Overnight peoples (aka. Who's up?)

[rogue]

Originally Posted by tommymac

now th elast wave of fun begins. One came via EMS for wrist pain and is threatening to go to another hospital (dont let the door hit you on the way out) and the second thinks by comming back we will do the work up her PCP is supposed to do

Tom

Typical night in ER?



I just read an interesting diagnosis in an ER. Damn...that reminds me. I still need to send you those links. Be on the lookout for a PM!

[tommymac]

Now the frekin drama begins, this ladys making ahuge production out of all of this becasue she has an audience. Thank god this is ove rin 90 minutes and I go to my other job where I am loved by all

Tom

[rogue]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Now the frekin drama begins, this ladys making ahuge production out of all of this becasue she has an audience. Thank god this is ove rin 90 minutes and I go to my other job where I am loved by all

Tom

Don't you just love those?

BTW, you have a PM.

[Curb]

so, just over 2 hours of sleep is all i could tolerate...and they weren't even a good two hours

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Curb

so, just over 2 hours of sleep is all i could tolerate...and they weren't even a good two hours

Sowwy

[tommymac]

interesting how a few of them rag on PA's of course they work in east bumblefuck. Some facilities have different policies as far as billing and that sort of stuff, but we do generate a ton of money for the hospital. The laws vary state to state. NY is prety liberal in what we can do as compared to other states. I do not need a supervising doc in the building he just has to be a phone call away. On a busy shift with the right n urse and attending I can see 30 patients a shift if its all colds and sprained ankles. However we do work up quite a few patients here with appendicitis, cholecystitis, and other surgical cases. We also work the main ER and manage critical patients (well th emore experienced guys do)

Tom

[rogue]

Originally Posted by tommymac

interesting how a few of them rag on PA's of course they work in east bumblefuck. Some facilities have different policies as far as billing and that sort of stuff, but we do generate a ton of money for the hospital. The laws vary state to state. NY is prety liberal in what we can do as compared to other states. I do not need a supervising doc in the building he just has to be a phone call away. On a busy shift with the right n urse and attending I can see 30 patients a shift if its all colds and sprained ankles. However we do work up quite a few patients here with appendicitis, cholecystitis, and other surgical cases. We also work the main ER and manage critical patients (well th emore experienced guys do)

Tom

I've only ran across a couple that don't bag on PA's. Call me ignorant, but I'm really not sure how much difference (training, knowledge, etc) there is between an ER doc and a PA? ER docs get bagged on because it's like they're a jack of all trades and a master of none. Specialist think ER docs don't know shit, hate to be bothered by them, yada...yada...yada...and alot of ER docs bag on PA's. Then the nurses bitch about the docs, docs (and PA's) bag on the nurses.

And when you add EMS, it's another war.



Oh yeah...I forgot to add. They all have one common ground. People who (alot of times constantly) abuse the medical system. Those are the most entertaining of stories, if not the most medically knowledgable.

[tommymac]

Oh the fucking drama here. if this lady doesnt shut up soon shes getting 5 and 2 (remember that)

It can be a love hate relationship with other services. ER is a somewhat newer profession so theyre still trying to be established. We ar ekind of known as cowboys in the medical world. So its an us against the world sort of thing here. We do try to play nice with the other services so we can get stuff done. we do bag on other services and I am sure they bag on us too. For a PA ER is one of the better fields to go into, it pays well (just not here) and the experience we gain here carries into all fields.

Tom

[rogue]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Oh the fucking drama here. if this lady doesnt shut up soon shes getting 5 and 2 (remember that)

It can be a love hate relationship with other services. ER is a somewhat newer profession so theyre still trying to be established. We ar ekind of known as cowboys in the medical world. So its an us against the world sort of thing here. We do try to play nice with the other services so we can get stuff done. we do bag on other services and I am sure they bag on us too. For a PA ER is one of the better fields to go into, it pays well (just not here) and the experience we gain here carries into all fields.

Tom

I gathered that ER is one of the newer professions in the medical world, yet ER's have been around for years. Who tended to them before it became known to be a profession?

And the medics appear to be the most underpaid, according to their knowledge base (or at least the several medics I've been reading) in the medical field.

Edit to add: You didn't explain the difference between a PA and an ER doc.