ER

This morning was follow the Respiratory Therapist time for me, which started out as boring as possible watching her give individuals their inhalers. The second half of the morning was the complete opposite as she got called to the ER for a CPR new admit and then got calls for 3 more new admits from an MVA. I watched a few intubations and everything else that happens in the ER when they get trauma admissions. I think I've seen enough of the ER for the rest of my life... but if you haven't spent any time in the ER, it is a totally different world than the rest of the hospital, and probably worth it just to see. Supposedly, Gaston Memorial Hospital used to be the 2nd busiest ER in the state. Probably because it seems the people in Gastonia are always doing something dumb like smoking while on oxygen, shooting themselves in the foot, or crushing up their pain medicine and snorting it.