What is the role of an emergency room attending physician?

[Gauss44]

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How is it different than what a nurse does, or what a physician's assistant does?

 

[chillaxbro]

No idea bro we're all pre-meds

 

[Ismet]

Seriously?

 

[EventualMD]

if you have an emergency you go to a hospital and they're the doctor that will see you at the hospital

 

[Lost in Translation]

Strong post to naivety ratio.

 

[VegasPreMed]

 

[medic86]

Seriously?

Seriously?

Seriously?

Quoted for emphasis.

 

[justadream]

OP your question would probably have been much more well received had you included no text in the post. This is a real life example where less is more.

 

[zero0]

Oh no you did not

 

[ridethecliche]

Can I start a vote to change the OP's name to Gauche44?

 

[Aggie95]

Attending ER physicians attend the ER.

Nurses nurse in the ER

Physician Assistants assist the physicians while they attend the ER

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Trust me, you don't want no nurse putting in that chest tube...

 

[Lawpy]

How is it different than what a nurse does, or what a physician's assistant does?

This is why shadowing and clinical experiences are important

 

[ridethecliche]

Also why trolls should be ignored tbh.

 

[Lawpy]

Strong post to naivety ratio.

Also why trolls should be ignored tbh.

@Gauss44 status message shows that they're presenting questions on behalf of others to maintain anonymity. I do agree they could do a better job screening the questions before posting

 

[medic86]

Also why trolls should be ignored tbh.

Well, it's definitely a post a troll or an idiot would make.

Since s/he has been here for almost 4 years, it kind of narrows it down. 😛

 

[takeurmeds02]

Don't feed the troll

 

[takeurmeds02]

Can I start a vote to change the OP's name to Gauche44?

Where'd you end up matriculating?? I was perusing U.Miami's threads from last year...lol

 

[Hospitalized]

2880 posts and 2+ year member... all of my wat.

 

[TBV]

The nurse actually cares about the patient while she treats them.

The PA is young and hot, but also clueless.

The MD is just there to pay for his second yacht.

 

[sonofva]

Attending ER physicians attend the ER.

Nurses nurse in the ER

Physician Assistants assist the physicians while they attend the ER

Nurses gonna nurse.


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[The Knife & Gun Club]

The attending physician yells at the PA, who in turn yells at the nurse.

Then somehow medicine happens.

 

[thatwouldbeanarchy]

Can I start a vote to change the OP's name to Gauche44?

This made me lol for reals.

 

[Mansamusa]

I can give you a story: One time when I was volunteering in the ER, there was a man with dementia covered in his own feces. He was walking in it and smearing it all over the floor.

I was the first to notice it. I told the doctor nearby. He immediately called a nurse and went off to take care of other things. The nurse went, "Oh hell no" and refused to do anything until a nurses' aide became available and she passed it on to him.

Plus there is the expanded scope of practice/knowledge, ability to handle the complex cases, running codes, (and, for now, since PAs want expanded scopes) different prescribing rights, etc

 

[AlfonsTheGuru]

Could SDN be any more annoying?

 

[medic86]

Could SDN be any more annoying?

Yes.

 

[haaaaaaaaaaveyoumetted]

I have volunteered in a busy famous emergency department affiliated with an Ivy League university

OP later that day...

 

[Dr.TonySoprano]

OP later that day...

this is what it says on his profile: I am a tutor and human rights activist. I post questions in first person narrative for many people, thus creating true anonymity.

 

[DRsmartypants]

If this isn't a troll post, and this is a legitimate pre-med who potentially could be an MD, I am genuinely scared for the future of medicine.

 

[iqe2010]

I'll let you know in about 8 years.

 

[Goro]

I'm going to give credit to Gauss that s/he's asking on behalf of a really, really ignorant person.

Well, it's definitely a post a troll or an idiot would make.

Since s/he has been here for almost 4 years, it kind of narrows it down. 😛

 

[WunderMay]

SDN never fails to make me laugh every time I log on.

 

[whatever5]

If what I remember from Grey's is right, the nurse is there to form an awkward love triangle between two attending physicians who are banging each other, mostly so that there can be a poignant confrontation later where one party exclaims "I can't believe you cheated on me with a nurse!"

I don't think PAs are real things, they were never talked about on the show.

 

[NotWayneBrady]

If this isn't a troll post, and this is a legitimate pre-med who potentially could be an MD, I am genuinely scared for the future of medicine.

Burnett's law incoming.

 

[DRsmartypants]

If what I remember from Grey's is right, the nurse is there to form an awkward love triangle between two attending physicians who are banging each other, mostly so that there can be a poignant confrontation later where one party exclaims "I can't believe you cheated on me with a nurse!"

I don't think PAs are real things, they were never talked about on the show.

You also seem to forget that the surgical MD in the show y did the job of the Medicine(non-surgical) MDs, radiologists, PA, NP, RN, RT, etc., the only medical show that was even moderately realistic was scrubs. Even that was a bit off on occasion for the sole reaosn that you cannot really easily identify and "show" what a doctor does in his head/behind closed doors.

 

[themockjock]

you cannot really easily identify and "show" what a doctor does in his head/behind closed doors

You could easily "show" what a doctor does behind closed doors/in his head.

In my case it would be a near constant stream of expletives, an overwhelming desire to either eat, sleep, pee (or a combination thereof), bitching about every other service in the hospital, and general hatred for most everything around me, with the exception of the OR and the FroYo machine in the cafeteria. For 16-36 hour stretches at a time.

So you could show all that, but it probably isn't exactly must-see TV.

 

[NotWayneBrady]

You could easily "show" what a doctor does behind closed doors/in his head.

In my case it would be a near constant stream of expletives, an overwhelming desire to either eat, sleep, pee (or a combination thereof), bitching about every other service in the hospital, and general hatred for most everything around me, with the exception of the OR and the FroYo machine in the cafeteria. For 16-36 hour stretches at a time.

So you could show all that, but it probably isn't exactly must-see TV.

Are you kidding this would be brilliant.

 

[jebelali]

If what I remember from Grey's is right, the nurse is there to form an awkward love triangle between two attending physicians who are banging each other, mostly so that there can be a poignant confrontation later where one party exclaims "I can't believe you cheated on me with a nurse!"

I don't think PAs are real things, they were never talked about on the show.

You win.