tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post6292562116952434573..comments2024-01-12T06:12:35.838-05:00Comments on StorytellERdoc: Two-fers And MoreStorytellERdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371229500424449124noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-18320150740765927492010-06-24T13:26:32.210-04:002010-06-24T13:26:32.210-04:00I'm a vet, and I have to say I hate two-fers. ...I'm a vet, and I have to say I hate two-fers. They're usually two dogs from the same family who were found near the remnants of the wrapper to a bar of dark chocolate. Figure $2000 (at a specialty 24 hour hospital) a pop for inducing emesis, activated charcoal, IV fluids, telemetry, blood pressure monitoring, seizure watch, intake bloods.... I get lots of scowls and yells even though A) I'm not the one who left out the chocolate, and B) I don't set the prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-47911542377151665562010-06-24T00:12:24.694-04:002010-06-24T00:12:24.694-04:00My last brush with a two-fer involved a brand new ...My last brush with a two-fer involved a brand new mother-in-law and her brand new daughter-in-law. Both had been admitted for overdosing on the bubbly. They didn't stay long and could be heard throughout the corridors of the hospital laughing and burping their way to freedom.<br /><br />Take Care,<br />PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097919387041286154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-74448004897806904502010-06-20T14:33:01.562-04:002010-06-20T14:33:01.562-04:00What a great story...we all need a Patty around ev...What a great story...we all need a Patty around every once in awhile.<br /><br />Sorry I haven't been around lately doc...been kinda busy....hope you are having a wonderful Father's day!<br /><br />Cheers!Smalltown RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806734351278128551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-13186486839598178402010-06-18T18:14:39.946-04:002010-06-18T18:14:39.946-04:00During my pediatric residency, I saw a "seven...During my pediatric residency, I saw a "seven-fer" in the ER to rule out sexual abuse. A young boy in the home had been diagnosed with gonorrhea they day before and all seven other foster kids had to be examined and tested. What a nightmare! It took me all afternoon (probably 3 hours or more!), but in the end we actually found the perpetrator (an adolescent in the home)... so I told myself it was worthwhile!<br /><br />And, as much as I would like to tell you I'm making this up, I'm not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-33327688618546274432010-06-18T05:32:20.045-04:002010-06-18T05:32:20.045-04:00Seven is a saint.
And if she ever gets a nine-fer...Seven is a saint.<br /><br />And if she ever gets a nine-fer, she can now become Seven-o-nine.<br /><br />;)ER's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203520439121823165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-25081495719240001782010-06-17T23:19:41.497-04:002010-06-17T23:19:41.497-04:00If you use paper and don't do everything on a ...If you use paper and don't do everything on a computer outside the room, it might be a good idea to sit in there with them and not give them their scrips and let them go until you have finished the paperwork on ALL of them. Better yet, do one exam, then the paperwork for it, then the next exam. Putting all the notes on one page got them out of there so fast they won't hesitate to do it again.Texas readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05366175684381549314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-56085035475898864832010-06-17T22:23:30.268-04:002010-06-17T22:23:30.268-04:00Interesting.Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-40718820076836522712010-06-17T16:25:50.584-04:002010-06-17T16:25:50.584-04:00A two for one deal is always available when you do...A two for one deal is always available when you don't want one! Enjoying catching up on your blog again :)Mahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860979377398925052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-14006181414487136962010-06-16T18:17:31.821-04:002010-06-16T18:17:31.821-04:00Well done, Patty!
The closest my glued-to-the-hip...Well done, Patty!<br /><br />The closest my glued-to-the-hip roommate and I ever got to twin pelvic exams was my offering to drive her to the ER for her kidney stones. But there would have been one patient and one note-taker but not a two-fer.<br /><br /><>< KatieKatie Axelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361471654719262744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-67133661099069504262010-06-16T18:16:14.197-04:002010-06-16T18:16:14.197-04:00Good for Patty ..um ..I mean Seven ..Good for seve...Good for Patty ..um ..I mean Seven ..Good for seven! :)<br /><br />I never heard it called two-fer before ..but have experienced it and it is usually something like the sniffles or a stomach virus. Better than scabies tho!<br /><br />I can understand trying to kill 2 ..no 7 birds with one stone ..but NOT at EMERGENCY department prices! Had to be MDCD patients. Usually is. I do not mean to be negative ..my own mom had mdcd after her mdcr ..but never abused the system ..ever.<br /><br />Like Leslie ..I also thought it was going to be something bad.<br /><br />Too bad you can't redirect them to their pcp.SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-78186073586128368372010-06-16T14:28:03.334-04:002010-06-16T14:28:03.334-04:00I can honestly say, the only time my family has ev...I can honestly say, the only time my family has ever done something like this was when we were in a car accident and I went in for chest pain and difficulty breathing from accident. It was only after my other and my sister realize that I was okay that they discovered they had injuries too.<br /><br />Thankfully I have never pulled a "sniffles" episode nor have brought a family of patients in on the ambulance.EMT GFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019465777343415127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-75191372670918159102010-06-16T14:22:57.771-04:002010-06-16T14:22:57.771-04:00Jim, you know this just reminded me when my siste...Jim, you know this just reminded me when my sister was sick, my mother automatically used to take me. I think after I got sick just being at the doctors, probably picked up from there. The worst one was when I had to be home for 1 month away from school, I don't think I was that sick, but I think again my mother did it so I could keep my older sister company, and the worst, because she was sicker then me, I had to watch her eating the better treats (yes its real!), lol. Thanks for sharing and having said that, I learn something. Anna :)myonlyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324578791902437827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-33692775102328459722010-06-16T13:54:39.207-04:002010-06-16T13:54:39.207-04:00I thought this post was going to be about the much...I thought this post was going to be about the much more difficult two-fer, two members of the same family badly injured in a car accident or assault. By comparison, this particular two-fer is almost fun.leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-56229350602201456192010-06-16T12:52:31.387-04:002010-06-16T12:52:31.387-04:00Way to go, Patty! Commonly, have two-fers and thre...Way to go, Patty! Commonly, have two-fers and three-fers. Never, 7, thankfully!! Probably the most I have ever had is four or five. <br /><br />Dread seeing the "family" all signing in for triage. Feel sorry for the triage nurse if it is not me, silently pray they don't put the fam in "my room" and if they do- hate the discharge process the most...ends up being all the same diagnosis, for the most part.URI, cold, flu...something viral, benign. <br /><br />May have one, out of the whole bunch, that truly was "sick" worthy of treatment that receives a RX for ear infection etc. Parents always ask and want to know why the other child didn't get RX- "because they don't have an ear infection" - Duh?<br /> <br />It's just a cold. Well, why can't brother/sister have one to prevent the ear infection- she/he started with the same thing, first, and got THE Ear Infection...other child (not being treated) will get it next!! Then must explain the A&P of the ear, colds and not everyone will end up with ear infection. We don't treat viruses with antibiotics, etc. Why are you treating THE Ear Infection... that's a virus causing it. NO, explain the difference....and it goes on and on! To the two-fer mentality family- veteran ER staff KNOW what I mean. Two-fer families tend not to be the sharpest knife in the drawer.<br /> <br />Child with ear infection was probably the one that drove the whole process, to begin with, to go to ER and needed to be seen. The rest just jumped on the "need to checked out" bandwagon- sigh!<br /><br />Great post.911RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697968739358691531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-50499340473184759792010-06-16T12:09:13.016-04:002010-06-16T12:09:13.016-04:00Oh my...and all I want for Christmas is a doctor t...Oh my...and all I want for Christmas is a doctor that accepts Medicaid. LOL. <br /><br />You are a riot! =)Have Myelin?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05704037582961814202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-7950784395461015412010-06-16T11:24:27.260-04:002010-06-16T11:24:27.260-04:00Wow!Wow!rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-59707911864549076562010-06-16T11:08:24.537-04:002010-06-16T11:08:24.537-04:00Getting seen in an ER for the sniffles??? What a ...Getting seen in an ER for the sniffles??? What a complete waste of health care resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-61316920688308228542010-06-16T10:52:34.130-04:002010-06-16T10:52:34.130-04:00Sometimes new people don't even know what they...Sometimes new people don't even know what they're up against until someone tells them differently. Wahoo!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542230897888388433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-90661080095907360862010-06-16T09:09:19.487-04:002010-06-16T09:09:19.487-04:00Sept-u-fer?
Hysterical! I so needed that this mo...Sept-u-fer? <br /><br />Hysterical! I so needed that this morning. <br /><br />Although, you know, Jack's kinda sniffly, and J has a slight fever, and I'm not feeling so hot... ;)The Hopeful Elephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004038685351656184noreply@blogger.com