Posted on 01/31/2007 3:42:31 PM PST by 60Gunner
Emergency Nursing Stories Ping.
Thanks for your posts, which are always well-written and informative.
I really appreciate your stories and your dedication.
You convinced me to call my cardiologist tomorrow.
Will you please start pinging me to these? Fascinating read.
good story.....been there { I was an EMT for 16 years}. Saw many people who denied having the big one, right up to the time I was kneeling besides them doing compressions.
Doctors save lives....Nurses Save Doctors....
Great story. I hope that young man is okay now. Could you add me to your ping list, please?
Twenty months ago I was having chest pains and left work and drove myself to the ER. I will never forget the look I got from the nurse when she heard I drove in. I was stupid and lucky. I had 6 bypasses the next day.
Fine work... and fine work. Keep 'em coming.
Was the girl cute? I have a feeling she is going to be available pretty soon, and she seems like a keeper.
ping
Fascinating story about how you not only have to deal with the patient, who definitely can be very uncooperative, but also the loved ones. Appreciate your posts, 60Gunner!
This story is especially good since it deals with the mystifying symptoms of the MI.
Keep up the good work!
pretty please could I be on your ping list?
I married one of these gals, met her in the ER working triage at Parkland.
Checked your page. I'll keep mine. LOL.
Put me on your ping list.
Please add me to your ping list - I still have a copy of your kindergarten teacher's BAC report. Great stuff.
Thank you SO much for another great story and for the ping! I'll say it again, you have a very readable style - entertaining and informative.
And thanks for the job you do saving folks, sometimes in spite of themselves.
Question for when you have the time: What's your experience in the differences, if any, between MI symptoms manifested in women vs. men? I've heard women's symptoms can be more subtle. As a female whose paternal bloodline tends to heart disease, I have more than passing interest in the subject.
That was amazing.
Do you have a "ping" list? Please add me to it, if so.
FReep mail coming.
-Radix
Driving yourself to the ER is always a bad idea, which is why I probably won't do it again... The last time, I did it, I was told that I was going to need back surgury in the next few days, after having given me some demerol. I had a disc rupture into my spinal canal, and I was losing control of my right leg, as the injury got worse. Of course I was in incredible pain. When they released me, they asked where my ride was, and I just told the nurse that they had gone out to get the car. When nobody was looking, I drove myself back to work, and once there, asked for some time off for my surgery.
Mark
I've heard of people being that ridiculously stubborn before, but it always amazes me. It's especially bad when someone who cares about them is worried sick and they still are defiant.
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