emergency

So the last two days... have been the most intense days in emergency yet I think! We were super busy, but thats ok because I like it busy! (sorry if that sounds morbid) These past two days weren't the typical days of busy either - typical meaning "I have a temp, my throat hurts, I have pain..." they are legit but not as crazy wow as all the stuff that has come in the past few days... on my first day the most 'yikes' thing was a person who came in with severe facial fractures from a MVA (motor vehicle accident), her face was so badly broken that her sinuses were exposed - I have never seen anything like it ever!

Yesterday was really busy too - fractured collar bones, seizures, chest pain, incomplete miscarriage, and the grossest was a guy who came in with his fingers all mashed... one finger tip was still in the glove... I think it was the grossest thing ever... I had to pick it up and put it in some normal saline solution... ugh - I felt so bad for that guy! OOO and I got to teach the two other nurses how to test for RSV in infants... it involves sticking a suction catheter up the baby's nose and suctioning it into a sputum trap.... boring for you - but yay for me!

So... wonder what tonight will bring...