ignorance of some people truly amazes me

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by tommymac

its more the stupidity or the sense of entitlement that gets me going. Working in that neighborhood has been rather interesting actualy, our population is primarily caribeans with some africans, mostly nigerians, african americans then latinos, middle easterners, followed by orthodx/hasidic jews, russians and soem asians. They all have their quirks or things to watch out for and need to be aware of some things, like if a russians in your ER and he even looks remotely sick, hes about to die of something terrible.

Most nights I work the fast track area which in some ways is tougher than the main ER because I need to sort through all the BS that doesnt need to be there to find the one or 2 people that are realy sick and are in need of more immediate care.

When you want ot curse me out because you had to wait 3 hrs for a complaint you had for 3 weeks yeah I may get a little cranky esp if I am doing 5 other things at that time. it can be just as bad in the burbs with all the soccer moms and their sense of entitlement as well. OS what I need to do i smore main Er shifts so we can take care of the really sick people, plus thats more fun for me since its a challenge and makes me think more.

I wonder if there is a ranking somewhere on how it is to deal with certain groups

I personally think soccer moms are worse than anything the ghetto has to offer.

I personally carry a can of 'OFF' just in case I'm cornered.
I've even sprayed my wife on occasion.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I wonder if there is a ranking somewhere on how it is to deal with certain groups

I personally think soccer moms are worse than anything the ghetto has to offer.

I personally carry a can of 'OFF' just in case I'm cornered.
I've even sprayed my wife on occasion.

I have to concur with ya there, since we moved to seaford I see alot more of that esp with some of our neighbors. I think most are pissed becasue a long haired metal head moved in with a bunch of motorcycles. Good thing they didnt see me bring the snakes in.


Not sure you have to handle groups differently, medically you have to worry about certain predispositions. One example is anyone from bangladesh with chest pain is usualy having a heart attack, no matter how old they just have that bad DNA.

The biggest key with all the groups is just making sure you keep control of the room. Took my lumps in the past learning that, may piss off some people along that way but its a small price to pay because otherwise stuff like this happens.

http://dimewars.com/Video/Brooklyn-H...3-24c781419d68

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72lDS...eature=related

that was in a hospitsal down the road from us, if yo ucan try to keep things moving or even create the illusion of it will help calm things down but also show youre not going ot take anyones crap either.