| Being at the hospital for 10 hours
straight isn't all that bad! Neither is hospital food, although it
could be a bit better. Not that I ate that stuff anyway but I did go
to their cafeteria that had some nice food and plenty of vending
machines! Especially when you have Steve the nurse there along side.
This was nothing tragic anyway, being at the hospital, only the time
that I needed to serve for EMT class.
So I decided to do my time
with Goeller on Saturday since I know him and he is a nurse and all.
First person we had to get out immediately was a drunk that was found
by the cops lying on the side of the road. He kept making stupid
comments and such [Alcohol level of .289] and Steve direly
hates drunks. Hell I guess I would too. Well there were several
patients coming in all day from the ambulance, some called in and
most not. The one that Steve got was a pretty critical
patient. He needed the most work and I also got to help the most
here. For instance, I got to prime some IV lines, put on the
electrodes for the heart monitor, and well other non-desirable types
of things as well. This mainly involving seeing some of the tests
that are done that can get you kinda nauseous. Catheters, and scat
tests, YAY! What was good that I liked was going to the CT scan room
and then to the MICU. In house field trips are awesome.
Now throughout the day and more
toward the end, there was some downtime where I would stand around,
maybe walk around the Emergency Room, and also just talk with
the nurses or patients. This would be fine if the day before I had
not worked out so much at school so that I would not have sore
muscles all day. Oh well, the experience was well worth the
discomfort, I suppose. Alzheimer's also seemed to be present in most
of the patients. Probably because most of them were older than most.
But one in Cardiac that Steve claims is nutty [I did not know that at
the time] kept talking. Then later when I came back said who are you,
Oh you came to visit again! Whatever. But if it is relevant she did
mention that I would do great as an EMT and nurse because I have a
“great personality.” I know some readers probably will not attest
to that but suck it up[ cuz it is true. haha
The next few patients were not
assigned to Steve but that does not mean that I need to be his shadow
all day. So I go and find out about the next two cases. One involving
a middle aged woman from a psych institute complaining of slight
stomach discomfort. H mm, I wonder why! After eating Monopoly
pieces I would expect that.
Fortunately there were no metal cars, hats, or bunnies in her stomach
[x-ray] but she did eat the hotels.
Next case was
probably the most interesting of the day. This one was a call in
about an attempted suicide. This 19 year old went
uncontrollable and decided to hang himself. After the rope broke
[because smart one could not rig the rope right] he was found and
called in. This was slightly amusing in itself but also when he was
talking about how hes going to sue the damn hospital for his
stupidity. Mainly concerning how he needed to stay strapped to the
backboard and that it was uncomfortable. A rope around your neck is
not all that comfortable either, slick.
The day was
awesome though. A little long, but if I were the nurse it would be
much better since I would be more active. However what is crazy is
that on almost every damn patient they test blood. That gets quite
boring after awhile and tedious. The nurses were cool though, and
their lounge was even better! How could one survive a 12 hour day
without some fun, relaxation, and chit chat? Oh no, and this brings
me to Steve again. Bragging about his damn new apartment now
instead of his car. Well congrats though, at least you now can leave
your crazy family. Just don't eat that many donuts next time or you
may just need a larger apartment.
Some
nurses on ExpressCare were joking about how one dude came in with
some sort of STD. Syphilis. I don't quite remember but it was
defiantly swollen or something and he was wondering if he should wipe
the crust off his own dick himself. The nurse that came in to tell
the desk nurse and PA said that he was pretty attractive and they
don't know exactly how he ended up like this. Then comes the argument
of who gets to wipe off his dick if they don't send him home to do it
himself. That was pretty entertaining to say the least.
Finally, to
end the day, Steve had no patients and it was getting boring just
standing around and talking with other nurses. Also, it was quite
warm in the ER so we take a walk outside. Guess what happens. This
crazy lady comes up to us dressed in this huge, queer, parka stating
that shes a really sick lady and has this this and this disease. Well
she was sick for sure, up in the head, but anyway she was basically
begging for a flu shot. Now mind you that because of the fuck up in
England, there are no shots being distributed to the hospitals
because there are not many shots at all. If the company monitored
their product we would not have this problem. Well after we told her
we have none and that she could try getting into some clinics in the
area to get one she goes nuts and not only blames Bush for the
problem [when its England's fault] but asks to be put on an
“emergency list.” Now I don't know about you but what the fuck is
an emergency list. Is is non existent. Go home lady and live in your
house for the winter. Then you will not get sick. Take precautions
like dressing warmly and always washing you hands. Why are people so
stupid? Also if you are going to get a shot, I see no purpose in them
at all unless you direly need one for a disease you have that effects
you immune system or if you do not have a strong immune system due to
age [children under 8 and elders over about 55]. Some strands of the
flu virus are not even included in the vaccine so I don't know why
people go crazy all the time. Whatever, people suck what can I say?
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