So we just had the busiest day I've ever seen. I was working second triage and we were slammed with an endless parade of chest pains, possible AAAs, and severe hypotension patients, all salted with the usual complaints. I had to triage one pretty convincing varicella case in the quiet room. Hope those vaccines work. Top that off with ambulance traffic that would rival the traffic to K-Mart on any average day, and we were really cooking. Hallway beds were everywhere you looked, and we were occasionally putting pretty serious patients in the hall.
Needless to say, everyone's nerves were just a little on edge.
As I walked by one of the fast track PAs, I said, "make it stop!"
"Easy," he replied. "Get a paper and a marker and make a sign to put on the front door: FREE BEER AND PEANUTS AT SAINT CARINGANDSHARING GENERAL.* That should clear everybody out pretty quickly."
If only...
* Name changed to protect the innocent
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Needless to say, everyone's nerves were just a little on edge.
"Easy," he replied. "Get a paper and a marker and make a sign to put on the front door: FREE BEER AND PEANUTS AT SAINT CARINGANDSHARING GENERAL.* That should clear everybody out pretty quickly."
If only...
* Name changed to protect the innocent
Technorati Tags: triage, divert, humor, busy hospital
4 comments:
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If I had a nickel for every time I heard an ER staffer mention "putting a sign up" I'd be retiring tomorrow.
I'm serious.
make it "free narcs" and you'd be outta business
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