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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which kind of medicine do you like to do, OP? If you know you're going to be mostly dealing with non-emergency situations, maybe you should go for a non-24/7 urgent care, or primary practice. If you like it busy, maybe you need to go to a different ER. [/quote]

Its not that I want it to be busy. I wouldn't wish harm or bad health onto anyone! If we can go a whole shift without any serious injuries, that's great. However, it's when people come in with bullshit that is really annoying. I feel like I'm working crazy hours and just seeing nonsense patients all the time. If I wanted to do GP cases (vaccines, [b]abdominal[/b] pain, chronic pains, management of conditions) then I would work in a GP facility and be home at 10 pm relaxing, not writing the chart of Dave the drunk who comes in every night after drinking 2 6 packs. [/quote]

This one is tough though. I went to the ER for abdominal pain last year because I was in serious pain and it was 11 pm. I thought it might be appendicitis. It turned out it wasn't. It was just a really bad stomach bug or food poisoning. But it was hard for a medical layperson to tell.

I've also gone to the ER for my infant's croup. I felt borderline about that one too but I called my ped's after hours line and that's what they advised me to do. [/quote]

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