Dealing with the ED is becoming increasingly difficult
I am a surgery resident and I always felt like the ED can be tough to work with but I’ve been noticing that recently, with each call shift I do, they’re getting worse.
For example, on several occasions I would get pushback on recommendations, refuse to order the imaging our team requests, and on MULTIPLE occasions discharge patients from the ED without our clearance, without getting our recommended work up, and without telling us. Not to mention we have to take the brunt of their dispo timeline constraints even though we are a busy surgical service and are in the OR most of the time. This time they actually called INTO our OR and scolded the attending because a consult down there hasn’t been seen yet.
Super frustrating and kind of dangerous to patient care, esp when they bypass established protocols.
Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone know why this is happening?