Comments on: ER…the TV show’s a lie!

By: amy

amy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:07:41 +0000

that was too funny!!!! I have had many trips to the emergency room. The most entertaining ones are on Friday and Saturday nights. Bring popcorn, it’s better than the movies

By: Becky @ beckydell.blogspot.com

Becky @ beckydell.blogspot.com — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:03:48 +0000

What is UP with that?? Seriously, people do not pay attention to the “sick”/”not sick” signs at medical facilities. So annoying! You never said why you were there, so I guess since you have posted, you must be alright.
One more thing… to the child who was throwing leaves at you…
Bless his little heart for having parents who failed to teach him how to act in public. God love that little brat.

By: Michaelb

Michaelb — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:35:23 +0000

HI, I Agree with you on this one for sure. I work in a hospital and believe me, some of the things people do in a hospital would blow your mind. I have had people try to save me in a hospital, while I was trying to help their sick relative lying there dying. Sex, it happens in hospitals too, god what you walk in on. I think they should go back to the old standard of one visitor at a time, and none at night. But then the reality of that hits home, Sometimes the relatives that stay save their family members lives, a nurse cannot be there every minute.

The things I have heard, god would pill wallpaper. Parents dying while their children trying to get them to sign everything over to them. Or the fights that are caused by someone dying. I had a son try to fight me over his dead fathers body, just because I pronounced him passed. The Guilt, the shame, the demands. Hospitals should be quiet places where people go for help, not a picnic for the whole family whom stare at everyone and the comments, god. oh well, thanks for the rave..

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:12:54 +0000

I’m so sorry you had to experience that, but I’m so grateful that you shared it with your readers. I HATE emergency rooms for similar, if not same, reasons!

By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:38:45 +0000

sputum… the solitary reason why I am a NURSE and NOT a respiratory therapist….
eww.

By: Buffy(Bobbie Brown)

Buffy(Bobbie Brown) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:55:43 +0000

From a dear friend Bobbie Brown February (posted on facebook, too funny not to share!) 9 at 12:03pm
Paul this is all so true the er is the worst place in the world to work..i remember when I was a brand new nurse I had to go down there for a wheelchair..I opened the door and the place was full of cops and prisoners…there was blood everywhere, and some of the prisoners were shackled to anything stable ..I’m sure my eyes got as big as saucers..my friend came put his hands on my shoulders and got me out of there with a wc. What a mess. i work in organized caos but the er is a disaster..you are right about bringing every relative they have esp the little kids who are barefoot, and have green snot running down their faces….YUK..Because I have a bloodhound I do most of the suctioning on my floor and every other floor i float to….Every one thinks BH drool a lot..but you know my dog hardly drools at all..he knows better, and I am never without a towel, but because of this factor I get that wonderous task…it doesn’t really bother me but little smelly kids with snotty noses take the cake…Tell Shelby about that..she will laugh..
Bobbie

By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:32:25 +0000

i’ve been saying since i started nursing school that the TV medical shows are all a lie. the drama does exist, but very rarely do you see any McDreamy’s walking around… trust me, i’ve looked!

and if someone comes into the ER with 30,000 family members, you can bet that all 30,000 of them are going to try to cram into our little bity ICU waiting rooms should they be admitted there.

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:37:59 +0000

So sorry that you had to make the trip but that was laugh-out loud funny!

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:52:33 +0000

My favorite response to the “What brings you to the emergency room tonight, ma’am?” “Well we live in the flight path of the helicopter and it just kept going back and forth, back and forth all night, and I had some heart burn, so I thought I should come on over and get checked out.”

We also have an officially medical term, “Suitcase Sign”. If a patient either brings a suitcase, enough belongings to need a suitcase or enough relatives to carry the suitcases, they are officially staying the night, wether they are sick or not. Always true.

By: Jenny (your lovely niece)

Jenny (your lovely niece) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:04:49 +0000

One of my favorites thus far, UP! Terry cloths shorts!! EEEEEEK!!