- Joined
- Dec 2, 2010
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Just a student, but I want to know how some of you who have been in the game a long time deal with those people who come in for utter non-sense. 2 quick examples:
30 y/o female shows up at 12am with complaint of "I can't sleep." No other complaints at all, and doesn't even want any drugs. Just "I can't sleep."
20 something y/o male shows up one day after work because he is "dehydrated." He walks in with a bottle of water in his hand and clutching his chest in panic, saying he is dehydrated. "Are you having chest pain or SOB or have you fainted or anything?" "No, I'm dehydrated." Really? U come to the hospital because ur thirsty?
Have only seen 1 relatively older attending (65) take some of these people to task by saying things, "So you feel good about yourself wasting a community resource for a problem that could handled with common sense?" Younger attendings + residents just get annoyed but don't complain. Me... I just laugh, because really what else can you do in such a stupid broken system that allows these dingbats to get away with this.
30 y/o female shows up at 12am with complaint of "I can't sleep." No other complaints at all, and doesn't even want any drugs. Just "I can't sleep."
20 something y/o male shows up one day after work because he is "dehydrated." He walks in with a bottle of water in his hand and clutching his chest in panic, saying he is dehydrated. "Are you having chest pain or SOB or have you fainted or anything?" "No, I'm dehydrated." Really? U come to the hospital because ur thirsty?
Have only seen 1 relatively older attending (65) take some of these people to task by saying things, "So you feel good about yourself wasting a community resource for a problem that could handled with common sense?" Younger attendings + residents just get annoyed but don't complain. Me... I just laugh, because really what else can you do in such a stupid broken system that allows these dingbats to get away with this.