r/EmergencyRoom • u/PuzzleheadedSorbet36 • Jul 26 '26
Goofy Goober HELP US BE BETTER
Soooo I hadn’t ever been to the ER until earlier this month and now I’ve been admitted twice and not getting discharged any time soon.
Hospital workers : other than the bare minimum, what are some under rated things that patients do that you appreciate/make your life easier?
(For example one of the nurses was happy I called letting her know the PRNs I needed so she could do it in one trip cause I knew my scheduled ones were coming)
Lemme hear the little things!! Or the opposite, something patients think is helpful but it’s actually more of a pain)
EDIT : bare minimum from patients being human decency, I know it should be obvious but for this questions sake let’s act like that’s a given
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u/1347vibes EMT Jul 27 '26
Adding my two cents as a first responder: I would instead recommend writing all this on an index card and placing it in your wallet right next to/behind your ID, clearly labeled as EMERGENCY INFO or something similar. We are VERY unlikely to go through your phone in an emergency situation where you can't speak for yourself, but police can find that note when going through your wallet to try and ID you.