Comments on: “Floor Throwing” http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/ A blog from inside the emergency department Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Overcoming Bias « WhiteCoat’s Call Room http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/#comment-6686 Overcoming Bias « WhiteCoat’s Call Room Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:45:58 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/floor-throwing/#comment-6686 [...] the bias is gone. Swear at me, pretend that you’re passed out from severe pain, or engage in floor throwing and the bias is [...]

]]> By: burntoutnurse http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/#comment-75 burntoutnurse Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:03:23 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/floor-throwing/#comment-75 I think there is one or two..maybe 3, no I can think of 4, wait, wait, no 5 off the top of my head of similar patients I deal with on a regular basis in the ER. Sigh… some days I wish triage would be able to “just say no”….

]]> By: Michael http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/#comment-74 Michael Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:48:27 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/floor-throwing/#comment-74 Soon as she walks in you should have the front desk page you overhead whether you are working or not. Hearing your name she will hopefully hightail it out of there.

]]> By: Dr. WhiteCoat http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/#comment-73 Dr. WhiteCoat Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:29:54 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/floor-throwing/#comment-73 Kiki, I wish it was that easy. This lady pages her primary care doc to the ED from the ED phone to complain if she doesn’t get pain meds quick enough. She knows I won’t give her any, so usually if she hears that I am working, she will leave and go to another hospital.

]]> By: Kiki B. http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/#comment-72 Kiki B. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:38:04 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/floor-throwing/#comment-72 “Then the next day, after depleting the hospital reserves of Demerol, this poor soul is seen lifting grocery bags 4 at a time into the trunk of her new Cadillac.”

WONDERFUL!! She won’t be needing any more narcotics for back pain. Taking all of your Demerol obviously cured her. CONGRATULATIONS!! Great job on curing a patient of chronic back pain. I am indeed impressed. ;-) Feel free to use this against her if she comes in again c/o back pain.

]]> By: ERnursey http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/floor-throwing/#comment-71 ERnursey Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:00:53 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/floor-throwing/#comment-71 Oh no, not at my ER they don’t. We don’t play that game.

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