Welcome to the shit show
Started the night out in the ER understaffed by 3 RNs. Had to close 2 sections of the ER due to understaffing. Then the patient in 7, and 3 code simultaneously while 21 codes for the 3rd time in 2 hours and EMS calls to say they’re 2 mins out with a single medic cardiac arrest with no intubation... So I run to ICU to borrow a crash cart from them and TWO of THEIR patients code. RT is nowhere to be found. I have security doing CPR in room 3 EMS is working their code in the hallway The medical student falls on the ventilator in 7 pulling the tube. Another med student drills an IO into the EMS patient’s kneecap and a rapid is called for a lady giving birth in the lobby. (We don’t have L&D or peds at our hospital) and of course the baby was presenting leg first because why would anything ever be easy. And In that moment I realized the only difference between my life and Greys Anatomy was that I’m not getting laid in the supply closet by a sexy doctor.
