VeronicaB, MD
VeronicaB is an emergency medicine resident.
Patient
We’ve all had that hysterical patient. The one that comes in during a busy shift. Grabbing at their head, their chest, their abdomen. Yelling out that they are in pain. You know the one. They makes the nurses’ eyes roll.…
We’ve all had that hysterical patient. The one that comes in during a busy shift. Grabbing at their head, their chest, their abdomen. Yelling out that they are in pain.
You know the one. They makes the nurses’ eyes roll. They add to an already chaotic scene. Other patients stop to watch as the gurney rolls by.
You debate how long you’re going to wait to go into …
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The hysterical patient during a busy ER shift
Conditions and Diseases
A baby died today; a very small infant. One minute I’m excited by the end of my overnight shift quickly approaching, and the next I am hearing the words you never want to hear come over the radio, “En route…
A baby died today; a very small infant. One minute I’m excited by the end of my overnight shift quickly approaching, and the next I am hearing the words you never want to hear come over the radio, “En route to home for infant not breathing.” I think the whole ED staff stopped for a minute waiting for the next report.
Then we begin to organize. Prepare …
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Infant resuscitation in the ED
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