Comments on: Your Doctor Visit (or your wait) May be Longer http://erstories.net/archives/1444 ER Stories Real Life Tales from the Emergency Room Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Wendy http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-11377 Wendy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:16:57 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-11377 Interesting view on Fibro whatever you call em. As someone who "lives" with Fibro every single day and doesn't drug seek, I find this post despicable. I work with a pain management doctor who treats me with respect and not a drug seeker. I have had a back surgery (which I have also read as someone who drug seeks) where I have screws and rods in my back, and a huge mass of scar tissue under a screw sitting on my sciatica. I am in contstant pain. Excruciating pain. I don't bother to go to the ER because I know how useles they are. Interesting view on Fibro whatever you call em. As someone who “lives” with Fibro every single day and doesn’t drug seek, I find this post despicable. I work with a pain management doctor who treats me with respect and not a drug seeker. I have had a back surgery (which I have also read as someone who drug seeks) where I have screws and rods in my back, and a huge mass of scar tissue under a screw sitting on my sciatica. I am in contstant pain. Excruciating pain. I don’t bother to go to the ER because I know how useles they are.

]]> By: ERPA http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-11000 ERPA Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:21:18 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-11000 I could not have said that any better emergency room PA. I could not have said that any better emergency room PA.

]]> By: emergency room PA http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-10999 emergency room PA Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:17:34 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-10999 Most physicians I know cannot keep up with me in fast track. Most have let their skills go to shit when it comes to wound repair, abscess I+D, or splinting fractures. I too get rated on Press Ganey scores and I am in the 99% in every column. I usually see more that 3.5 patients for about 10 hours of my 12 hour shift. I am continuously sent patients that do not belong in fast track. I am constantly admitting patients to the hospital from fast track while seeing the regular 3-4 patients per hour. I am sure that I earn more money for the hospital doing all the EASY work that most physicians refuse to do. I usually bill for more than $650 per hour which is comparable to or greater than most physicians. The down side is that you run your ass off the whole shift and nobody gives you a break to eat. When was the last time you did a 12 hour shift without a break? Most physicians I know cannot keep up with me in fast track. Most have let their skills go to shit when it comes to wound repair, abscess I+D, or splinting fractures. I too get rated on Press Ganey scores and I am in the 99% in every column. I usually see more that 3.5 patients for about 10 hours of my 12 hour shift. I am continuously sent patients that do not belong in fast track. I am constantly admitting patients to the hospital from fast track while seeing the regular 3-4 patients per hour. I am sure that I earn more money for the hospital doing all the EASY work that most physicians refuse to do. I usually bill for more than $650 per hour which is comparable to or greater than most physicians.

The down side is that you run your ass off the whole shift and nobody gives you a break to eat. When was the last time you did a 12 hour shift without a break?

]]> By: Classof65 http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-10985 Classof65 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:22:58 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-10985 Your priorities are correct. The standard by which you are paid is wrong, wrong, wrong and should be changed. Your priorities are correct. The standard by which you are paid is wrong, wrong, wrong and should be changed.

]]> By: LenapeGirl http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-10984 LenapeGirl Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:07:51 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1444#comment-10984 All of us have seen our income levels fall - not just physicians. All of us have seen our income levels fall - not just physicians.

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