tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436929158400133839.post4265515196449647154..comments2022-11-18T15:48:35.284+02:00Comments on Of Bar Stools And Med School: The Emergency Room... Oh the Anarchy!La colleaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09156046528428155367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436929158400133839.post-80797991996914317142009-08-14T05:30:27.988+03:002009-08-14T05:30:27.988+03:00I guess I'm just gonna put in my two cents and...I guess I'm just gonna put in my two cents and say that people need to understand that the ER has such a high turnover that the physicians there inevitably want to attend to their patients as fast as they can, if only were it for them knowing that no matter how busy it is, it can get busier! And they will have to clean up a bigger mess... <br /><br />So the ER problem I believe is basically LaColleaguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436929158400133839.post-16100110918322374952009-08-13T21:12:05.708+03:002009-08-13T21:12:05.708+03:00... ...
I don't know what to tell you :)
Exce...... ...<br />I don't know what to tell you :) <br />Except that so many doctors and students are assigned to so many teams including family medicine, pediatrics, and surgery etc... And naturally patients on triage are sent to one of these teams, which consists (at AUH) of 1 resident, 1 intern, and 2 med students and that' it...That's what outsiders don't see. <br /><br />Again I Le colleaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565055925261233907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436929158400133839.post-64087158953715754502009-08-11T20:46:20.903+03:002009-08-11T20:46:20.903+03:00Honey, I go to UCLH. The A&E there is crazy. M...Honey, I go to UCLH. The A&E there is crazy. Minimum wait time is 2 hours - that's if you're lucky. Once I had to wait 5 hours to be seen and I was seriously ill - like seriously ill.<br /><br />I've been to AUH and I know the waiting time is less. But, I don't get the understaffed concept. There are so many doctors out there, so many med students, etc.poshlemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646938223102683769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436929158400133839.post-18519348681711306312009-08-11T15:36:48.133+03:002009-08-11T15:36:48.133+03:00Hey posh. Good to hear from you again! thanks for ...Hey posh. Good to hear from you again! thanks for your lengthy comment and here's one right back at you!<br /><br />We see everything in the ER. From the hypochondriacs who come in with stupid scratches thinking they might get an amputation, to the even dumber workers coming in with their limbs barely attached thinking they'll be fine with a couple of stitches, to the horny women in theirLe colleaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565055925261233907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436929158400133839.post-6560373821735935262009-08-09T15:34:28.431+03:002009-08-09T15:34:28.431+03:00This is quite an interesting read.
You know, I al...This is quite an interesting read.<br /><br />You know, I always thought if I'd get into med school, I'd love to serve in the ER for as many years as possible for the same reasons you listed. And then specialization comes later. I don't know if this is the norm actually.<br /><br />You get patient A, B, C, and then Posh lol Posh coming to the ER after having waited for 4 hours (in poshlemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646938223102683769noreply@blogger.com