Thanks for the story. I am sitting here in my drawers after another horrendous shift in our Emergency Department trying to get sleepy so I can sleep a few hours before I have to go do it again. I was late getting out because I had to do the Blood Born Pathogen routine on a cop who got stuck with a dirty needle while searching a Crack Heads car. As I was leaving through the E.D. waiting area, I had to go around the fist fight in the middle of the triage area between the HIV positive guy who was stabbed and the guy who did the stabbing who had apparently come back to finish the job.The Police who were there with their buddy who got needle stuck decided to break the fight up, so I took advantage of the lull in the fight to get out the door. The friends of the Stabee and the Stabbor were fighting in the parking lot , but I managed to miss all of them as I zipped out of the lot. Just rereading this makes me tired so I am going to sit back and finish my can of Vienna Sausage and drink my diet soft drink before I go on to bed.... Gosh, sometimes I LOVE MY JOB....Keep up the good work...
They give us in the infantry(ex) the CIB if we fight in action. They need to give ER folks a medal for stuff like that...
Wow!
Just Wow!
Words fail me.
I have a cousin who has done ER work at BAMC. The stories he can tell, well....
You guys are awesome!