Re-Post--watch the ER seizure link...So true and so funny

Did U Ever Feel?--5

 

Just a thought,

 

That you just want to laugh out loud at all the people who come in the ER and say they are going to sue (i.e., you, the doctor, the hospital), somebody. More often than not it is the baker act who never takes drugs and only had two beers (odds on a positive urine drug screen), or the drug seeker who only dilaudid works for, or the entitled toothache , chronic back pain, or hangnail, who believes they are the most important person in the ER and should never have to wait.

 

One thing I have learned over the decades that I have been a nurse and the work I have done as a legal nurse consultant, is:

 

1) Damages have to occur for there to be a legal case

 

2) I have yet to see chronic pain or waiting actually kill anybody or cause damages (When I have to Yell clear in such a case, I may rethink the issue, at least after the 2nd time)

 

3) No one has ever had just two beers when they come into the ER, and only the truly psychotic, some diabetics or very critical head bleeds end up baker acted and have clean urine.

 

4) When the patient has an allergy list a mile long mostly consisting of pain medications except dilaudid, then they may really only need time and therapy.

 

5) When the lawyer on speed dial, bet even the lawyer doesn't answer that phone call...

 The best and most true scenario of way too many ER Patients. Usually not even faking a seizure, but some complaint, to encourage the delivery of some narcotic or benzos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m64cy1MMPg