:59:00.000-06:002007-11-09T14:59:00.000-06:00Bongi, I work in medicine and have for 15+ years. ...Bongi, <BR/><BR/>I work in medicine and have for 15+ years. Trust me when I say, I don't use the ER for a ridiculous reason. The last time my daughter was seen by a doctor was 2 years ago, and that was for a well-check visit.<BR/><BR/>No, it was not a cardiopulmonary arrest in an 8 y/o. It wasn't a seizure, coma, CVA or MVA; however, when dealing with children, sometimes it is prudent to not wait that extra 24 hours when symptoms dictate and the PCP says so. M'kay?<BR/><BR/>Was she as critical as the others in the waiting room, pending patients, or possible ambulance transfers? How in the world am I supposed to know? <BR/><BR/>All I knew was that she was still coherent, able to speak and walk (as were the others, but that's another story)... and thus my question about the urgent care clinic. <BR/><BR/>The one listed in my book was 60 miles away, and the loverly insurance company said in their voice mail to "call back during normal business hours" because I wanted to find a closer urgent care. Great help, right?<BR/><BR/>FWIW, my co-pay is 150.00 for ER visits and urgent is 75.00. I would have GLADLY paid half-price if it meant driving less than 60 miles of uncertainty. Oh, and the nearest hospital had she needed to be admitted would have been 60+ miles away.<BR/><BR/>And, I paid up front to the private ER, as I would have in the ER, because that's how I roll. I pay ENOUGH in monthly premiums (almost 1000.00 for a healthy family of 4) to pashaw savings.<BR/><BR/>So, really, piss off with your ass-umptions.<BR/><BR/>I was merely trying to relate the sign I saw because it directly related to the article posted.Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487174438094428976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-29700135243541815852007-11-09T14:37:00.000-06:002007-11-09T14:37:00.000-06:00dear bongi, your heart's in the right place BUT i ...dear bongi, <BR/>your heart's in the right place BUT i am here to tell you that with the patient population we take care of that no ammount of education will cure this ill. the fact is that for many, they know that they will never have to pay a dime for the best medical care anywhere in the world. there is no consequence to riding the ambulance in for their headache. the worst place to be here is a lower middle class person with a job but no insurance because YOU will pay something and probably get into credit trouble because of it. now YOU are disincentivized from coming to us even in a true emergency. IF, however, you have some throwaway form of insurance, like MEDICAID or any of the state supporte programs for the uninsured, then, by law, we must see and treat you and woe be unto us if we fuck up. as a painful aside, these patients are almost always the ones that are the most demanding, most litigious, and hardest to truly CARE about. if they had to pay even ten dollars in cash every time they came in the problem would quickly vanish. if they had to pay, as they do in MEXICO, to ride the ambulance IN the ambulance, the abuse of EMS would cease as well. <BR/><BR/>this is not rocket surgery (to quote david lee roth), but is completely incomprehensible to hard lefties. if it is not incomprehensible, then it is worse, it's vote buying.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-46353393255809851482007-11-09T14:18:00.000-06:002007-11-09T14:18:00.000-06:00i can't help wondering the reasons for visiting th...i can't help wondering the reasons for visiting the er of the commenters here. i somehow thought e in er stood for emergency.<BR/><BR/>i think, as 911 says, 'emergency medicine has become a victim of its own success'. it is no longer emergency stuff. it is trivia. it is about getting so called service.<BR/><BR/>i think the public needs to be educated. do not come to the emergency room unless it is an emergency. otherwise wait until the big light is in the sky.<BR/><BR/>i also think er personnel need to start turning people away at the doors. if it is not an emergency, find a place called convenience room. go there.<BR/><BR/>this is why i don't think i could work er any more. hats off to you guys that do, though.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.com