Something we can relate

Yes, I'm sure many of you who come here may have witnessed a scene like this one in this recent Well article from the NY Times.

Lots of drama. Lots of noise. Lots of "hell no" going on in the background,  even if no one explicitly says it.
Reminded me of Head Nurse's recent post of the cheerful ED nurse.

Makes me miss the drama of the clinic I worked in a few years ago with the character who screamed he was in so much pain until he got shipped off via ambulance and got the Dilaudid. Our character hadn't used that in the Washington ED before, so staff got him/her the goods.

What do you think?

Patient X comes in doubled over for a visit to the SU, with wifey in tow. (She was so sweet and found a wheelchair).

Patient has full set of vitals suggesting he was seriously in pain (high BP, heart rate, etc.) He's consistently doubled over no matter what you do. Doc takes him and works him up. Basically, he's got the back from hell and needs neurosurgery, but at Madison, you only get it on the schedule. Our doc's suggestion: take Patient X to ER at Washington, our sister hospital. Wifey listens and away he goes.

Twenty minutes later, patient shows up at ER, vitals taken, still looks the same.

Another twenty minutes later, ER docs discharge Mr. X. Doc notices in the notes, he got his Dilaudid and was on his way.

It just makes me scratch my head...