MedicPrincess
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In school we are taught to never walk a patient complaining of chest pain to the ambulance. And in the field we continue with that.
But then I come to work, here in the ER, and it doesn't matter what the person in complaining of, if they can walk under their own power they do.
People complaining of CP with N/V and radiation to the left arm are walked to the back, told to undress from the waist up and lay down on the bed.
So whats the difference between us in the field thinking CP is serious enough to wheel the pt to the truck VS. in the ER where the Nurse makes them walk to their bed?
There are numerous patients that come through our doors and I would immediately get them a wheelchair at the very least, but since "HERE" I am "JUST a registrar" I am not supposed to think under my own power, and then the nurse walks them all over the place.
But then I come to work, here in the ER, and it doesn't matter what the person in complaining of, if they can walk under their own power they do.
People complaining of CP with N/V and radiation to the left arm are walked to the back, told to undress from the waist up and lay down on the bed.
So whats the difference between us in the field thinking CP is serious enough to wheel the pt to the truck VS. in the ER where the Nurse makes them walk to their bed?
There are numerous patients that come through our doors and I would immediately get them a wheelchair at the very least, but since "HERE" I am "JUST a registrar" I am not supposed to think under my own power, and then the nurse walks them all over the place.