It wasn’t the first time that I was witnessing a “fake seizure” at the ED, but it was overwhelming to see how the patient was completely and utterly under her own spell. In her mind, she was having a real seizure with all the symptoms relating to it.
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Dear Professor,
I was a student in your Interviewing Methods class this past January. Although the course is over, I wish to share with you a situation that happened to me at work lately, in which I think could be related with the class you’ve been teaching us.
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I’m fortunate enough to work with very specialized and competent doctors. Most of them have good leadership, good organization and most of all passion for their work. What’s unfortunate, is when one of these doctors completely loses his sense of commitment to the public during his journey.
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After reading an article in the Medscape Blog about violence in the emergency department, it made me realize how much we are exposed to verbal and physical abuse from patients. From the intoxicated, to the psychotic, to the homicidal and to the plain ‘I’m fed up of waiting in the waiting room 1 more minute’ type of person. About 3 years ago, our staff was the victim of a series of physical assaults.
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On Sunday evening, around 19h15, a forty something year old man shows up in triage by ambulance because he had some sort of weakness during the morning. He’s an American Indian who came from up North, escorted to the hospital because of a medical appointment he had to attend the next day. During my physical evaluation the patient didn’t show any signs of distress and didn’t complain of any symptoms. After the paramedic gave me her report she handed me and EKG strip in which she didn’t seem to know what it meant, but for me it seemed at first glance quite alarming, except it didn’t fit the patient’s asymptomatic state.
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Welcome to At the Nursing station, this blog is about my reactions to what actually goes on in the Emergency Room of a Trauma center during a day… From happy moments, to tragedies, funny situations, this chaotic environment is the source of my inspiration for this blog, i hope you'll enjoy reading. Below you'll find some of the most recent comments on the blog and a contact form, feel free to drop me a line
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By Eric on 2010 03 17 1
From the entry 'Lazy doctors'.
Good article. People in the medical profession in particular nurses and doctors have to CARE view the entire comment …
By Pablo on 2010 01 24 2
From the entry 'Triage instinct – part 2'.
I remember when you first told me about this event and how you dealt with the situation. view the entire comment …