It's been a while...

OMG I am so tired...I just need to sleep. I HATE working in this emergency room! Can I just say as a person who works here most of her time that people are stupid! Okay..not all people. Just 80%. For Pete's sake, DO NOT come to an ER for the following things:

 1.  A common cold...That's what Nitequil and motrin in for. You're wasting all our time in the ER.

2. A stomach virus...There is NO cure for a stomach a virus people! You have to ride it out! If you're vomiting for a day or two 9 out of 10 you have one. Get over it! Sip Gingerale and stay near your toliet.

3. If you're kid fell and bumped their head. I fell many of times and I lived. Most of the times these are new parents and they brought their kids in because they are panicking and not the kid. If you kid is running around annoying other patients, more than likely they are okay and you need to take them home.

4. You are depressed and not feeling suicidal. Look I get down too. I don't run out to an ER. See a therapist. We are extremely strssed already in an ER and we more then likely won't feel bad for you. In fact we roll our eyes at you.

5. You had sex and want a pregnancy test. Guess what? There's a Walgreen's down the road. Buy one for about $15.00 or more. It's a lot cheper then a $3,000 ER bill. 

There's a few others but these are the main B.S. reasons patients come to the ER. What they fail to realize is that usually unless it's life threatening in some way, most insurances don't have to cover every ER visit and you're also adding to the growing volume of people who crowd the waiting room. Not to mention you're taking up space from a patient who really needs it. Say like a 80 year old with an heart condition. Your cold can wait....they cannot.

 Anyways...that my gripe for now. I'm sure next entry I'll have something more interesting to write about.