Any ER staff here?
Would you recommend working in this department in a US hospital?
31-35, F
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SageWanderer · 70-79, M
You’re never going to be too bored. And the excitement of never knowing what is going to come in the door.
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SageWanderer · 70-79, M
@SophieC I did it for 10 years and have to say it was very fulfilling. But burn out is a problem.
SophieC · 31-35, F
@SageWanderer Is that why you don't do it now? I've heard of paramedics suffering from PTSD here because of what they've seen and had to deal with. That's my worry about it
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
@SophieC There were a few reasons. Some was burnout, age is another plus keeping up with continuing education. Became too difficult with a job and family.
swirlie · 31-35, F
Absolutely not! If however, you have no guilty conscience after turning someone away who has no money or has no valid health insurance coverage, then the ER department in any US hospital is for you!
swirlie · 31-35, F
@SophieC
The first thing they would be asked upon Admission is, "Do you have health insurance?... and if not, then how do you intend to pay before being discharged from this hospital?".
Americans are an oddly funny people. If an American homeless person was brought into an American hospital with a stab wound, the victim would be patched-up and sent on his way to recover in the streets.
If you are a non-American and receive a stab wound while on vacation in the United States AND you have 'Emergency Medical Travel Insurance', your Travel Insurance is only valid if you are taken into any American hospital by ambulance, AFTER a 911 call has been made on your behalf.
As a non-American on vacation in the USA, if you crawl on your hands and knees and literally walk-in to the Emergency Admitting department of any American hospital with a stab wound, your Travel Insurance is NOT valid as medical insurance AND you will be handed a bill at the end of your hospital stay.
Therefore, as a non-American, a person is totally screwed if they fall ill in the United States.
As an American citizen without valid health insurance coverage, you as well would be totally screwed if you fall ill in your own country of residence. That is why so many Americans lose their homes after falling ill or after getting some unexpected surgery. Americans literally have to sell their home to pay for a week's stay in any American hospital, if they don't have valid health insurance.
The first thing they would be asked upon Admission is, "Do you have health insurance?... and if not, then how do you intend to pay before being discharged from this hospital?".
Americans are an oddly funny people. If an American homeless person was brought into an American hospital with a stab wound, the victim would be patched-up and sent on his way to recover in the streets.
If you are a non-American and receive a stab wound while on vacation in the United States AND you have 'Emergency Medical Travel Insurance', your Travel Insurance is only valid if you are taken into any American hospital by ambulance, AFTER a 911 call has been made on your behalf.
As a non-American on vacation in the USA, if you crawl on your hands and knees and literally walk-in to the Emergency Admitting department of any American hospital with a stab wound, your Travel Insurance is NOT valid as medical insurance AND you will be handed a bill at the end of your hospital stay.
Therefore, as a non-American, a person is totally screwed if they fall ill in the United States.
As an American citizen without valid health insurance coverage, you as well would be totally screwed if you fall ill in your own country of residence. That is why so many Americans lose their homes after falling ill or after getting some unexpected surgery. Americans literally have to sell their home to pay for a week's stay in any American hospital, if they don't have valid health insurance.