Comments for ER Stories http://erstories.net Real Life Tales from the Emergency Room Wed, 16 May 2012 19:27:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Is there Enough Time in a Day? by TwoDogs http://erstories.net/2012/04/is-there-enough-time-in-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-32865 TwoDogs Wed, 16 May 2012 19:27:52 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5714#comment-32865 You haven't priced a pack of cigarettes in a long time, have you ? Around here they're over $5 a pack. That's $30 per day X 365= $10,950/year ! You haven’t priced a pack of cigarettes in a long time, have you ? Around here they’re over $5 a pack. That’s $30 per day X 365= $10,950/year !

]]> Comment on Great Chief Complaint by Future Pharmer of America http://erstories.net/2012/05/great-chief-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-32861 Future Pharmer of America Wed, 16 May 2012 03:39:34 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5826#comment-32861 @cautious: As Dr Grumpy would say, "Thank you for this interesting consult." @cautious: As Dr Grumpy would say, “Thank you for this interesting consult.”

]]> Comment on Stupid Crap by Cris http://erstories.net/2012/05/stupid-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-32860 Cris Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:59 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5806#comment-32860 When a 50 year old guy presented himself to the ER with numbness in his thighs and abdomen what did the doctors do? Sent him home with a pinched nerve diagnosis. The real diagnosis? Tumor compressing his spinal chord. My point is that sometimes you need to investigate more. When a 50 year old guy presented himself to the ER with numbness in his thighs and abdomen what did the doctors do? Sent him home with a pinched nerve diagnosis. The real diagnosis? Tumor compressing his spinal chord. My point is that sometimes you need to investigate more.

]]> Comment on Not your Guy by Abby http://erstories.net/2012/05/not-your-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-32859 Abby Tue, 15 May 2012 13:06:48 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5786#comment-32859 Normally I really enjoy your posts but this rubbed me the wrong way. I guess you live in a world in which you have healthcare all the time, or at the very least the money to cover your prescriptions out of pocket. Other people live in a world where they would have to pay $180 for an urgent care visit because no PCP will take them w/o insurance, beg the urgent care Dr for an inhaler that they will huff and puff over not being "urgent". You then share you have no insurance and they offer you ONE prescription with no refills. You then pay $207.56 at the pharmacy to fill the CHEAPEST steroid inhaler you can get. So, $390 later you have an inhaler and then you have to choose gas for your car over food. So yep, I do ask my physician friends for help. Normally I really enjoy your posts but this rubbed me the wrong way. I guess you live in a world in which you have healthcare all the time, or at the very least the money to cover your prescriptions out of pocket. Other people live in a world where they would have to pay $180 for an urgent care visit because no PCP will take them w/o insurance, beg the urgent care Dr for an inhaler that they will huff and puff over not being “urgent”. You then share you have no insurance and they offer you ONE prescription with no refills. You then pay $207.56 at the pharmacy to fill the CHEAPEST steroid inhaler you can get. So, $390 later you have an inhaler and then you have to choose gas for your car over food. So yep, I do ask my physician friends for help.

]]> Comment on Great Chief Complaint by cautious http://erstories.net/2012/05/great-chief-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-32855 cautious Mon, 14 May 2012 23:24:39 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5826#comment-32855 better get an ekg, enzymes, echo, ct angio, stress test, and cardiology consult better get an ekg, enzymes, echo, ct angio, stress test, and cardiology consult

]]> Comment on Great Chief Complaint by C http://erstories.net/2012/05/great-chief-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-32853 C Mon, 14 May 2012 17:54:08 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5826#comment-32853 I cure that with cookies, not the ER. Yes, I eat cookies at 3 am, I also run 45 miles a week so I'm gonna eat cookies instead of sucking up resources! Can prescribe cookies, because that would be awesome. I cure that with cookies, not the ER.

Yes, I eat cookies at 3 am, I also run 45 miles a week so I’m gonna eat cookies instead of sucking up resources!

Can prescribe cookies, because that would be awesome.

]]> Comment on Drop Everything! by Jeff http://erstories.net/2012/05/drop-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-32851 Jeff Sun, 13 May 2012 21:13:51 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5814#comment-32851 Let me see if I got this... you want nurses to be able to asess patients at the level that you do, in other words they should be able to draw upon 8 plus years of medical training, many years of expierence, untimate responsibilty for thousands of patients - many of which helped them learn. In other words you want the nurses to act more like doctors? Let me see if I got this… you want nurses to be able to asess patients at the level that you do, in other words they should be able to draw upon 8 plus years of medical training, many years of expierence, untimate responsibilty for thousands of patients – many of which helped them learn. In other words you want the nurses to act more like doctors?

]]> Comment on Denials by Kay Davis http://erstories.net/2012/05/denials/comment-page-1/#comment-32849 Kay Davis Sun, 13 May 2012 15:36:02 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5821#comment-32849 :D you are missing the point of the insurance company By making you send the critical patient by ground ambulance it not only saves the cost os an air ambulance, but the patient dies so no expensive treatment or follow up tests etc. Much beter for their bottom line :D you are missing the point of the insurance company By making you send the critical patient by ground ambulance it not only saves the cost os an air ambulance, but the patient dies so no expensive treatment or follow up tests etc. Much beter for their bottom line

]]> Comment on Stupid Crap by canoehead http://erstories.net/2012/05/stupid-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-32848 canoehead Sun, 13 May 2012 14:44:44 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5806#comment-32848 The docs in our ER got together and made a list of tests they want with each chief complaint, like chest pain. The docs in our ER got together and made a list of tests they want with each chief complaint, like chest pain.

]]> Comment on Drop Everything! by canoehead http://erstories.net/2012/05/drop-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-32847 canoehead Sun, 13 May 2012 12:51:18 +0000 http://erstories.net/?p=5814#comment-32847 Yes please, I've been doing this for 30 years and still call the doc at times when things turn out to be OK. Please go through your assessment with me orally and tell me what you are thinking. I learn something new every time. Yes please, I’ve been doing this for 30 years and still call the doc at times when things turn out to be OK. Please go through your assessment with me orally and tell me what you are thinking. I learn something new every time.

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