AirborneMedic replied to runnerdoug87's topic in Texas Nursing
Yes. Definitely sounds like Austin. The cost of living is kinda high because of UT, but there are plenty of outdoor things to do for you non-gamers. Do you like hunting? San Antonio has a much lower...
AirborneMedic replied to runnerdoug87's topic in Texas Nursing
I worked for Baptist and Methodist hospitals in San Antonio off and on for about 4 years. Those are two of the biggest hospitals in the area. Each has about 5 hospitals in the city, not including...
AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency
No coffee in the ER? That's just downright Communist and that hospital should be shut down. Nothing gets done until I've had my coffee. Hell I won't do CPR until there is caffeine running through my...
AirborneMedic replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency
Assuming the waiting area is busy, I don't even ask them to hang up. I stop charting, stand up, open the door to the waiting room and tell them I have to call them back in a while. I call the next...
AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency
Patients who feel they need to call everybody on their contacts list to let them know they are going to the ER. As soon as I get them into triage and begin their assessment everybody on their contact...
AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency
Me: Sir on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most pain you've ever experienced, how bad is your abdominal pain? Pt: It's a 10. (As he's texting away.) Me: So if I took that cell phone and smashed it into...
AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency
Patients with 10/10 migraine, chest or abdominal pain who move like pond water when I call them into triage or try to get them into a gown, but suddenly find the strength to jump out of their skin in...
AirborneMedic replied to forgop's topic in Emergency
When the police or other drunk friends bring in their semiconscious drunk friend to the ER. I'm in my 40's. I bartended for 15 years and spent some time in the Army. I was drunk throughout my 20's....
AirborneMedic replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency
Trauma shears, pen light, sharpie, dry erase marker, stethoscope, hemostats (stack 2 different types of tape on the hemostats and clamp them to the lower edge of your scrubs top, let them dangle),...