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Things I have learned from my patients in the ER
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mekender
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Things I have learned from my patients in the ER
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
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Aesop
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
"There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy." -Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Yogimus
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Re: Things I have learned from my patients in the ER
Don't "Just bump" into people.
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arctictom
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I was a first responder ( emt ) decades ago this brings back night my night mares , some people.
You live and learn.
Or you don't live long.
Or you don't live long.
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JustinR
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O.M.G. 
People really are that stupid.
People really are that stupid."The armory was even better. Above the door was a sign: You dream, we build." -Mark Owen, No Easy Day
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"My assault weapon won't be 'illegal,' it will be 'undocumented.'" -KL
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Aesop
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You have no idea.
"There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy." -Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Termite
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Think of it as chlorine for the human gene pool...........JustinR wrote:O.M.G.Aesop wrote:You have no idea.
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Old Grafton
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Man, most of those are..epic.
"When your 15yo daughter gives precipitous delivery to a bleating, underweight infant 30 minutes after presenting to triage c "gas pains", you should run around the department loudly yelling, "I don't know what y'all did or who that baby is, but my lil' girl warn't pregnant when she come in here" "
"When your 15yo daughter gives precipitous delivery to a bleating, underweight infant 30 minutes after presenting to triage c "gas pains", you should run around the department loudly yelling, "I don't know what y'all did or who that baby is, but my lil' girl warn't pregnant when she come in here" "
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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Aesop
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Seen that one.
Except she was 14, and was doing the pregnancy denying herself on the way to L&D. As the illusory infant was crowning at the launch window.
The funny part was the doc who hadn't seen her for her "abdominal pain" (because she came in at the last 1/2 hour of his shift) stopped his charting, looked up and said "Y'know, come to think of it, she was moaning just about every 3 minutes on the dot..." then went right back to finishing his night's paperwork, as the patient screaming on the gurney ("It's not mine! I'm putting it up for adoption!")could be heard all the way towards the elevators.
My body, my choice. Represent for the sisterhood.
Except she was 14, and was doing the pregnancy denying herself on the way to L&D. As the illusory infant was crowning at the launch window.
The funny part was the doc who hadn't seen her for her "abdominal pain" (because she came in at the last 1/2 hour of his shift) stopped his charting, looked up and said "Y'know, come to think of it, she was moaning just about every 3 minutes on the dot..." then went right back to finishing his night's paperwork, as the patient screaming on the gurney ("It's not mine! I'm putting it up for adoption!")could be heard all the way towards the elevators.
My body, my choice. Represent for the sisterhood.
"There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy." -Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Greg
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I spent something like 2 hours reading that today. Hard to stop, it was oddly compelling.
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If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr