Thank you for the education.
I'm always amazed when I walk into an ER to find Docs, Nurses, Techs all sitting, filing their nails, while prospective patients struggle to find a place to sit in the waiting room.
Re. the dissecting aneurysm...
On two separate occasions as we loaded the patient they said,
"I don't think Im going to make it", and both were receiving (unsuccessful) CPR within 15 seconds.
(And the reason that injury is so tough to treat is interesting in itself.)
What level triage do bee stings get for people that are allergic? My friend told me she was admitted before a gunshot wound (but she didn't know what part of the body the other person was shot in).
My husband's hiking buddy was stung, told hubby he needed him to give an epi shot in the thigh, then went unconscious before hubby gave him the shot (it saved him). So I'm sure stings are probably high up, but am wondering if they're in Level 1.
I did one day in the ER as a student, and the things I remember were kidney stone, and anxiety attack once other things were ruled out.
I used to hate being the triage nurse. I was always accused of being "too soft", etc. But I guess that is better than a hardliner buddy I had who used to mentally point out certain patients to herself and mutter "TSTL, TSTL, TSTL". (I think she burnt out, too, heh...)
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