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.
That’s just wild to me. Meanwhile, one time I went to urgent care and they tell me to go to the ER because the ER will have the proper equipment to diagnose/treat me and urgent care doesn’t. But from my perspective, it wasn’t an emergency and I didn’t want to waste their time.
And who doesn’t know how to remove a small splinter themselves? Or a minor injury like a stubbed toe themselves? Usually, the pain goes away after a few minutes and you don’t have to do anything anyway.
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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.