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I don’t think most people (including other specialties) truly recognize our scope in emergency medicine. I have done so many people’s first pelvic exam and lost track of how many times I’ve had to tell someone I just met that they have cancer. It’s an astoundingly difficult job.
I literally had a rule in our ER's fast track, the section that took care of minor injuries, lacerations, sprains..., any man that came in with a lac had to be supine on the bed before I numbed him up because I was sick and tired of picking them up off the floor.
To the tech yesterday who rolled her eyes at my order for the EKG and trop in a patient she didn’t think needed it- this is exactly why.
I’d rather rule out an “atypical” presentation than not rule it in.
My aunt had a heart attack and only felt “indigestion” and “flu-like” symptoms
Urgent care said she was fine
This is your reminder that heart attacks in women present differently
(She’s doing okay now, thank goodness)
Healthcare workers when they spend 12 minutes buying groceries and 10 minutes doing chores after a call shift before they go to sleep to wake up and do another call shift