Thursday, June 2, 2011

Day 8: Acute Waiting Emergency Department

11:00pm- Admit intoxicated people to the hospital 


11:30pm- "Release" previously intoxicated people from the waiting room


12:00pm- See patient complaining of knee pain


12:15pm- Admit intoxicated woman with big bump on her head


12:30pm- Question woman: "Do you know where you are?" "Um... beverly?" "Close, but no, you're at Tufts Medical... Do you know what day it is?" "Um... Friday?" "Again, close, but no, its Sunday... who's the president?" "um... I don't know?" "that's ok"


1:00am- Look at knee x-ray, drain patient's knee of fluid.

1:30am- Hold down little boy getting an iv. 


2:00am- Stitch up patient's eye brow after having fallen in a David Guetta concert.


3:00am- Waiting for patients to come in


4:00am- Talk to patient having elbow pains


4:15am- Waiting for patients to come in


5:00am- Begins waking up intoxicated patients


5:30am- Question recently awoken intoxicated patient: "Why did you drink so much?" "Because, the world is ending. Am I in heaven?" "No sir, you are not... What is your name?" "Guess..." "Sir..."


6:00am- Release intoxicated patients


6:30am- Waiting for patients to come in


6:45am- "Well, looks like there won't be anything exciting happening between now and 7 am, so you're free to go"

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