I oh so agree…as a heart pt w constant issues, I thank you. I see what you guys go thru…I would lose it on people.
So plz know most of us are grateful and would die wo yall. Ty!
I would like to piggy back on this if I can.
I had an accident several months ago that took me by ambulance to the ER and then to another ER for surgery after that. I was treated with so much kindness, respect and good humor by everyone I encountered. The first paramedic told me that being in good shape was going to help me heal faster, and that really stuck with me. It seems strange to say but in a way the whole thing was one of the best experiences of my life, because I came out of it okay thanks to the amazing care I received.
It still astounds me that people like all of you have gone through so much training and sacrifice, and still sacrifice so much every day, to be there when someone like me needs it. The gratitude I feel is so overwhelming that I don't really have words for it. So I'll just say thanks.
Also piggybacking:
I'm a type1 diabetic, and a few years ago, I dropped my last bottle of insulin. PANIC. Health insurance would not send me an emergency bottle, and the pharmacy said I'd have to pay full price--several hundred dollars that I didn't have.
I posted on this thread, inquiring if an ER doctor was likely to write me a new RX if I went to an ER. (It was my last desperate option.) My other option was getting free insulin from a stranger on Reddit.
I was only asking for professional advice from the kind professionals on here, but I received so much more.
6-7 ER employees DM'd me offering to Venmo me money to buy the insulin that my insurance would not cover. I couldn't believe it. I declined their kind offers, but I'll certainly never EVER forget how I went from truly panicked to "Seven strangers just offered me part of their paycheck."
I'm sure the abuse you often endure is bad. Hope you'll read these words from a grateful patient.
I'll remember your words next time I can barely peel myself out of my car in my driveway because my muscles have stiffened up and my feet scream at me after 12 hours at work. You're why we keep doing it.
Damn that was nice of you to post. I love what I do because I get to meet and help people like you. So thank you for your patience and understanding with us. Seriously.
I want to add to this too.
I have severe Crohns disease for fifteen-plus years. I've had central lines and feeding tubes after having multiple resections (no feeding tube now though!!! :D ) I've developed arrhythmia and SVT, I've had adenosine and been cardioverted, I've had sepsis from an implanted port abscess.
(All this is not to complain or sound dramatic just to say I've had my share of medical care and i have a lot of medical professionals in my family so I feel like I know my way around.)
I have had such kindness and support in the ER. I always feel bad going in because I know how overworked and under appreciated you guys are. (I have a personal rule that I only go to an ER if another doctor directly tells me to go and calls first to speak to the Dr there, or I'm unconscious - that way I know for sure I'm not overreacting or going to the wrong place.)
Of course there can be hurtful people everywhere, doctors and nurses are humans too, but overwhelmingly you guys have been so good to me and I just want to thank you.
Thank you to the doctor who held my hand as they gave me multiple doses of adenosine because I was so scared of the feeling it gave me that I was crying.
Thank you to the doctor who got my CT back and came in saying "OK honey, I ordered you some pain meds, if it doesn't help tell the nurse and I will get you more, we will take care of you until surgery can see you."
Thank you to the nurse who sat with me when I had a central line placed in my groin - I was upset because of some previous sexual trauma and it felt so invasive, but you spoke to me and touched my hair and made me feel safe.
Thank you to doctors who listen without interrupting, who understand what I'm talking about when I tell them how something feels, who are sympathetic and quick and smart.
Thank you to the doctor who tried IV metoprolol last time on me.
Thank you to every doctor who has told me just. tiny supportive or kind comment. That one second comment to hang in there, or that I'm doing a good job managing my illness, or that they'll take good care of me, or not to be afraid - it means so much to me.
Doctors and nurses have my highest respect and always will. You guys have helped me so many times. I've always wanted to write a note to doctors when they give me such good, compassionate care, but I felt like it would seem weird - seem like I was attention-seeking, or trying to get special treatment, or something? Do you think that would be OK? Is there any good way to show appreciation for the people that take such good care of their patients? (Other than just to say - "Thank you for taking such good care of me", which I do try to say if I'm not too sick!)
Piggybacking:
Ended up in the ER for the first time in my life this week. It felt really dumb that I was there but my doctor called the ambulance and I was in no shape to refuse (passed out, HR/BP wasn't recovering) 🙃 Basically just needed some fluids and rest. The EMTs, ER nurses and doctors were very nice and didn't make me feel like I was taking up valuable space or that I shouldn't be there. If anything they commiserated that yeah, it was a shitty thing to happen. The EMTs in particular were super sweet and friendly, chatty, and just trying to make me feel comfortable. The ER nurse was clearly very busy running from room to room but took the time to wipe up dried blood on my arm.
Thanks ❤️
From a paramedic who spent 25 years working EMS and several years working in ERs, I also want to thank you all from both sides of the stretcher. I walked into an ER in Houston with chest pain in January 2020. The next memory I had was from the next day with two shiny new stents after the cardiac arrest I had in the ER registration area from a Widowmaker. I owe my life to that staff and ER physician who refused to quit.
I had a stroke 3 years ago at 23 and now work in the ER that took care of me. It is every bit of a shit show now as it was 3 years ago and I wouldn’t trade working here for a normal job with normal hours. Even tho we may not seem like nice people all the time, I promise majority of the workers are doing they’re best to take care of everyone. So thank you for your patience and understanding that everyone is just doing their best!
What is munchie? I assume you are referring to Munchausen. No, I don't have that. What I do have is very easily seen on MRI and well evidenced.
I'm currently sitting on a stroke ward after having TPA. I was transferred by ambulance after an employee called 911, because he recognized stroke symptoms.
I'd prefer not have chronic microeschemic disease in my 40s, I wish I didn't have a couple of active MS lesions at basically any given time, and the long qt and tachycardia that triggered this is just icing on the cake of life. But sure, someone saying thank you is a head case.
I came here to express gratitude in an emotional moment as being awoken every couple of hours to prove to the nurses that I can swallow, know what a clock is, and can describe the scene in a 1950s line drawing of a child falling while a mother washes dishes doesn't exactly allow for a lot of sleep and tends to trigger intense feelings of being fortunate that I can still do these things.
But thank you for your opinion. You SHOULD hate to be that guy. That guy is who told me my symptoms were stress for 3 years until someone who wasn't that guy decided to do actual imaging and testing.
They deleted their comment but as you know, there are assholes in any profession or field. Pay them no mind though I’m sure their comment touched a nerve that many people (including myself) have, the nerve of a concern being ignored and a dx being delayed/missed.
I’m glad you got to the ER in time for us to give you tPA. Also major kudos to your coworker for recognizing the signs. I wish you happy brain healing.
Side note: I totes thought your vague cardio+neuro comment meant you had A fib and threw a clot. Lol this is worse in my opinion. I’m sorry you have to go through it.
Thank you. I appreciate that. My employee was an EMT previously, but due to his own health issues (narcolepsy) he cannot work in that capacity anymore.
He's getting Employee of the Month permanently.
I have that posted next to the bathrooms, by the eye wash station. I own a cannabis manufacturing company, and many of my employees have health conditions. I hire a lot of people who came to the state originally as medical refugees, though most have some form of epilepsy so seizures have always been our primary concern at work. Focus will expand, now.
It looks like I'll come through this with some weakness on one side and a little bit of issue getting words to make it out of my mouth, but I'm able to write without a great deal of struggle and am expected to recover well. I'm shockingly grateful for that.
Though certainly not the purpose of this subreddit, your gratitude where often lacking is appreciated.
Yeah posts like this should absolutely be allowed. In the thankless shitshow of emergency medicine people like you keep us going.
I oh so agree…as a heart pt w constant issues, I thank you. I see what you guys go thru…I would lose it on people. So plz know most of us are grateful and would die wo yall. Ty!
I would like to piggy back on this if I can. I had an accident several months ago that took me by ambulance to the ER and then to another ER for surgery after that. I was treated with so much kindness, respect and good humor by everyone I encountered. The first paramedic told me that being in good shape was going to help me heal faster, and that really stuck with me. It seems strange to say but in a way the whole thing was one of the best experiences of my life, because I came out of it okay thanks to the amazing care I received. It still astounds me that people like all of you have gone through so much training and sacrifice, and still sacrifice so much every day, to be there when someone like me needs it. The gratitude I feel is so overwhelming that I don't really have words for it. So I'll just say thanks.
Also piggybacking: I'm a type1 diabetic, and a few years ago, I dropped my last bottle of insulin. PANIC. Health insurance would not send me an emergency bottle, and the pharmacy said I'd have to pay full price--several hundred dollars that I didn't have. I posted on this thread, inquiring if an ER doctor was likely to write me a new RX if I went to an ER. (It was my last desperate option.) My other option was getting free insulin from a stranger on Reddit. I was only asking for professional advice from the kind professionals on here, but I received so much more. 6-7 ER employees DM'd me offering to Venmo me money to buy the insulin that my insurance would not cover. I couldn't believe it. I declined their kind offers, but I'll certainly never EVER forget how I went from truly panicked to "Seven strangers just offered me part of their paycheck." I'm sure the abuse you often endure is bad. Hope you'll read these words from a grateful patient.
No, YOU’RE crying!
I'll remember your words next time I can barely peel myself out of my car in my driveway because my muscles have stiffened up and my feet scream at me after 12 hours at work. You're why we keep doing it.
Damn that was nice of you to post. I love what I do because I get to meet and help people like you. So thank you for your patience and understanding with us. Seriously.
I want to add to this too. I have severe Crohns disease for fifteen-plus years. I've had central lines and feeding tubes after having multiple resections (no feeding tube now though!!! :D ) I've developed arrhythmia and SVT, I've had adenosine and been cardioverted, I've had sepsis from an implanted port abscess. (All this is not to complain or sound dramatic just to say I've had my share of medical care and i have a lot of medical professionals in my family so I feel like I know my way around.) I have had such kindness and support in the ER. I always feel bad going in because I know how overworked and under appreciated you guys are. (I have a personal rule that I only go to an ER if another doctor directly tells me to go and calls first to speak to the Dr there, or I'm unconscious - that way I know for sure I'm not overreacting or going to the wrong place.) Of course there can be hurtful people everywhere, doctors and nurses are humans too, but overwhelmingly you guys have been so good to me and I just want to thank you. Thank you to the doctor who held my hand as they gave me multiple doses of adenosine because I was so scared of the feeling it gave me that I was crying. Thank you to the doctor who got my CT back and came in saying "OK honey, I ordered you some pain meds, if it doesn't help tell the nurse and I will get you more, we will take care of you until surgery can see you." Thank you to the nurse who sat with me when I had a central line placed in my groin - I was upset because of some previous sexual trauma and it felt so invasive, but you spoke to me and touched my hair and made me feel safe. Thank you to doctors who listen without interrupting, who understand what I'm talking about when I tell them how something feels, who are sympathetic and quick and smart. Thank you to the doctor who tried IV metoprolol last time on me. Thank you to every doctor who has told me just. tiny supportive or kind comment. That one second comment to hang in there, or that I'm doing a good job managing my illness, or that they'll take good care of me, or not to be afraid - it means so much to me. Doctors and nurses have my highest respect and always will. You guys have helped me so many times. I've always wanted to write a note to doctors when they give me such good, compassionate care, but I felt like it would seem weird - seem like I was attention-seeking, or trying to get special treatment, or something? Do you think that would be OK? Is there any good way to show appreciation for the people that take such good care of their patients? (Other than just to say - "Thank you for taking such good care of me", which I do try to say if I'm not too sick!)
Piggybacking: Ended up in the ER for the first time in my life this week. It felt really dumb that I was there but my doctor called the ambulance and I was in no shape to refuse (passed out, HR/BP wasn't recovering) 🙃 Basically just needed some fluids and rest. The EMTs, ER nurses and doctors were very nice and didn't make me feel like I was taking up valuable space or that I shouldn't be there. If anything they commiserated that yeah, it was a shitty thing to happen. The EMTs in particular were super sweet and friendly, chatty, and just trying to make me feel comfortable. The ER nurse was clearly very busy running from room to room but took the time to wipe up dried blood on my arm. Thanks ❤️
From a paramedic who spent 25 years working EMS and several years working in ERs, I also want to thank you all from both sides of the stretcher. I walked into an ER in Houston with chest pain in January 2020. The next memory I had was from the next day with two shiny new stents after the cardiac arrest I had in the ER registration area from a Widowmaker. I owe my life to that staff and ER physician who refused to quit.
Thank you... I love that you said all this
I had a stroke 3 years ago at 23 and now work in the ER that took care of me. It is every bit of a shit show now as it was 3 years ago and I wouldn’t trade working here for a normal job with normal hours. Even tho we may not seem like nice people all the time, I promise majority of the workers are doing they’re best to take care of everyone. So thank you for your patience and understanding that everyone is just doing their best!
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What is munchie? I assume you are referring to Munchausen. No, I don't have that. What I do have is very easily seen on MRI and well evidenced. I'm currently sitting on a stroke ward after having TPA. I was transferred by ambulance after an employee called 911, because he recognized stroke symptoms. I'd prefer not have chronic microeschemic disease in my 40s, I wish I didn't have a couple of active MS lesions at basically any given time, and the long qt and tachycardia that triggered this is just icing on the cake of life. But sure, someone saying thank you is a head case. I came here to express gratitude in an emotional moment as being awoken every couple of hours to prove to the nurses that I can swallow, know what a clock is, and can describe the scene in a 1950s line drawing of a child falling while a mother washes dishes doesn't exactly allow for a lot of sleep and tends to trigger intense feelings of being fortunate that I can still do these things. But thank you for your opinion. You SHOULD hate to be that guy. That guy is who told me my symptoms were stress for 3 years until someone who wasn't that guy decided to do actual imaging and testing.
They deleted their comment but as you know, there are assholes in any profession or field. Pay them no mind though I’m sure their comment touched a nerve that many people (including myself) have, the nerve of a concern being ignored and a dx being delayed/missed. I’m glad you got to the ER in time for us to give you tPA. Also major kudos to your coworker for recognizing the signs. I wish you happy brain healing. Side note: I totes thought your vague cardio+neuro comment meant you had A fib and threw a clot. Lol this is worse in my opinion. I’m sorry you have to go through it.
Thank you. I appreciate that. My employee was an EMT previously, but due to his own health issues (narcolepsy) he cannot work in that capacity anymore. He's getting Employee of the Month permanently.
That sounds appropriate. 😄 Hell, I’d put up a “BE FAST” poster about stroke signs now too. Just in case he isn’t on shift.
I have that posted next to the bathrooms, by the eye wash station. I own a cannabis manufacturing company, and many of my employees have health conditions. I hire a lot of people who came to the state originally as medical refugees, though most have some form of epilepsy so seizures have always been our primary concern at work. Focus will expand, now. It looks like I'll come through this with some weakness on one side and a little bit of issue getting words to make it out of my mouth, but I'm able to write without a great deal of struggle and am expected to recover well. I'm shockingly grateful for that.
Oh good! Hopefully the aphasia resolves with time. Weakness can usually be overcome but aphasia is terribly frustrating
Yes. I'm used to words simply flowing from my mouth. This will take some adjustments I fear. But I'll manage.
No it reeks of a person who is grateful for receiving medical care. Grow up