Now before you go ape shit understand this is aimed at the verb thats been proudly serving in the ED since around 2:00 pm TODAY. As my partner and I unloaded the third drunk of the evening in one of the local ED's one of the new RN's who looked about 8 years old walks up in a state of complete indignation and states "why didn't you take him to detox?" This was promptly followed by "I notice that your patient is not in a c collar". Ok Clara Barton why don't you take a Quaalude or 15 with this cup of shut the hell up. If you have taken the time to listen to the report you would have caught the fact that the pt was unable to ambulate without assistance. not that that would have mattered to you since you have no idea what the detox criteria are in this town ( able to ambulate W/O assistance, a pressure of less then 180 and a BAC of less then 300). Second of all we transport the afore mentioned douche bag once a day. The pt has CHRONIC lateral neck pain. If you had more then 20 minutes in the field you would understand why the pt was not in a c collar and know enough to keep your mouth shut! After 18 years of doing this it never fails to amaze me how new people to EMS / emergency medicine think they are going to re invent the wheel. I don't know maybe its just me being a grumpy old fart. You would think when the grizzled old Paramedic walks into the room looks at the doc and say's "Hey Bob same story different day. No trauma or new complaints from this morning. Vitals are yada yada yada" The brand new verb would pick up on the fact that these two people have done this once or seven hundred times over the same pt and have a first name working relationship. Maybe just maybe theres some trust there. Maybe just maybe that Paramedic thats been doing this since you were shitting your pants knows what he's doing. But what do I know you clearly have figured out all the answers in your 2 hours on the job. By the way the street lights are on does your mommy know where you are? This post has been edited for length and content! LOL
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Wow. 3 words THER A PEEE! Or how about a foo foo drink with Sprinkels. Had a patient the other day that had a rash all over her body. She was from a nursing home. The rash was 2 weeks old. NH called and wanted her tx. The Doc in the ER was mad at me. I was just doing my job. Next call a drunk on the west side seized puked and peed all over himself. He had no hospital preference. Guess where I took him? We have vays of getting even. Yah!
From this side: There are those of us who get just as pissed as you do when people throw a fit about the patient they're getting. I'm horrified at the fact that some of those shitheads have the same letters after their name that I do.
And Terry, you're right... don't bite the hand.
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