DrLilith

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1. Best one sentence handoff report

   DrLilith replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

   They havin' a special on wacky arm-wavin' inflatable tube men at that hospital? Just sayin'.

2. Frequent flier narc users

   DrLilith replied to corky1272RN's topic in Emergency

   Yes, I remember this topic was discussed at a break-out session at a local fam. med. CME conference...one of the local hosp/clinic entities was trying such a program, their first group of patients was about 30-40 people. There were some growing pain...

3. I apologize

   DrLilith replied to uRNmyway's topic in Emergency

   "Hangnail, yeast infection, cold sx for 2 hours...seriously???" Reminds me though of a case from my early primary-care days: 40's-something woman with cc of recurrent yeast infections. Due to the "recurrent" part I ordered a somewhat wider workup, ...

4. Energy drinks and teens coming to ER with chest pain

   DrLilith replied to mt3's topic in Emergency

   ---- This doctor sayeth to many inquiring patients (many times): save your money. Those overhyped drinks are overpriced, and oversweetened.

5. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   DrLilith replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   "status dramaticus event" --- LOVE IT! I am SO stealing this descriptor!! (Thanks for all the awesome stories, I am an Urgent Care doc so I don't often see the acuity or frank ridiculousness that y'all do, but there certainly is some overlap at time...

6. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   DrLilith replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   "ED nurses that wear t-shirts instead of scrub tops." What's wrong with the scrub tops? Love'em. It's the scrub bottoms that never fit right on big-bottomed gals like me (and then the pager falls into the toilet on your 30-sec pee break)! ---- Lo...

7. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   DrLilith replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   "Last shift we were getting ready to incubate a bad COPDer..." I just got the weirdest visual of trying to fit an elderly pink-puffer into a neonatal incubator...lol!