| If you have ever set foot into the emergency | | | | also seem to have an increase in the number of |
| room of your local hospital, you know just how | | | | patients that walk into the emergency room. For |
| hectic life can be in the hospital setting. People | | | | whatever reason, these days seem to be extra |
| running from place to place, patient's milling about | | | | hectic! On these extra busy days, those medical |
| waiting for their turn, and loved ones sitting | | | | professionals who are wearing their urbane scrubs |
| anxiously awaiting word on someone already | | | | generally keep their eyes wide open, as they are |
| inside. There are so many things going on at one | | | | even likely to be pounced on by a patient when |
| time that it can become quite overwhelming. | | | | they least expect it. |
| When you stop to observe the hustle and bustle | | | | Life in the emergency room is unlike any other |
| of the people in that hospital, it makes you realize | | | | experience that you can imagine. The doctor's |
| just how wonderful the medical professionals are | | | | who work in the ER on a daily basis see more |
| who work in that situation every day. | | | | trauma in one night than most people see in their |
| For some of the medical professionals, they | | | | entire lives. The doctors and nurses who dedicate |
| thrive on such chaos. They love the thrill of | | | | their time to working in the emergency room are |
| bouncing from patient to patient, solving mystery | | | | unique, special individuals and should be treated as |
| after mystery. The active nature of the | | | | such. The individuals who wear their scubs to |
| emergency room is exactly what these special | | | | work deserve our utmost respect. |
| individuals thrive on. They proudly wear their white | | | | So the next time that you have to visit the |
| scrub jackets as they proceed from room to | | | | emergency room for one reason or another, take |
| room to give either good or bad news to a | | | | the time to notice just how much work your |
| patient. | | | | doctor is putting in. Although it may seem as |
| If you ask anyone who might work in the | | | | though you are waiting unnecessarily long to see |
| emergency room of a hospital, they will tell you | | | | the doctor, keep in mind that they are probably |
| that there are some days that have more | | | | seeing numerous patients all at one time, and |
| patients admitted than others. Any Friday the | | | | there may be others who are in more critical |
| thirteenth will find more patient's than usual. Also, | | | | condition than you are. Doctors care about all of |
| whenever there is a full moon, the strange | | | | their patients, so simply have some patience and |
| patient's seem to creep out of the woodwork. | | | | they will be sure to treat you to the best of their |
| The day's surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas | | | | ability! |