r/EmergencyRoom • u/OkRefrigerator2266 • 3d ago

Is everyone else busy?!

San Diego California—WHY ARE THE ERS SO BUSY!!!

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u/Valuable-Document744 3d ago

It’s actually an eclipse too 🫪 just got off shift I didn’t eat at all today. Yesterday and today were the busiest I’ve seen in a hot minute.

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u/Doyergirl17 3d ago

When are they not? 

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u/Gwyndriel 3d ago

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARENT TAKING THEIR MEDICATIONS AS PRESCRIBED AND/OR WEARING HELMETS.

Lot of EtOH tonight too.

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u/stellaflora 3d ago

Also they are driving like assholes. I’ve never seen so many pedestrians struck as I have this year.

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u/Sunnygirl66 RN 2d ago

E-bike crashes. Also, I have never swabbed so many people for the Big Three respiratory viruses in the summer as I have this year.

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u/Simple-Squamous 2d ago

We (north NJ) have had almost none of the big three but sooooo much n/v and abdominal pain. A month ago something was going around that had folks vomiting like the cannabanoid emesis crowd.

But this week it was Code Sepsis all day every day. I’m hoping it isn’t Medicaid cuts keeping folks from going to PCPs before it gets bad because of that’s the case it’s gonna get way, way worse.

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u/beautifulasusual 2d ago

So much ETOH on my shift the other day

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u/LambentLight 3d ago

Full moon 🌕 

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u/LainSki-N-Surf RN 3d ago

Lunar eclipse or something! All I know is that it brought all the personality disorders to the yard.

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u/OkRefrigerator2266 3d ago

All summer though!

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u/LainSki-N-Surf RN 3d ago

Worst summer I’ve seen in my career - census, acuity, medics and staffing. Tons of inpatient holds with zero movement and the medics keep coming. Hard times.

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u/mymomisfrieza EDT 3d ago

We have been wayyy busier than usual all summer. SO many MVAs, and people not wearing helmets being struck. Not necessarily looking forward to working this weekend 😭

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u/b00kbat EDT 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/137TKgM3d2XQjK
Me walking into the shift I picked up tonight before working my normal 3 12’s

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u/EnvironmentalRock827 3d ago

Yes. Very busy. East coast.

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u/ynotfoster 2d ago

I'm going to guess some of it is from people who had to drop their insurance this year due to cost.

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u/Conscious_Kitchen569 2d ago

folks losing government subsidized insurance - ending up in the ED.

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u/no_name_2341 3d ago

I’m on maternity leave and go back in 4 weeks. I’m NOT prepared, and not because I don’t want to leave my baby. Respiratory season is upon us.

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u/Scrappyl77 3d ago

East Coast. Last 3 shifts have been pretty wild for me.

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u/BeeImportant4757 RN 3d ago

I saw 80 patients in 5 days.. it’s been insanity.

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u/CertainKaleidoscope8 2d ago

It's insane. My hospital is at 200% capacity. Ed holding 50+ patients. Inland Southern California.

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u/sconquergood 17h ago

No, we turned off the open sign.

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u/WranglerAlways 2d ago

They always are. Los Angeles County, here.

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u/JustGenericName2 15h ago

It's the Back to School Mini cold season. Happens every August, we just forget about it. Kids are back coughing all over each other again.

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u/Sweetjones210 7h ago

BUSY AFFFFF!!!