The Emergency Room: Expectation vs. Reality

The ER isn't always that exciting...

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[AylaMarianna]

The most unrealistic part is how quickly the caller just accepted an informed, reasonable explanation. 😹

[florendilhobbit]

I Love That he is still polite. It's a silly question to most people, but this kind way of answering and sticking to manners while not doing more than needed was all it took.

[jessicakeethler]

The correct answer is, "did you give him the top half or the bottom half? "
😂

[SoulSurfer]

Most phone calls are like: “ma’am I can’t give you medical advice over the phone, if you’re concerned and want to be seen, we’d be happy to help you… no, we don’t give out wait times over the phone because it is constantly changing and I can’t guarantee how soon you’ll been seen… no, I can’t hold a spot for you in line… ma’am if this is a true medical emergency then you can call 911 or you can-… uh huh, alright we’ll see you when you get here”

[samanthaagundez]

The caller immediately accepted the answer, sounded downright pleasant about it AND said 'thank you'? Not buying it. 🤣

[Lunaris-in-]

As long as no one says the forbidden phrase, it's mellow in the E.R.

[ximenakokoro]

I work at an emergency pet clinic. I had a woman call me once and say, "Do you take Medicare?"
Me, confused: I'm sorry?
Her: See, I got on Medicare (I think) today, and on my benefits, it says that I get one free CAT scan included yearly. So i wanted to know if you all accepted Medicare so I can get my cat scanned and make sure he's healthy.

I won't lie, I did choke on a laugh and had to try to play it off as a cough (not great success and I've always felt bad about it), because I was honestly so taken aback and I never expected that question. It was something that (to me) was so obvious and I had no idea how someone wouldn't know.
Anyways, I explain what a CAT scan was and that no, we don't accept human insurance.

[MicheleLein]

OMG! That's so adorable! I'm thinking a little 85-year-old lady with slight dementia. That's my mom. Until she hit 80, she was completely lucid. Then she went to a nursing home, and within a year, at the height of the pandemic, she was insisting that I had brought her a bologna sandwich because the nursing home had terrible food, and how good it was, along with a bag of cat and dog food because there were 27 stray dogs and cats running through the nursing home, and a squirrel living in the chair in her room, along with mice that ran in and out of her pillow at night. I miss her stories.

[hannalaredo]

Its the same vibe as someone asking this legitimately at the local pharmacy.. “hey, Im out of vitamin b12, is it ok to take 2 vitamins b6??”

[Hands_Up_Flamable]

Its answered so quick you know this isn’t the first time

[tricorvus]

I had to go to Urgent Care Walk In today because I have my (checks list) 5th upper respiratory infection of the year. But on the bright side; I turn 60 on Friday!! Been ER twice this year. It’s way more exciting on tv than it is in real life

[talklikeahicku]

I traveled so one hospital would be nonstop traumas all night, the next hospital I’d sleep between cow tipping gone wrong😂

[imasweetheart]

I was code blue when i was born. I owe doctors/nurses a lot. Them and god. I Wouldn't be here without them a few times now. ❤ thank you. ❤❤❤

[baskervillebee]

My husband worked at a hospital repairing all of the machines. I told him it must feel good helping the doctors save people. He looked at me for a minute and said, "Today I fixed two telephones and a seal-a- meal."

[jlastname]

*pans to waiting room* couple having a domestic…meth addict schitzing out on a paramedic stretcher in the hallway, parents going off at kids running around, old ppl losing their patience, paranoid loner with a knife hidden up their sleeve sitting on the floor with their head in one of their hands….All the action is in the waiting room 😂

[emmicah]

A real day: "what are you here for?" "I stubbed my toe." "Does it hurt or is it discolored?" "No, I just wanted to make sure it was ok." 🙃

[mkieckhe]

Reminds me of the time my ambulance crew went to Dunkin’ and the manager was like “wow!! You guys saving lives?? Doing cpr today??” I had to stop myself from laughing because we’d had exactly one call. Lifting an old lady into her wheelchair then leaving. We got free stuff though from our “life saving”

[Mamabear-gv]

I had to call and see what to do because my son shoved Popcorn kernels up his nose. During the middle of the conversation the Popcorn kernels shot out of his nose like a bb gun. It was one of the weirdest phone calls I think I've ever had to make.

[brandonp]

This reminds me of my patient who was receiving half an oxycodone for pain. For his second dose every day, he would ask if he could have the other half of the pill he started earlier. He thought we held onto the half tablets like one would do at home, lol.

[Auriorium]

Oh I remember what one day was at my local emergency room. It was me calling who just made chlorine gas in my bathroom while cleaning it. Never mix vinegar and bleach. XD