ER MEDICINE

WHAT IS IT?

• Emergency Medicine
• Doctors treat patients that need immediate medical attention.
• Doctors treat adults, seniors, kids, toddlers, teens. (Everyone)

ER PHYSICIAN RESPONSINILITIES

• They work with radiologists.
• Make speedy decisions, otherwise patient can die or their life can be in danger.
• Tell news and keep the family of the patient updated. Get the back story/medical history of the patient.
• Prioritize their cases. Give medical attention first to those in more severe danger.
• Make potential diagnoses, while making treatment decisions.

PATIENT'S PERSEPCTIVE

• Need to be patient patients. 😂😂😂
• Have to be understanding that doctor's have other patients.
• Stay calm, ask any questions they may have about their condition.
• Remember the doctor is doing his/her best to their ability.
• Everything is being done to give you the best hospital experience.

UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER

WHAT IS IT?

• Shows very unusual medical cases.
• Gives the public a look into the medical world.
• Shows the stresses and hardships physicians go through.

CHEERLEADER DOWN

CASE 1

• In this case a cheerleader drank to many energy drinks which caused her to have a cardiac arrest.
• This cheerleader was found lying on her dorm floor unconscious. Her friends were doing CPR on her.
• This cheerleader was 19. She was a fit person so this was very unusual.
• The physician thought she might be on drugs, but the test results were negative for drugs.
• Her boyfriend and parents both arrived and they had not met.

CASE 1

• The parents and the physician didn't believe the boyfriend.
• She had no medical history of surgeries or dieseases.
• Her blood sugar was 1200. Normal blood sugar 140 after eating and about 70-99 mg/dl fasting blood sugar.
• Her heart kept stopping. They shocked her, which helped her pulse.
• In the end they figured out that she had an undiagnosed case of diabetes.

FISH GOT YOUR TONGUE?

CASE 2

• In this a case an alive Catfish is stuck in a young man's esophagus. He could not breathe.
• Dr. Murphy the physician on this case puts a camera through the patients nose.
• There are toxic barbs on this catfish which are ripping the tissue.
• An ear, nose, and throat specialist uses forceps to pull the fish out while the patient is sedated.
• The patient was intoxicated, which caused him to make the decision to go fish bobbing.

TWISTS & TURNS

CASE 3

• In this case a young man. Ate a raw egg.
• This raw egg is stuck right in his proximal esophagus, pushing on his larynx.
• The patient could not breathe and had no airway.
• The doctor hit the egg repeatedly, which cracked the egg.
• Finally, he threw up the egg and started breathing again.

VOLUNTEER WORK

GUIDELINES/JOBS

• Must be 14-18 years of age for school credits.
• Run errands.
• Greet and assist patients.
• Some volunteers work in the nursery.
• Organize files.

OTHER IDEAS

• Make gift baskets for patients and deliver them.
• Preform plays/music.
• Do arts and crafts with the patients.
• Spread Holiday cheer!
• Make them food, throw them a party.