TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS in the E.R. 

Somebody protect that Cinnamon Bun or at least give him a hug. lol.

@@UrielElOsO You see, this is why I love the Internet. Instinct to protect. I see way more "Protect this cinnamon bun" comments than hurtful comments and it makes my little heart soar.

@@Victoriasm31 Well, Austin is working in the healthcare system. Sooner or later, he will meet the one patient that will crushed his innocents away. Even though he is a tough assistant already. You can tell he is still green. You want to protect him, but it will only be a matter of time.

God bless the Austin’s! And as someone with a rare form of brain disease, it’s been the “Austin’s” aka nurses who have done the most for me. I can go into something called “Crisis”. If left untreated I have about an 85% chance of kicking the bucket. I went in by ambulance to the ER and as expected, the nurse was calling the shots. She got me out of crisis and stabilized. Next comes the doctor. She doesn’t understand why my #’s have corrected for the most part. She says “You’re constipated! Get out of here!” (I shit you not). 2 hours before it was touch and go but because I received the correct treatment from the “Austin”, I was going to live. No thanks to the doctor. 2 hours before I was hypotensive, so cold they had to take my temp rectally, hypovolumic, hypoglycemic, soaked from head to toe in a cold sweat and my pulse never went below 120. Bad shape, right? Not according to the doctor! I was only constipated so she streeted me. Thank God for “Austin’s”.

@@kimberly1023 Yeah…. That’s potentially malpractice. Constipation is definitely not the same as hypovolemia and other such stuff. When I worked in a surgical center, I found out quick it was really is the nurses who run the show. Even though the doctors are the ones making the orders, the nurses had authority to question the docs and push for a better treatment.

Lol I am actually laughing out loud

I still keep in mind that ben is the embodiment of all veteran nurses who is devoted to their responsibilities, rich is the guy who can divert the stress to being optimism in necessity, and Austin is... Well, we've been here, seeing him newly hired at episode 1, much like being in his shoe on what's all happening at the hospital while we rage like a monkey for (for women) bleeding at down below and (for men) feeling heartbroken. Just two of the example, don't deny you never seen or experience that stuffs.

It’s a great trait to cultivate.

That's too rare, and not just in nursing.

a good Leader always does.

Oh! I just said I wanted Austin to be my pet and feed him grapes and sausage rolls and throw balls for him!

Well that is creepy is a full grown man

@vanilla bean O2 Nah, not creepy. Adults need love and support too. ❤️

@@IchBinEinNerdable Austin's not even real either lol

@@itsllaboutme Omg! Really? Austin isn't real!? Go crawl back under your rock and let people wish there were Austins in the world instead of people who find it necessary to state the obvious in a condescending way.

I work for West Virginia University surgery and Trauma services at camc General division which is a teaching Hospital. The good nurses really help the interns through the residency, if they will listen to the nurses. Many a nurse has saved a resident's butt.

Your mom sounds like she was a beautiful person ❤ I'm sorry for your loss!

Thank you for sharing and I’m sorry about your loss ❤❤

Heaven has another Angel. My condolences on your loss, from an old nurse🙏

Ah I'm so sry 😟. ❤

Seconded

One night a bunch of us nurses and a couple of third year residents jokingly made up rules for the new residents (July was just around the corner). Rule number one was: listen to the nurses. Rule number two: when in doubt, see rule number one.

during change of shift an environmental tech (housekeeping staff) recognized that a man who was brought in by ambulance in restraints had a brain bleed and was not having a bad reaction to illicit drugs as speculated. he was a friend of her's and she knew he was a tee-totaler. her alerting the staff saved precious minutes in getting him to ct scan and to surgery.

So true!

@@doseckes3183 When you see and hear about a lot of medical urgency I bet you get used to recognize it. Experience is always valuable.

Damn straight!

I love having a variety of staff ages and sexes because they may have seen something or done something you haven’t. Worst I am going to do is say, huh, interesting and look it up to verify.

Thank you

Thank you from a retired ER nurse. Have had many similar occurrences

You’re obviously a smart doc! ❤️

If only some of them wouldn’t get so upset and offended when you do

@@mark9294 the truly great docs DON'T get offended when you get a second or third opinion. In fact though they've never been wrong themselves every single over of my specialists ENCOURAGE second and third opinions. They respect and appreciate input from their respected peers.

That's why they say to advocate yourself. You have the strong arm, otherwise see a different opinion from another hospital or doctor

@@kelly-annflanagan7693 the truly great don’t, but they’re few and far in between

@@mark9294 very true. While I have a multitude of specialists, I am blessed living where I live. As every single one of my specialists are not only ranked in the top 1% but they're also extremely humble and professors of medicine in their chosen field of specialty.

I have a similar story. I was almost unalived by an orange tabby aptly named Rage and fell down a flight of stairs in the middle of the night, resulting in an ankle injury. Nothing showed up on X-rays despite my ankle swelling so much that my skin was starting to split, but later that day an x-ray tech called me and said that even though nothing showed clearly on the films there was some shadowing that he was concerned about and that i should treat it like it's broken. Followed up with Ortho a few weeks later after the swelling had gone down a bit and X-rays showed multiple fractures.

I worked for a physician who did clinical & research (he came up with the questions, I figured out how to answer them). He had tremendous respect & admiration for the nurses, treated them like gold. The nurses all loved him & wished all docs were like that. His patients got better attention, too, bc of how well he treated them. Some of the docs were incredibly nasty to nurses. Considering how vital they are & how hard they work, I couldn't believe the levels of arrogance & jerkiness some MDs showed toward them. Tho I have a lot of health problems so have seen a LOT of nurses, & some of them reeeally should've been in a different profession. One where they had no contact with people.

19 months is precise. Dr. Chris Bernards of Seattle, also 19 months. Thanks, for sharing ❤️

@@nelsblair2667 I'm so sorry to hear about Dr. Bernards. I did look him up, I'm actually in Seattle myself. It seems like we lose the best and brightest to brain cancer. I'm so sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing, too 💜🐿

My heart goes out to you in your loss.

@@mimita1157 Thank you 💜🐿

My condolences. God bless you and your family.

Thank you for doing the work that you do

In my experience most supers start yelling & don't pitch in to help. After a wks as a super was chastised by the DON to just supervise & not relieve nurses/ techs for breaks or assist them to perform their duties. Right O. Left Tx Gulf Coast forever to travel.( Different hospital no less)

True, but if it'd been negative, the RN woudl've caught hell. That's why we hesitate these days.

I always try to err on the side of caution and its saved our asses before from ensuring we had functional gear to patient care always listen to that nagging suspension if it means more care and never if it means less

except when you upset your supervisors you get written up and fired :D

I got a tear in my left eye at the end. And Austin loves everyone. I tell people "I love you" too. Even ones who are just acquaintances.

Leaving something you’re not aware of untreated is not tantamount to killing.

@@jenniferlynn329 You never know what day might be your last, so let everyone you care about know they are loved. Whether they want it or not.

​@@BijinMCMXCtrue, but it can certainly feel that way when you're the one who could have fixed it but dismissed the signs.

@@Aggiemayson I agree

I once went to the ER as a young boy for something similar - drank an energy drink and later that day felt like something was terribly wrong. They did end up sending me home with a diagnosis of anxiety/panic attack but I do recall them giving me an ekg first. Even though it didn’t turn up anything serious it helped to know that I was being taken seriously even as a kid. Must not have been a busy day that night 😄

I think these are like great medical show summaries. Just my style. Quick intro, plot, small plot twist, and ending without having to watch an hour of tv. They’re perfect!

Agree!

I was gonna say, this is the only medical show I’ve ever been into!

Scrubs but 2024!!

So true!! He is amazing!!

I was thinking the same thing!!

Have you watched the series Frank James does "If ____ were people"? He does things like planets, movie genres, Starbucks drinks, and they're all really funny.

You may also enjoy Drew Talbert's restaurant related channel!

At 69 I am little attracted to that one character he plays, but not the other 2.I like them but not the same way. Too top it off I have always had a thing for older men. I do not know how he does that.

Sometimes it’s as simple as, a life is worth getting scolded by superiors. 9 bad calls are worth the 1 definitely needed

Rampant drug use causes another toll on society that is rarely talked about. People with health or mental health problems are not no given the medical attention they need, because their symptoms look like a typical drug use issue.

Wow that's sad but also glad that the nurse cares. It's a very demaning job and so I feel bad anytime I had to go to the ER. Sometimes they are mean and say unnecessary things to make me feel bad but I forgive them because I know they're stressed. I'm also autistic so I get sad a lot if I feel like I'm being annoying or making someone mad. Kind of a double edged sword. That's why I try to stay home no matter what unless I feel like I need to go even if they are mad at me and I'll feel sad.

@@CaptainEdMercer well here's one thing I will say particularly nurses go into that profession because they care so we all have to realize we are all going through something so don't take anger personally. "Water off a ducks back " is the best quote to me.

@@CaptainEdMercer If it can comfort you, there's a good chance you might simply be misinterpreting their body language and think they are mad at you when in reality they are more in a constant state of edge throughout the day and will snap a little when people can't keep up with their rythm. Autism and its effects differ from person to person, but it has good chances to be the reason why there's some communication problems. Really, don't take it too seriously, even if you slightly annoy them, they'll probably forget in a few minutes.

@@CaptainEdMercer I feel like I relate to feeling hurt when someone seems irritated/annoyed with you, it's the worst. I'm still struggling with it, one thing that's starting to help though is realizing that people are dealing with their own stuff, kinda like a veil over their experience, so they can have a sharp reaction to something we do/say that objectively is totally fine and neutral, but for them it was one more stimulus that knocked their pent-up stressed brain over the edge a bit. And I mean literally, stimulus. Kinda like my therapist pointed out that somebody could be having a terrible day, everything goes wrong on the way to work and they were already stressed out from big life events and worry, and then someone says "Hi how are you?" and they blow up on them, or maybe are just curt and kinda rude to that person. It's easy for the person who greeted them to feel like, "what did I say? did I say it in the wrong tone of voice? was that rude?" but actually you were totally fine, all the stress on their mind means they're not just reacting to what's happening in the moment. I'm still in the process of figuring it out, where I'm at currently it seems like maybe people who are curt/tense/rude/angry are stressed or hurt in some way and it's not a reflection of who I am as a person, it doesn't mean I'm bad just because they're acting that way. I still get anxious around people who are running with that kind of "tight" energy, it's not comfortable :P

Well, at least there’s RU-vid

no Urgent when i twisted my ankle beyond 90⁰ and the covid conga was On can barely walk still...

I’m sorry you went through that :(

My dad had a somewhat similar situation (minus edibles). He unfortunately got Ben in this scenario. Was sent home with a diagnosis of an severe ear infection. After finally getting my mom to phone a friend of theirs who could authorize a CT scan, found it was a brain aneurysm. He miraculously made it through, but ended up with Alzheimers for his last 6 years. Don't know if it would've made a difference if they caught it that night, but don't let anyone tell you you're "ok"

Excellent comment, thank you for sharing! A reminder that even if people treat you like an annoyance sometimes, at the end of the day, you're the one living with your health day in and day out. Viral encephalitis is rough shit, I'm glad you survived. Wishing you healing and good days

T-together E-everyone A-achieves M-more

I'm a doc who's repeatedly done blood draws myself when RNs refuse -- multiple times come back with leukocytosis and positive gram negs just as patients spikes a fever when antipyretics wear off (i.e. sepsis in cancer patients). Both sides have the best and worse. It's not about RNs vs. MDs. Both team members have to trust each other and most importantly care about the patient first, not their breaks or time to punch out.

@@mar_man813 This nurses vs doctors rubbish is really draining

It's not always the Dr's not wanting to do something. Sometimes it is the insurance company that doesn't want to pay for it. Then it's a hassle for the dr/staff to do the prior auth paperwork, and follow up, and call the insurance company, then appeal the automatic denial... Insurance companies are really good at making money, but really bad at health care.

From a clinical medical worker that you for appreciating us!

💗 thanks your appreciated too.

Wow! Good for you for trusting your instincts!

@@hartleyb8356 fr fr!

I'm sure that person will never forget you, even if they aren't fully aware of the part you played.

Is he ok now??? What was wrong with him?

Absolutely!!! I thought it was just me.

Me too... I have happy tears little Austin is growing up!

Ditto!!!

Same 😭

Same here interesting content and humor🙂😁

YOUR gut was wrong. YOUR gut said wait it out. Always trust your gut means you would have waited out to the morgue.

In that case... Literally!

Believe me, it happens. Even through the chaos, we have to MAKE OURSELVES listen to our inner voice/gut instinct.

Thank you for appreciating and recognizing us.

Nothing made up real life as an RN the stories we have are unbelievable. Thanks Ben and Austin 😁🤗

@@junedaisy707 I think the lives were already in danger… hence being at a hospital

@@junedaisy707 generally they aren't creating the danger, they deal with dangerous situations. People will always make mistakes, but if you would rather a world without healthcare, you do not have to participate in the system.

Wow! What was the diagnostic and presentation path from the finger sprain to an MI?? 😲 I work in ER admissions and I love learning about cases like this, because my team is truly the front of the front line at our hospital for POV arrivals. I've worked on this dept for almost a decade, and my instincts have saved lives before. I'm a relatively passive person, but when my Spidey Senses start to tingle, I push back with the ED nurses who brush me off when I advise we have a triage. They're so accustomed to me being this friendly, laid-back, bubbly person that when I suddenly bust out my "LISTEN TO ME, DAMMIT!" voice, they take notice. And that's the way I like it. It helps me better advocate for our patients. 😊

Aww ty for the appreciation, it truly does mean a lot!🥰🥰

and his patients

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Likewise. I get treated like a drug seeker every time. Thankfully I’ve finally found treatment that’s finally made my migraines manageable. Emgality and Ubrevly have been life savers for me.

Eve more, it could mean they hit their head on something, which is quite common when someone is under influence