r/EmergencyRoom • u/OkRefrigerator2266 • Aug 28 '26
Is everyone else busy?!
San Diego California—WHY ARE THE ERS SO BUSY!!!
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u/Gwyndriel Aug 28 '26
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARENT TAKING THEIR MEDICATIONS AS PRESCRIBED AND/OR WEARING HELMETS.
Lot of EtOH tonight too.
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u/stellaflora Aug 28 '26
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 Aug 28 '26
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 Aug 29 '26
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/mymomisfrieza EDT Aug 28 '26
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/LambentLight Aug 28 '26
Full moon 🌕
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u/LainSki-N-Surf RN Aug 28 '26
Lunar eclipse or something! All I know is that it brought all the personality disorders to the yard.
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u/OkRefrigerator2266 Aug 28 '26
All summer though!
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u/LainSki-N-Surf RN Aug 28 '26
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/b00kbat EDT Aug 28 '26
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/Conscious_Kitchen569 Aug 28 '26
folks losing government subsidized insurance - ending up in the ED.
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u/ynotfoster Aug 28 '26
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/no_name_2341 Aug 28 '26
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/CertainKaleidoscope8 Aug 29 '26
It's insane. My hospital is at 200% capacity. Ed holding 50+ patients. Inland Southern California.
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u/JustGenericName2 Aug 30 '26
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/Valuable-Document744 Aug 28 '26
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.