tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post8668272270020740844..comments2024-02-18T01:56:38.508-06:00Comments on M.D.O.D.: Momma's in Triage911DOChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-51414948248595403262007-11-15T14:19:00.000-06:002007-11-15T14:19:00.000-06:00Anon Aussi,Did your patient have the "Technicolor ...Anon Aussi,<BR/><BR/>Did your patient have the "Technicolor yawn"? That's my favorite Aussie slang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-50272479129394892842007-11-14T18:51:00.000-06:002007-11-14T18:51:00.000-06:00Brian and/or Jennifer et al.:That video rocks. I ...Brian and/or Jennifer et al.:<BR/><BR/>That video rocks. I love the nurse they keep showing saying, "You should make an APPOINTMENT with your DOCTOR for that stuff, honey." <BR/><BR/>The patient that was in the waiting room with a bladder infection for 10 hours went home and called 9-11 to be seen quicker, but ended up being triaged to the waiting room and had to start over. She couldn't take the pain afterall. WOOOHAHAHAH. <BR/><BR/>Cut back to the nurse, "Just cuz you come in by ambulance doesn't mean we're going to see you before everybody else."Nurse Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-22771016683631264552007-11-14T17:31:00.000-06:002007-11-14T17:31:00.000-06:00911-You'll truly appreciate it...It's an "investig...911-<BR/><BR/>You'll truly appreciate it...<BR/><BR/>It's an "investigation" into the misuse of the Cleveland EMS system by patients who call to get transported for toothaches, etc.<BR/><BR/>Comical, at the worst.<BR/><BR/>A picture of our patients, at best.Brian and Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641593122171997030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-28835683853803128132007-11-14T17:28:00.000-06:002007-11-14T17:28:00.000-06:00brian and jen: will check out the video soon, can'...brian and jen: will check out the video soon, can't do it from work. <BR/><BR/>rad girl. as always, you rock. <BR/><BR/>anon. glad you weren't badly hurt. we see kids here all the time for head bonks. the parents are always concerned becuase junior 'is sleepy'. rare, rare thing without a bike or car that the head bonk is significant.<BR/><BR/>rioiriri: that's the way the ER is supposed to work! glad you had a good experience.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-85163839820216626082007-11-14T16:28:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:28:00.000-06:00I went to the ER with an acute gallbladder. The d...I went to the ER with an acute gallbladder. The doc had me diagnosed within 10 seconds, did the ultrasound to verify, and I got surgery just in time.<BR/><BR/>I can't remember the doc's name, but he was damn good, and super nice.<BR/><BR/>The triage nurse didn't make me sit in the waiting room vomiting for too long, thank goodness, but there were some pissy people when I got called back before they did.RioIririhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358432680088606342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-9734800020820331952007-11-14T11:17:00.000-06:002007-11-14T11:17:00.000-06:00The only time I went to the ER as a kid was when I...The only time I went to the ER as a kid was when I ran into a car, and somersaulted over the hood. <BR/><BR/>I was spending the night at a friend's house, which was why I was out riding my bike at dusk. Her Mom wasn't home, something my Mom didn't know!<BR/><BR/>I had a terrible headache all night and called the Pediatrician the next morning. She told me to go to the ER. <BR/><BR/>Clearly if I'd been at home I never would have had the bike accident, which wrecked the nice French 10-speed bike that I saved my babysitting money all summer to buy, and if I had I would have been told to take some aspirin. <BR/><BR/>This was before bike helmets were a big thing, and now days I ALWAYS wear my helmet -- and I have a 24 speed bike. So at least I learned something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-82488742601763245802007-11-14T10:51:00.000-06:002007-11-14T10:51:00.000-06:00I was on the phone with my friend this morning whe...I was on the phone with my friend this morning when my daughter said she was "too sick to go to school". I leaned over, felt her forehead and it felt fine. She looked ok except a little stuffy. I told her she needed to go to school and that she could go to bed early tonight if she needed some extra rest. She persisted in asking me if she could stay home so I told her if I didn't see vomit or blood, she wasn't staying home. My friend laughed and asked when I became such a hardass. I really think once you have a bunch of kids you shift and don't accept any crap anymore. Can I work with your mom? She sounds cool.Radioactive Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588217525296865718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-19044488021683844562007-11-14T09:43:00.000-06:002007-11-14T09:43:00.000-06:00Oh guys....could you kindly run with this video li...Oh guys....could you kindly run with this video link from my local Cleveland FOX affiliate that they ran on the abuse of EMS for transport to the hospital?<BR/><BR/>There's some real gems in it, let me tell you.....just calling for you to hack apart!<BR/><BR/>Thanks much! <BR/><BR/>http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=4924778&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1Brian and Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641593122171997030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-17494104591790122792007-11-14T08:53:00.000-06:002007-11-14T08:53:00.000-06:00I all all for it. WHAT? I mean I am all for it.I all all for it. WHAT? I mean I am all for it.shrodingers cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020541322469047041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-26001497006874009152007-11-14T08:41:00.000-06:002007-11-14T08:41:00.000-06:00I like the Freakonomics book addition. And stop w...I like the Freakonomics book addition. And stop with all the peni, ani, and ass stuff. I'm trying to eat breakfast here. Ladyk, you would have been seen treated and given antibiotics and possibly rabies series (although according to Michael Scott only 4 people die of rabies in the U.S. each year). But you would have had to sit through a 30 minute momma discusion on how NOT to handle or come near a feral cat. Tasers eh. I all all for it as my TASER stock could break through 18 dollars a share.shrodingers cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020541322469047041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-12471775423089920132007-11-14T08:29:00.000-06:002007-11-14T08:29:00.000-06:00SC,Although I am confident that most of our moms c...SC,<BR/>Although I am confident that most of our moms could do a bang-up job in triage, since I'm already on the payroll (and 911, making less than $50.00/hr) I propose that triage nurses be issued a tazer (with training) and proceed to use it (with glee!) liberally. I believe you would see the same results you envisioned in your post.<BR/><BR/>drx, that is probably one the best stories I have heard in a LONG time! Unfortunately, we don't have the balls to say/do something like that...not with all of the lawyers here.RealisticRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578587938149321482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-18950728301733758162007-11-14T07:09:00.000-06:002007-11-14T07:09:00.000-06:00heheh.. the verification word I had to type was li...heheh.. the verification word I had to type was lilyass. Maybe it's the site that's on the binge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-12822015840002015922007-11-14T07:06:00.000-06:002007-11-14T07:06:00.000-06:00Please, Don't make me read "Atlas Shrugged" again....Please, Don't make me read "Atlas Shrugged" again. errgh. Freakonomics is a good read, and The Divine Comedy : Inferno should be read in an annotated version with selections from Pergatory and Heaven - and a player's list so you know who all those Italians are and why he's consigned them to Hell. Great fun, that. ( I ordered the 'one nation...' book last night. I'm hoping for some relief from my sister's constant declarations of "Well, My Therapist Says...." It's like that SOB is a demi-god to her. So annoying....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-28227663982156435952007-11-14T04:48:00.000-06:002007-11-14T04:48:00.000-06:00I was reading about the extinction of the dinosaur...I was reading about the extinction of the dinosaurs a few days ago, and the article said that it was about 300,000 years after the big meteor collision that the dinos disappeared.<BR/><BR/>And yet the anthropocentric global warming loonies are all worried about the last hundred years or so. Climate change is more appropriately measured in millennia than in human generations.scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-66371841341840436882007-11-13T21:36:00.000-06:002007-11-13T21:36:00.000-06:00Nurse K: re: "911--you've been on an ass, anus, an...Nurse K: <BR/><BR/>re: <I>"911--you've been on an ass, anus, and penis kick lately."</I><BR/><BR/>At least it's not an ass, anus, and penis <I>binge</I>.<BR/><BR/>I've never been on one of those, but I can imagine you would wake up sore the morning after.<BR/><BR/>'Cat: I agree with "One Nation Under Therapy" and "Atlas Shrugged", how about "Freakonomics" and Dante's "Inferno"?MonkeyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735317323208263354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-10112872365333061692007-11-13T21:24:00.000-06:002007-11-13T21:24:00.000-06:00Hm.....The last few times I was sent to the ER I h...Hm.....<BR/>The last few times I was sent to the ER I have been admitted..so...<BR/><BR/>There was one time a nurse told me I had to go to the ER. I was bitten by a feral cat. Very very hard, and drew blood and stuff. I freaked about rabies. And...it was on the weekend.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, I got a tetnus shot and antibodics. I am so glad I got them antibodics cause my arm got puffy and I got really sick, for a day. <BR/><BR/>If I saw your Mom I would of hung my head...and said (I am sorry....this seems so silly, but I got bit by a wild animal....)<BR/>Oh...that is what I said to the nurse anyways.<BR/><BR/>Thank god for tiny community hospitals.Ladyk73https://www.blogger.com/profile/08293016397853788993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-7216686415211607792007-11-13T21:04:00.000-06:002007-11-13T21:04:00.000-06:00If my grandma was in triage:She'd stash some EXTRA...If my grandma was in triage:<BR/><BR/>She'd stash some EXTRA STRENGTH tylenol and say "either you can be seen by the doctor after a really long wait or I can just give you SOME OF THE GOOD STUFF (slowly opening the drawer of the triage desk to show the patient the ES Tylenol) and you can lie down at home where it's not so darn loud with these kids and screaming people."<BR/><BR/>If you were having an MI, she'd wheel you back (granny's 82, but she still does everything herself, dammit) and ask if you caught the weather forecast and compare weekend highs and lows between various TV stations on the way to the room.<BR/><BR/>Grandma's never been to the hospital...ever (except to give birth).<BR/><BR/>911--you've been on an ass, anus, and penis kick lately.Nurse Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-15726042313119942252007-11-13T20:44:00.000-06:002007-11-13T20:44:00.000-06:00To our mate down under, I ate at Outback tonight ...To our mate down under, I ate at Outback tonight in your honor. Downed a few Foster's as well. By the way, does the poo go down clockwise or counter-clockwise?<BR/><BR/>Lynn-Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book and it will be added to the book list. <BR/><BR/>And just a warning. My mother is crazy, not crazy crazy, but enough on the edge to keep the waiting room free of all but the SICK and DYING. So if you do hire her, be ready for the press ganey scores to go down for the dept. for the first couple of months.shrodingers cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020541322469047041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-59597570642069104222007-11-13T20:03:00.000-06:002007-11-13T20:03:00.000-06:00Your mom is awesome. I can count on a single hand...Your mom is awesome. I can count on a single hand how times i've been to the ED. Why ED? Doesn't any else see the obvious joke there? I'm sure that it's been done to death tough. If it wasn't for stitches or a broken bone my parents would just look at me and say that I'd be okay. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that my father is a doc and my mom a nurse, but still...only went we had to.D-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204129230069791573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-85228786888974137672007-11-13T19:35:00.000-06:002007-11-13T19:35:00.000-06:00I want to party with your mom, 'Cat. A book select...I want to party with your mom, 'Cat. A book selection should also be <I>Atlas Shrugged</I>. In fact, make it required reading.Lynn Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958402288888144904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-84111678273576350042007-11-13T17:57:00.000-06:002007-11-13T17:57:00.000-06:00dear anonymous, sorry to hear that Oz is going the...dear anonymous, <BR/>sorry to hear that Oz is going the American way. had thought about packing it in and moving there. awesome place, just great. please drop by anytime and comment freely. very interested in the practice of E Med down there. have friends who have done multiple tours in iraq, one of whom is ER and tox boarded, he was very impressed with the Aussie docs he worked with. turns out you guys have a thing for beer or something?<BR/>still remember diving on the barrier reef 18 years ago... just awesome.<BR/><BR/>'cat. we will hire your mom tomorrow and pay her 50$ an hour. she will save us millions.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-33511616969366263942007-11-13T17:54:00.000-06:002007-11-13T17:54:00.000-06:00Unbelievable! I can't wait to tell my children th...Unbelievable! I can't wait to tell my children that they are not the ONLY children in the USA whose mother never took them to a doctor except for vaccinations. They are also going to find it hard to believe that they are one of the few who didn't spend a lot of time in the ER. Another thing they will tell you is that they rarely took an "antibiotic" that they could remember. And guess what....they even lived to be adults. I'll be darn!<BR/><BR/>Awww....poor kids. They had a nurse for a mom and that's just the way things were.My Own Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520236125332553784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-84247804457775541362007-11-13T16:48:00.000-06:002007-11-13T16:48:00.000-06:00Your mother reminds me of my mother.I had occasion...Your mother reminds me of my mother.<BR/><BR/>I had occasion to be a ship's doctor in the Russian Navy. One of the sailors claimed suicidality and I notified the Captain. He handed me his sidearm and told me to hand it to the sailor. <BR/><BR/>I hesitated a bit and he said, "There are no bullets in it. If he puts it to his head and pulls the trigger then we will send him off the ship. If not, tell him to get back to work."<BR/><BR/>Ah. I still get a warm feeling.DRXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768368031163554041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-14953349234874510212007-11-13T16:36:00.000-06:002007-11-13T16:36:00.000-06:00Can we borrow your mum [sic] down here in Australi...Can we borrow your mum [sic] down here in Australia sometime?<BR/>Alas, I fear we're starting to turn into America, with the 'err on the safe side' and send an ambulance for anything and everything.<BR/><BR/>Case in point, I took a call from a person with a known psych hx, who had apparently just found out his girlfriend had 2 weeks to live (same story as last month too). He wanted us (the ambulance service) to take him up to the other side of town to see the girl's family. (No, not the girl - she was somewhere around 80km away).<BR/>When I told him he had no medical need for an ambulance, and that he should get a taxi or walk, he bitched about having no money**, and then told me he was now suddenly suicidial.<BR/>Ding ding! Guess who got an ambulance now!<BR/>(Although he also got the police, and a mental health assessment team, and was (forcibly) taken to the local hospital for assessment, so he didn't end up getting what he wanted).<BR/><BR/>In the real world, he would have been told to harden the f--k up, and walk there, but alas we're not allowed to do that, just in case the waste of space _does_ actually try and kill himself. (Which, IMO, would have saved us all a lot of trouble and resources in the future).<BR/><BR/>** In my state, single person ambulance cover costs around $50 a year, and covers you for as many callouts as your fucked up logic requires. Although, at one point he did bitch about getting a $700 bill for getting an ambulance, yet still went down the 'I'm suicidal now you have to send me an ambulance' path. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com