At any one time, what percentage of your patients are 5150 holds, psych or intoxicated?
I work in a large, city ED. At any given time, something like 20-30% of our patients are psych holds of various sorts, including the drunks and tweakers... a lot of them are BS, granted, but they take up an inordinate amount of time and attention - and are often very disruptive, and mostly likely to be found urinating and vomiting on themselves.
I get so tired of dealing with them... my eyes light up when I draw a high-acuity patient or assignment.
