Triage Call Bell?

[Esme12]

This friend of mine posted a picture....her daughter went to the ER last night and posted a picture of this call bell and the question.

Which one do you think they answer first?

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

I never thought about the setting. I am a LONG time ICU/ED nurse. IN the ICU many didn't use the buttons. IN the Ed they use them incessantly.

Good point.

Incessant call bell takes place in the ICU, too. I amused myself last night by counting calls per hour from a single patient. 27 calls in one hour to address such burning issues as "The room is too hot," "Turn the heat UP, dam it!" "The room is too hot" "The ice chips are too big -- you need to get me smaller ones." "These ice chips are too small and they melt too fast, but if you'd fix the room temperature, that wouldn't happen." 12 or 13 of the calls took place while I was in the room: "Can someone get down here and show this fat ugly whore how to work a ******* THERMOSTAT!"

(I suspect the thermostats in our patient rooms are dummy thermostats anyway -- you can adjust them all day and they rarely result in an actual temperature change.)

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Incessant call bell takes place in the ICU, too. I amused myself last night by counting calls per hour from a single patient. 27 calls in one hour to address such burning issues as "The room is too hot," "Turn the heat UP, dam it!" "The room is too hot" "The ice chips are too big -- you need to get me smaller ones." "These ice chips are too small and they melt too fast, but if you'd fix the room temperature, that wouldn't happen." 12 or 13 of the calls took place while I was in the room: "Can someone get down here and show this fat ugly whore how to work a ******* THERMOSTAT!"

(I suspect the thermostats in our patient rooms are dummy thermostats anyway -- you can adjust them all day and they rarely result in an actual temperature change.)

I did a lot of CTPACU and they were intubated....LOL

There were times though that that they would get hold of the button....and those patients that the call button needs to get lost....LOL

27 calls in one hour to address such burning issues as "The room is too hot," "Turn the heat UP, dam it!" "The room is too hot" "The ice chips are too big -- you need to get me smaller ones." "These ice chips are too small and they melt too fast, but if you'd fix the room temperature, that wouldn't happen." 12 or 13 of the calls took place while I was in the room: "Can someone get down here and show this fat ugly whore how to work a ******* THERMOSTAT!"

I just fell out of my chair laughing!!!!

I have also seen them used a weapons to beat the staff with at 2 AM when they flip out thinking you are in their home and they want to call the police. The unit I worked on was in the round and the patient could see you 24/7...they just yelled "NURSE" or "HEY YOU!" and never used the botton.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

I did a lot of CTPACU and they were intubated....LOL

There were times though that that they would get hold of the button....and those patients that the call button needs to get lost....LOL

I just fell out of my chair laughing!!!!

I have also seen them used a weapons to beat the staff with at 2 AM when they flip out thinking you are in their home and they want to call the police. The unit I worked on was in the round and the patient could see you 24/7...they just yelled "NURSE" or "HEY YOU!" and never used the botton.

The good old days -- when patients stayed intubated over night! Now they're extubating them earlier and that's supposed to be a GOOD thing!

[amberella123]

*eyebrow raise*....