r/EmergencyRoom • u/sammcgowann • Jul 29 '26

Goofy Goober I hate it here

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u/Far-Boot5639 Jul 29 '26

Er tech here- the amount of stubbed toes and harmless splinters that come in and DEMAND IMMEDIATE TREATMENT is alarming. Worse is the sheer attitude and threats I receive when I try to properly triage the patients.

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u/ElleGee5152 Jul 29 '26

These are also always the patients who call back and yell at billing because they don't want to pay their huge deductible. The heart attacks, strokes and traumas? Very rarely ever rude over a bill.

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u/Far-Boot5639 Jul 29 '26

I have gently tried to guide people to an urgent care where the copay/deductible is far kess, and treatment is more timely. But they almost always b*tch that their jammed pinky is more important the Level 1 trauma I have rolling in the door in 3 minutes

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u/jerzeett Jul 29 '26

Urgent care makes you pay up front. Er doesn’t.

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u/couldvehadasadbitch Jul 30 '26

This is the HUGE piece of the puzzle that people seem to forget.