@@UrielElOsO You see, this is why I love the Internet. Instinct to protect. I see way more "Protect this cinnamon bun" comments than hurtful comments and it makes my little heart soar.
@@Victoriasm31 Well, Austin is working in the healthcare system. Sooner or later, he will meet the one patient that will crushed his innocents away. Even though he is a tough assistant already. You can tell he is still green. You want to protect him, but it will only be a matter of time.
God bless the Austin’s! And as someone with a rare form of brain disease, it’s been the “Austin’s” aka nurses who have done the most for me. I can go into something called “Crisis”. If left untreated I have about an 85% chance of kicking the bucket. I went in by ambulance to the ER and as expected, the nurse was calling the shots. She got me out of crisis and stabilized. Next comes the doctor. She doesn’t understand why my #’s have corrected for the most part. She says “You’re constipated! Get out of here!” (I shit you not). 2 hours before it was touch and go but because I received the correct treatment from the “Austin”, I was going to live. No thanks to the doctor. 2 hours before I was hypotensive, so cold they had to take my temp rectally, hypovolumic, hypoglycemic, soaked from head to toe in a cold sweat and my pulse never went below 120. Bad shape, right? Not according to the doctor! I was only constipated so she streeted me. Thank God for “Austin’s”.
@@kimberly1023 Yeah…. That’s potentially malpractice. Constipation is definitely not the same as hypovolemia and other such stuff. When I worked in a surgical center, I found out quick it was really is the nurses who run the show. Even though the doctors are the ones making the orders, the nurses had authority to question the docs and push for a better treatment.
I still keep in mind that ben is the embodiment of all veteran nurses who is devoted to their responsibilities, rich is the guy who can divert the stress to being optimism in necessity, and Austin is... Well, we've been here, seeing him newly hired at episode 1, much like being in his shoe on what's all happening at the hospital while we rage like a monkey for (for women) bleeding at down below and (for men) feeling heartbroken. Just two of the example, don't deny you never seen or experience that stuffs.
@@itsllaboutme Omg! Really? Austin isn't real!? Go crawl back under your rock and let people wish there were Austins in the world instead of people who find it necessary to state the obvious in a condescending way.
Twenty years ago a wise and careful podiatrist sent me to dermatology for examination and biopsy of a lesion on top of my foot. The dermatologist was pretty curt & dismissive, but he said, "I don't usually biopsy something that looks like this, but since the dermatologist sent you..." Turns out I had stage 1 melanoma and it was caught in time. They rushed me into minor surgery and it hadn't spread nor has there been a recurrence. Remember that doctors & nurses are just human beings. If something doesn't seem right, it's OK to get a second or even a third opinion.
@@mark9294 the truly great docs DON'T get offended when you get a second or third opinion. In fact though they've never been wrong themselves every single over of my specialists ENCOURAGE second and third opinions. They respect and appreciate input from their respected peers.
@@mark9294 very true. While I have a multitude of specialists, I am blessed living where I live. As every single one of my specialists are not only ranked in the top 1% but they're also extremely humble and professors of medicine in their chosen field of specialty.
My mother was a retired nurse in a teaching hospital. When she was diagnosed with a brain tumor about 10 years after retirement, the doctor broke down at the terrible news. He told us that my mother saved his skin and patient’s lives when he was a “baby doc” because she used her instincts more than once when they worked together in the ICU. This doctor came to her funeral 4 months after we got the diagnosis. There are angels among us…
I work for West Virginia University surgery and Trauma services at camc General division which is a teaching Hospital. The good nurses really help the interns through the residency, if they will listen to the nurses. Many a nurse has saved a resident's butt.
I love having a variety of staff ages and sexes because they may have seen something or done something you haven’t. Worst I am going to do is say, huh, interesting and look it up to verify.
When I was a fresh scared-shitless intern, I had an older physician tell me to NEVER discount a nurse/tech/whathaveyou when they say "I'm concerned about....". Solid gold wisdom.
One night a bunch of us nurses and a couple of third year residents jokingly made up rules for the new residents (July was just around the corner). Rule number one was: listen to the nurses. Rule number two: when in doubt, see rule number one.
during change of shift an environmental tech (housekeeping staff) recognized that a man who was brought in by ambulance in restraints had a brain bleed and was not having a bad reaction to illicit drugs as speculated. he was a friend of her's and she knew he was a tee-totaler. her alerting the staff saved precious minutes in getting him to ct scan and to surgery.
I think these are like great medical show summaries. Just my style. Quick intro, plot, small plot twist, and ending without having to watch an hour of tv. They’re perfect!
It would be a cheap show tonmake too! One actor, low budget costumes, and I'm not even sure what's happening with the background half the time. Props dont even have to be completely accurate because we still know what they're supposed to be!
Couple years back, I got hit by a car. Ended up in the ER waiting for about six hours (I was low triage: conscious, not actively bleeding, just needed X-rays). By the time they got to me, all the orthos had gone home for the night, and it was just me and the ER nurse who looked at me and said "I have a bad feeling." He was right: I had an occult fracture that didn't show up well on X-ray. He saved me some pretty significant surgery by trusting his instincts and telling me to immobilize the joint until I could get a consult. I have nothing but good things to say about him.
I have a similar story. I was almost unalived by an orange tabby aptly named Rage and fell down a flight of stairs in the middle of the night, resulting in an ankle injury. Nothing showed up on X-rays despite my ankle swelling so much that my skin was starting to split, but later that day an x-ray tech called me and said that even though nothing showed clearly on the films there was some shadowing that he was concerned about and that i should treat it like it's broken. Followed up with Ortho a few weeks later after the swelling had gone down a bit and X-rays showed multiple fractures.
I worked for a physician who did clinical & research (he came up with the questions, I figured out how to answer them). He had tremendous respect & admiration for the nurses, treated them like gold. The nurses all loved him & wished all docs were like that. His patients got better attention, too, bc of how well he treated them. Some of the docs were incredibly nasty to nurses. Considering how vital they are & how hard they work, I couldn't believe the levels of arrogance & jerkiness some MDs showed toward them. Tho I have a lot of health problems so have seen a LOT of nurses, & some of them reeeally should've been in a different profession. One where they had no contact with people.
This made me tear up. I work in the health sector. It can be really hard trusting your instincts especially when things get busy like this and you risk upsetting your superiors. But like Austin said, better safe than sorry. Thanks for making this.
In my experience most supers start yelling & don't pitch in to help. After a wks as a super was chastised by the DON to just supervise & not relieve nurses/ techs for breaks or assist them to perform their duties. Right O. Left Tx Gulf Coast forever to travel.( Different hospital no less)
I always try to err on the side of caution and its saved our asses before from ensuring we had functional gear to patient care always listen to that nagging suspension if it means more care and never if it means less
This really hits home. One day my husband said he was experiencing problems speaking and the left side of his mouth was drooping. I convinced him to go to the ER, where they said it was Bell's Palsy. The doctor even laughed when my husband mentioned getting a scan. I knew it wasn't Bell's Palsy because a friend had it in high school, I was convinced he had a stroke. He went to his regular doctor and he said the same, Bell's Palsy. I was fed up so I scheduled an appointment for him with a neurologist. The neurologist saw him and scheduled a scan the next morning. He had a brain tumor. He passed away from glioblastoma 19 months later at the age of 48.
@@nelsblair2667 I'm so sorry to hear about Dr. Bernards. I did look him up, I'm actually in Seattle myself. It seems like we lose the best and brightest to brain cancer. I'm so sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing, too 💜🐿
I love that the characters aren't two-dimensional, that they make mistakes and grow as people and are like the real people we know and interact with every day.
Similar story I once had when I was a very novice nurse in the ER department. I wasn't on triage, but they sent me this young kid that was having chest pain, the triage nurse told me that it looked like an axiety crysis. Anyway, being a noob as I was, I felt insecure so I decided to do an EKG just in case. I also did it so the patient was calmier, like "look, we are doing stuff", you know. Well, figures. He was having a heart failure, tbh I cannot remember what it was exactly (it was over 14 years ago), but I could tell something was off. When the doctor saw the EKG the kid was rushed towards the boxes for monitoring and shortly after transfered to the cardiac ward. So yeah. Trust your insctincts. That's a great advise I always give to new nurses & nurse students. "And if you are wrong and the patient is fine, we'll talk later about what happened and what you can learn from that". Your videos are great. Thank you for that :)
I once went to the ER as a young boy for something similar - drank an energy drink and later that day felt like something was terribly wrong. They did end up sending me home with a diagnosis of anxiety/panic attack but I do recall them giving me an ekg first. Even though it didn’t turn up anything serious it helped to know that I was being taken seriously even as a kid. Must not have been a busy day that night 😄
@@snoozbuster in your case it's very likely they heard "Drank energy drink earlier" and were able to deduce you were simply dehydrated, which happens super often in kids and teens who don't drink enough water
It's amazing that one person can play all of these characters and yet they appear to be different people because they have different facial expressions and different voices and different ways of holding themselves and different personalities. We get to look at them differently and think that they're all different people but they're all the same person. And plus I have to say his teeth are awesome. 😘
Have you watched the series Frank James does "If ____ were people"? He does things like planets, movie genres, Starbucks drinks, and they're all really funny.
At 69 I am little attracted to that one character he plays, but not the other 2.I like them but not the same way. Too top it off I have always had a thing for older men. I do not know how he does that.
I had a nurse as gruff as Ben with the instincts of Austin. Didn't understand why he was so angry until he apologized right before going home telling me he was mad the staff hadn't placed an IVC filter when I came in with a massive DVT and PE. His actions probably have saved my life many times over since then with DVTs.
Wow that's sad but also glad that the nurse cares. It's a very demaning job and so I feel bad anytime I had to go to the ER. Sometimes they are mean and say unnecessary things to make me feel bad but I forgive them because I know they're stressed. I'm also autistic so I get sad a lot if I feel like I'm being annoying or making someone mad. Kind of a double edged sword. That's why I try to stay home no matter what unless I feel like I need to go even if they are mad at me and I'll feel sad.
@@CaptainEdMercer well here's one thing I will say particularly nurses go into that profession because they care so we all have to realize we are all going through something so don't take anger personally. "Water off a ducks back " is the best quote to me.
@@CaptainEdMercer If it can comfort you, there's a good chance you might simply be misinterpreting their body language and think they are mad at you when in reality they are more in a constant state of edge throughout the day and will snap a little when people can't keep up with their rythm. Autism and its effects differ from person to person, but it has good chances to be the reason why there's some communication problems. Really, don't take it too seriously, even if you slightly annoy them, they'll probably forget in a few minutes.
@@CaptainEdMercer I feel like I relate to feeling hurt when someone seems irritated/annoyed with you, it's the worst. I'm still struggling with it, one thing that's starting to help though is realizing that people are dealing with their own stuff, kinda like a veil over their experience, so they can have a sharp reaction to something we do/say that objectively is totally fine and neutral, but for them it was one more stimulus that knocked their pent-up stressed brain over the edge a bit. And I mean literally, stimulus. Kinda like my therapist pointed out that somebody could be having a terrible day, everything goes wrong on the way to work and they were already stressed out from big life events and worry, and then someone says "Hi how are you?" and they blow up on them, or maybe are just curt and kinda rude to that person. It's easy for the person who greeted them to feel like, "what did I say? did I say it in the wrong tone of voice? was that rude?" but actually you were totally fine, all the stress on their mind means they're not just reacting to what's happening in the moment. I'm still in the process of figuring it out, where I'm at currently it seems like maybe people who are curt/tense/rude/angry are stressed or hurt in some way and it's not a reflection of who I am as a person, it doesn't mean I'm bad just because they're acting that way. I still get anxious around people who are running with that kind of "tight" energy, it's not comfortable :P
Austin is the kind of coworker everyone wants and needs! In any field. This video speaks to me, one of my good friends has been a nurse for a long time, if he hadn't kept pushing me to go to the ER I too could have died. I have pseudotumor cerebri that gives me headaches but unknown to me I had viral encephalitis for the second time in my life, the first go around I almost died and was blind for a full 24 hours. The second didn't get treated quick enough and I have a severe brain injury that keeps me locked in my house except for special occasions and doctors appointments. Now this is a pity party comment more of a precautionary tale, to trust your body if something feels really wrong then there is a good chance something could be wrong. I was told by a few in the ER that anytime I felt like I did to come in and not to feel bad like I am using up their time. Just remember there is a place known as Urgent Care that can take care of you a lot better if you got the sniffles or flu they can normally get you in and out!
My dad had a somewhat similar situation (minus edibles). He unfortunately got Ben in this scenario. Was sent home with a diagnosis of an severe ear infection. After finally getting my mom to phone a friend of theirs who could authorize a CT scan, found it was a brain aneurysm. He miraculously made it through, but ended up with Alzheimers for his last 6 years. Don't know if it would've made a difference if they caught it that night, but don't let anyone tell you you're "ok"
Excellent comment, thank you for sharing! A reminder that even if people treat you like an annoyance sometimes, at the end of the day, you're the one living with your health day in and day out. Viral encephalitis is rough shit, I'm glad you survived. Wishing you healing and good days
That was actually really wholesome. And a good example to make, because making a mistake in the ER can have such dire consequences that there's never any room for pride, so acknowledging your mistakes without delay isn't just about saving face. It's about saving lives. It's that sort of thing that's made me apply to start my nursing degree. It reminds me of when I went to hospital with a swollen face and in absolute agony, and a doctor dismissed it. A nurse risked their job, openly telling him off and then saying "I know you're under a lot of pressure, but don't be so callous. At least check her teeth. I used to work as a dental assistant and those are all signs of dental infection, and those can get real dangerous, real quick if left untreated". The doctor looked and...yep. Dental infections. Plural. Enough that while I was waiting in hospital...a test came back confirming I was in early stages of septicemia. Because the doctor didn't let pride get in the way when the nurse corrected a mistake he made, being too hasty to free up a bed, I only had to lose 5 molars and my wisdom teeth...when I could've potentially lost my life instead.
Holy crap I had a super similar experience to this while I was orienting as a new grad in the ED. It can be hard to advocate for your patient when everyone is slammed and you dont have a solid reason to say why you need something other than just your gut. I had a kid who got drunk and got punched in the face and knocked out, he had a series of symptoms that were reminiscent of a brain bleed but could easily be explained by the alcohol as well (peed himself, repeating the same questions, vomiting, etc) but in my head since he had been punched and fell on the concrete I felt it was a TBI until proven otherwise, we were super busy and my charge didnt love the idea of upgrading him to a trauma, but luckily she supported us listening to our gut and it turned out he had a massive skull fracture from his foramen magnum to his frontal bone. Ever since I always go with the most cautious option when im on the fence about something.
I’m a non-clinical office staff member and I have seen RNs, countless times, save lives because they talk the docs into imaging, etc. Blows my mind every time. THANK GOD for clinical staff that trust their instincts! “Healthcare Heroes” doesn’t even begin to cover it!! I love you, clinical staff! Keep bein’ your bad selves, even if the providers give you shit! YOU save lives, even when they “don’t want to go through the trouble” or whatever! 😘♥️❣️🏥
I'm a doc who's repeatedly done blood draws myself when RNs refuse -- multiple times come back with leukocytosis and positive gram negs just as patients spikes a fever when antipyretics wear off (i.e. sepsis in cancer patients). Both sides have the best and worse. It's not about RNs vs. MDs. Both team members have to trust each other and most importantly care about the patient first, not their breaks or time to punch out.
It's not always the Dr's not wanting to do something. Sometimes it is the insurance company that doesn't want to pay for it. Then it's a hassle for the dr/staff to do the prior auth paperwork, and follow up, and call the insurance company, then appeal the automatic denial... Insurance companies are really good at making money, but really bad at health care.
Instincts save lives. When I was dizzy and vomiting, I just wanted to wait it out, but the other half insisted I go in. I was bleeding internally due to an ectopic pregnancy, had lost 1.5 litres of blood (I think if you lose 3 liters, it's usually a death sentence without immediate help). Always trust your gut!
This video hit close to home, my son was less then a year and I could tell he wasn’t ok took him in and it was a nurse who followed her instincts that saved his life no one believed he had any issues I was just a first time dad. The doctor wanted to send us home but she spent some time talking to him and got it changed. 14 mins later he stopped breathing I would of been mid drive an never would of known for another 15 mins until I got home.
This may be a made up story, but it illustrates how nurses save lives every day. Thank you to all the nurses out there (whether or not you're still working as one now.) Gd bless you! ❤️🙏
@@junedaisy707 generally they aren't creating the danger, they deal with dangerous situations. People will always make mistakes, but if you would rather a world without healthcare, you do not have to participate in the system.
Damn man those type of decisions are life and death and it could be so easily lost or gained that's why you guys are the true heroes having to make those decisions every day
Rampant drug use causes another toll on society that is rarely talked about. People with health or mental health problems are not no given the medical attention they need, because their symptoms look like a typical drug use issue.
My step dad died from an undiagnosed pneumonia while in hospital for something else. He was stationary for over a week there and most of the time stable and even fit and no one bothered to check his lungs when he started to feel unwell and started to have trouble breathing because he was a smoker. Only after he died they found their error. So this skit did get a few tears out of me. Good job with your acting and scripting.
I love how he literally said that he would have yelled at him if it was actually nothing. Because that’s all I was thinking about after he didn’t listen and went ahead and did a CT scan. I know it’s a short sketch but honestly very well done and I like Austin! 😂 He’s a pretty cool dude!
Working in a hospital for 13 years, working in the ER for a lot of it, this really gets to me. I love that Austin made that call and that Ben's hubris didn't keep him from apologizing and thanking Austin. Those days when you're so slammed that you HAVE to go on divert are extremely stressful for all ER staff, but especially the charge nurses. Keep it up with these awesome skits. Love them and keep coming back for more!!!
ER nurses have to go through so much. I always try my best to be a cooperating patient when I go in. This situation actually happened to me. I knew the ER was busy, so the resident was trying to just give me a quick fix so they could discharge me. I didn't want to leave because I knew my body. Luckily, there was a nurse just like Austin who listened to me and spoke up. I ended up being hospitalized for 3 weeks before I was all good and released. Thanks to all the nurses who are so busy and working hard that still listen to us.
When people ask me what the most important thing I learned in residency was I tell them that no matter how tired or stressed you are, if that little voice inside you says that you need to go see a patient and do more tests, you go do it. Trust your instincts and trust the instincts or the nurses who usually have more experience than you do.
This is SUCH an important (and funny!) video, every ER employee should have to watch this in orientation. I remember a couple times docs' instincts saved people like that. Lady with an index finger sprain that turned out to be a heart attack, guy with anxiety and negative D-dimer who had a massive PE (when the all the "rules" would say not to test for that with a negative D-dimer), etc.
Wow! What was the diagnostic and presentation path from the finger sprain to an MI?? 😲 I work in ER admissions and I love learning about cases like this, because my team is truly the front of the front line at our hospital for POV arrivals. I've worked on this dept for almost a decade, and my instincts have saved lives before. I'm a relatively passive person, but when my Spidey Senses start to tingle, I push back with the ED nurses who brush me off when I advise we have a triage. They're so accustomed to me being this friendly, laid-back, bubbly person that when I suddenly bust out my "LISTEN TO ME, DAMMIT!" voice, they take notice. And that's the way I like it. It helps me better advocate for our patients. 😊
As a mom of a kidney transplant child and extensive medically history, we have spent lots of time in the ER, so much so that I've become comfortable in the Trauma unit where I can be seen cracking jokes. Your videos are so spot on and funny its like a sort of healing supplement for my weary and tired mommy heart. Thank you. You're my new favorite channel.
My mum had a master's in nursing and I have 2 godmothers from Thailand with a master's in nursing. I absolutely ❤️ your channel and send my mum your clips all the time, she gets such a kick out of them!!! I grew up around hospitals with my mum and godmothers, thank you for educating the public about what the f#$% the medical system is really like! Doctors and nurses, your body, and the medical system within a hospital needs to be respected. Yes, some hospitals are better than others. That's another debate for another time. But patients still need to trust their nurses above all else, and then their doctors.
Always grateful for my nurse ‘instincts’ moments (like an inner awareness, that can’t be explained). This skit demonstrates why these are so important to heed. Many years ago, had this patient who arrived thinking that she was experiencing a miscarriage - - being Rh negative, I sent the specimen to the lab). The doctor that shift had told me to discard what she expelled, even though I had mentioned that she would need an injection because of being Rh negative (he told her that she just had a heavy period. The results were as I expected and the lady did get her RhoGAM injection.
Nurses act so calm and meanwhile in their head they are thinking of all the things they need to get done. But the patients each feel like they are the priority. Thanks for the great work you do every day.
I have tears in my eyes? Wow, I do! Ben is still learning, Austin is turning into a bomb ass nurse, and I am here for all of it. Standing ovation, Steveioe! 👏👏👏👏
This is one of the ones I have watched several times, & each time it makes me tear up & reminds me how much I appreciate the nurses who have taken such great care of me over the years. And I have to say something each time.
I loved this. Ben feels things so deeply. He can get overwhelmed as we’ve seen, and he’s a tough guy, a man’s man, holding his feelings in a lot of the time. But even though he’s keeping his true feelings very close to his chest, often just responding with a blink and a stare, he does feel things very deeply and chooses his words so carefully. For example the way he did with the woman who was being abused by her boyfriend, or the male patient who has been bitten by a “stray dog” (really it was the patient’s dog but the patient didn’t want to admit it for fear of the dog having to be put to sleep). Austin is easy to love, with his childlike voice, gentle personality, and infectious smile. But Ben is becoming one of my truly favorite TH-cam characters because he’s so very layered.
PLEASE continue to make these little vignettes. They give us so much to think about and ponder on - educating us on behind the scenes of healthcare, showing how the healthcare workers themselves are just human and have flaws and mistakes, and showing us how to give a little grace to everyone. Thank you so much for these! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for showing the many sides of nursing. Nurses, especially these days, are stressed to the max but so many care deeply about their patients and just want to see that they are given the appropriate care. To all the nurses that give so much of their heart and soul, I say thank you. 🙏🏽❤️
All the FEELS!!! I think I have something in my eye 😅🥰😍. Excellent work Steve 👏👏👏👏. This is General Hospital / telenovela level drama and I'm here for every second!! 😁😁😁
Hahaha, good job Austin. I worked on a surgical ward for years (over 30) and sadly our ER used us as a dumping ground. There was one RN who would regularly send patients up to us that weren't stable enough, which meant that we had to divert all our staff to the one patient who invariably crashed within hours of arriving on the ward. Fortunately there were excellent nurses in ER who, because they'd originally worked on our ward before moving to ER, would give us a heads up when they saw what was about to happen, which gave us time to get our ducks in a row. The moral of the story is that you always trust your gut. If something doesn't feel right, it's not.
We have great docs at the ER I worked at that would listen to us techs. Saved a few lives that way. Head doc even made a new doc apologize to me for yelling at me when I was right.
I really like this because a lot of people don't take patients seriously when they're drunk or high. Just because someone is inebriated, doesn't mean they talking nonsense.
Absolutely FANTASTIC teamwork! I'm a retired Pediatric ER doc. I learned many years ago (while still in training) that the doctor (me?) doesn't have to be that good when surrounded by excellent staff! Thank you, everybody in those workplace families who are there to take care of the patients!!!
This is probably my favourite skit yet, iv been watching since i dont even know how long anymore, and straight up your acting skills are insane now. I felt like i was watching greys anatomy or something and its just you. Honestly good job man
I had been feeling exhausted for several weeks. Blood test came back ok. Was told to get more rest. Still exhausted. Went to walk in with pain in my side. A new, young Dr ordered an xray. Slight shadow at bottom of lung, could have been nothing. Dr gave some thought, ordered CT scan. Pulmonary emboli!! A week later I was seen for follow up by an older, more experienced Dr who said it was a “very good call” by the young doc, and that he was impressed by his investigation.
This one actually made me 😢 I am an ER nurse and these skits are spot on. It’s the most stressful crazy environment you can think of yet my co workers always prove to me humans can be awesome.
I love this young man! He’s caught the many faces of ER medicine & done a great job of letting other people “see” behind the magic curtain to the real people doing a very stressful & difficult job. Especially true w/ this vignette. Thanks for being so insightful & spot on w/ your portrayals of ER life!!
I came to this video feeling really upset (unrelated) feeling angry and panicky like the video started. The calm transition actually calmed ME down. Thank you, and thanks for the great videos!!!
I’m so grateful to see this video. I have monstrous migraines and it’s very rare I get treated with respect in the er. I’ve had them all my life and the medical industry refuses to treat me with respect. I know my body and what works. Thank you for this even though it’s unrelated to me. ❤
Likewise. I get treated like a drug seeker every time. Thankfully I’ve finally found treatment that’s finally made my migraines manageable. Emgality and Ubrevly have been life savers for me.
I'll never forget the time I brought a patient to CT and saw them freak out when the scan finished. Usually the results were sent to a tech and I'd take the patient back to the ER or their room. During the scans I usually sat in the back room and just socialized with whoever was working CT that day. Suddenly one of them jumped to their feet and started barking orders to everyone and called OR. Apparently the guy had an aneurysm that could burst at any moment. Thankfully he ended up being okay since it was treated in time.
This is the most accurate depiction of ER life: none of that relationship drama bullshit or doctors magically having time to be one on one with with each patient for 20 minutes. Thank you for this 😌✊
I can so relate to Ben! Stress can really get to you and cloud your decision not just in professional life but also in personal! Take a step back and breathe like Austin! 😊 Great mono act, Steve! Keep them coming!😀
No, I’m not in the medical field but my mother was. And I found this so interesting because we don’t really know what’s going on for the poor doctors and nurses and everybody in the hospital. It does open up my eyes and the fact that you make it so funny makes it even better. Thank you for all your videos.
As an RN I have to say you're always excited and invigorated when you make the right call in a difficult situation regardless of how burned out you feel in a shift. Team unity increases when we focus on each other and not on the issues, when we respect each other in the way we talk, we make changes for the better and lead by example.
Austin is going to go far in the medical field wit his instincts…. I was recently in the hospital for a few days n I had a night nurse named heather who figured everything out for me….she was literally a godsend….love u heather
CNA here. There were a few times in the ER that I'm glad I and our doctors listened to my instincts. It felt surreal to realize that in those cases the patients would have died. Great Doctors, I had just had the opportunity to spend more time with the patient.
😭😭😭 being able to admit when you’ve made a mistake and apologize! And I definitely love Austin. I do not know how he is so calm all the time. I’m going to try to be more like him.
I love all of your work, but this one really hit me on a personal level! I’ve been a nurse for 20 years, and instincts play a much, much bigger role than many might think. This also provided a peek into the reality of understaffing and other shortages (space, testing/life-saving equipment, time!), and how these dilemmas are managed (and, most importantly, how one wrong call can lead to an irreparable disaster). Keep them coming! We love your work 😍
Austin is going to be the best nurse ever. His instincts are dead on.
Somebody protect that Cinnamon Bun or at least give him a hug. lol.
@@UrielElOsO You see, this is why I love the Internet. Instinct to protect. I see way more "Protect this cinnamon bun" comments than hurtful comments and it makes my little heart soar.
@@Victoriasm31 Well, Austin is working in the healthcare system. Sooner or later, he will meet the one patient that will crushed his innocents away. Even though he is a tough assistant already. You can tell he is still green. You want to protect him, but it will only be a matter of time.
God bless the Austin’s! And as someone with a rare form of brain disease, it’s been the “Austin’s” aka nurses who have done the most for me. I can go into something called “Crisis”. If left untreated I have about an 85% chance of kicking the bucket. I went in by ambulance to the ER and as expected, the nurse was calling the shots. She got me out of crisis and stabilized. Next comes the doctor. She doesn’t understand why my #’s have corrected for the most part. She says “You’re constipated! Get out of here!” (I shit you not). 2 hours before it was touch and go but because I received the correct treatment from the “Austin”, I was going to live. No thanks to the doctor. 2 hours before I was hypotensive, so cold they had to take my temp rectally, hypovolumic, hypoglycemic, soaked from head to toe in a cold sweat and my pulse never went below 120. Bad shape, right? Not according to the doctor! I was only constipated so she streeted me. Thank God for “Austin’s”.
@@kimberly1023 Yeah…. That’s potentially malpractice. Constipation is definitely not the same as hypovolemia and other such stuff.
When I worked in a surgical center, I found out quick it was really is the nurses who run the show. Even though the doctors are the ones making the orders, the nurses had authority to question the docs and push for a better treatment.
I'm starting to really like Ben. He actually admits when he's wrong. Incredible.
Lol I am actually laughing out loud
I still keep in mind that ben is the embodiment of all veteran nurses who is devoted to their responsibilities, rich is the guy who can divert the stress to being optimism in necessity, and Austin is... Well, we've been here, seeing him newly hired at episode 1, much like being in his shoe on what's all happening at the hospital while we rage like a monkey for (for women) bleeding at down below and (for men) feeling heartbroken.
Just two of the example, don't deny you never seen or experience that stuffs.
It’s a great trait to cultivate.
That's too rare, and not just in nursing.
a good Leader always does.
Disclaimer I would die for Austin, but since Austin will be sad I'll just adopt him instead. And feed him cookies.
Oh! I just said I wanted Austin to be my pet and feed him grapes and sausage rolls and throw balls for him!
Well that is creepy is a full grown man
@vanilla bean O2 Nah, not creepy. Adults need love and support too. ❤️
@@IchBinEinNerdable Austin's not even real either lol
@@itsllaboutme Omg! Really? Austin isn't real!? Go crawl back under your rock and let people wish there were Austins in the world instead of people who find it necessary to state the obvious in a condescending way.
Twenty years ago a wise and careful podiatrist sent me to dermatology for examination and biopsy of a lesion on top of my foot. The dermatologist was pretty curt & dismissive, but he said, "I don't usually biopsy something that looks like this, but since the dermatologist sent you..." Turns out I had stage 1 melanoma and it was caught in time. They rushed me into minor surgery and it hadn't spread nor has there been a recurrence. Remember that doctors & nurses are just human beings. If something doesn't seem right, it's OK to get a second or even a third opinion.
If only some of them wouldn’t get so upset and offended when you do
@@mark9294 the truly great docs DON'T get offended when you get a second or third opinion. In fact though they've never been wrong themselves every single over of my specialists ENCOURAGE second and third opinions. They respect and appreciate input from their respected peers.
That's why they say to advocate yourself. You have the strong arm, otherwise see a different opinion from another hospital or doctor
@@kelly-annflanagan7693 the truly great don’t, but they’re few and far in between
@@mark9294 very true. While I have a multitude of specialists, I am blessed living where I live. As every single one of my specialists are not only ranked in the top 1% but they're also extremely humble and professors of medicine in their chosen field of specialty.
My mother was a retired nurse in a teaching hospital. When she was diagnosed with a brain tumor about 10 years after retirement, the doctor broke down at the terrible news. He told us that my mother saved his skin and patient’s lives when he was a “baby doc” because she used her instincts more than once when they worked together in the ICU. This doctor came to her funeral 4 months after we got the diagnosis. There are angels among us…
I work for West Virginia University surgery and Trauma services at camc General division which is a teaching Hospital. The good nurses really help the interns through the residency, if they will listen to the nurses. Many a nurse has saved a resident's butt.
Your mom sounds like she was a beautiful person ❤ I'm sorry for your loss!
Thank you for sharing and I’m sorry about your loss ❤❤
Heaven has another Angel.
My condolences on your loss, from an old nurse🙏
Ah I'm so sry 😟. ❤
As an ER doc, I can confirm that trusting a good nurse's instincts is very, very wise.
Damn straight!
I love having a variety of staff ages and sexes because they may have seen something or done something you haven’t. Worst I am going to do is say, huh, interesting and look it up to verify.
Thank you
Thank you from a retired ER nurse. Have had many similar occurrences
You’re obviously a smart doc! ❤️
When I was a fresh scared-shitless intern, I had an older physician tell me to NEVER discount a nurse/tech/whathaveyou when they say "I'm concerned about....". Solid gold wisdom.
Seconded
One night a bunch of us nurses and a couple of third year residents jokingly made up rules for the new residents (July was just around the corner).
Rule number one was: listen to the nurses.
Rule number two: when in doubt, see rule number one.
during change of shift an environmental tech (housekeeping staff) recognized that a man who was brought in by ambulance in restraints had a brain bleed and was not having a bad reaction to illicit drugs as speculated. he was a friend of her's and she knew he was a tee-totaler. her alerting the staff saved precious minutes in getting him to ct scan and to surgery.
So true!
@@doseckes3183 When you see and hear about a lot of medical urgency I bet you get used to recognize it. Experience is always valuable.
Ok, now we just need a 30 minute show every week. That was better than half the medical dramas out there.
I think these are like great medical show summaries. Just my style. Quick intro, plot, small plot twist, and ending without having to watch an hour of tv. They’re perfect!
Agree!
I was gonna say, this is the only medical show I’ve ever been into!
Scrubs but 2024!!
It would be a cheap show tonmake too! One actor, low budget costumes, and I'm not even sure what's happening with the background half the time. Props dont even have to be completely accurate because we still know what they're supposed to be!
Couple years back, I got hit by a car. Ended up in the ER waiting for about six hours (I was low triage: conscious, not actively bleeding, just needed X-rays). By the time they got to me, all the orthos had gone home for the night, and it was just me and the ER nurse who looked at me and said "I have a bad feeling."
He was right: I had an occult fracture that didn't show up well on X-ray. He saved me some pretty significant surgery by trusting his instincts and telling me to immobilize the joint until I could get a consult. I have nothing but good things to say about him.
I have a similar story. I was almost unalived by an orange tabby aptly named Rage and fell down a flight of stairs in the middle of the night, resulting in an ankle injury. Nothing showed up on X-rays despite my ankle swelling so much that my skin was starting to split, but later that day an x-ray tech called me and said that even though nothing showed clearly on the films there was some shadowing that he was concerned about and that i should treat it like it's broken.
Followed up with Ortho a few weeks later after the swelling had gone down a bit and X-rays showed multiple fractures.
I worked for a physician who did clinical & research (he came up with the questions, I figured out how to answer them). He had tremendous respect & admiration for the nurses, treated them like gold. The nurses all loved him & wished all docs were like that. His patients got better attention, too, bc of how well he treated them. Some of the docs were incredibly nasty to nurses. Considering how vital they are & how hard they work, I couldn't believe the levels of arrogance & jerkiness some MDs showed toward them. Tho I have a lot of health problems so have seen a LOT of nurses, & some of them reeeally should've been in a different profession. One where they had no contact with people.
@@kellyhoward6941people like that physician are the reason I still have faith in humanity
Ben's reaction to realizing he almost killed a patient made me cry 😢 but then his reaction to Austin saying "I love you Ben" made me laugh 😂
I got a tear in my left eye at the end. And Austin loves everyone. I tell people "I love you" too. Even ones who are just acquaintances.
Leaving something you’re not aware of untreated is not tantamount to killing.
@@jenniferlynn329 You never know what day might be your last, so let everyone you care about know they are loved. Whether they want it or not.
@@BijinMCMXCtrue, but it can certainly feel that way when you're the one who could have fixed it but dismissed the signs.
@@Aggiemayson I agree
This made me tear up. I work in the health sector. It can be really hard trusting your instincts especially when things get busy like this and you risk upsetting your superiors. But like Austin said, better safe than sorry. Thanks for making this.
Thank you for doing the work that you do
In my experience most supers start yelling & don't pitch in to help. After a wks as a super was chastised by the DON to just supervise & not relieve nurses/ techs for breaks or assist them to perform their duties. Right O. Left Tx Gulf Coast forever to travel.( Different hospital no less)
True, but if it'd been negative, the RN woudl've caught hell. That's why we hesitate these days.
I always try to err on the side of caution and its saved our asses before from ensuring we had functional gear to patient care always listen to that nagging suspension if it means more care and never if it means less
except when you upset your supervisors you get written up and fired :D
This really hits home. One day my husband said he was experiencing problems speaking and the left side of his mouth was drooping. I convinced him to go to the ER, where they said it was Bell's Palsy. The doctor even laughed when my husband mentioned getting a scan. I knew it wasn't Bell's Palsy because a friend had it in high school, I was convinced he had a stroke. He went to his regular doctor and he said the same, Bell's Palsy. I was fed up so I scheduled an appointment for him with a neurologist. The neurologist saw him and scheduled a scan the next morning. He had a brain tumor. He passed away from glioblastoma 19 months later at the age of 48.
19 months is precise. Dr. Chris Bernards of Seattle, also 19 months. Thanks, for sharing ❤️
@@nelsblair2667 I'm so sorry to hear about Dr. Bernards. I did look him up, I'm actually in Seattle myself. It seems like we lose the best and brightest to brain cancer. I'm so sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing, too 💜🐿
My heart goes out to you in your loss.
@@mimita1157 Thank you 💜🐿
My condolences. God bless you and your family.
I love that the characters aren't two-dimensional, that they make mistakes and grow as people and are like the real people we know and interact with every day.
Similar story I once had when I was a very novice nurse in the ER department.
I wasn't on triage, but they sent me this young kid that was having chest pain, the triage nurse told me that it looked like an axiety crysis. Anyway, being a noob as I was, I felt insecure so I decided to do an EKG just in case. I also did it so the patient was calmier, like "look, we are doing stuff", you know.
Well, figures. He was having a heart failure, tbh I cannot remember what it was exactly (it was over 14 years ago), but I could tell something was off. When the doctor saw the EKG the kid was rushed towards the boxes for monitoring and shortly after transfered to the cardiac ward.
So yeah. Trust your insctincts. That's a great advise I always give to new nurses & nurse students. "And if you are wrong and the patient is fine, we'll talk later about what happened and what you can learn from that".
Your videos are great. Thank you for that :)
I once went to the ER as a young boy for something similar - drank an energy drink and later that day felt like something was terribly wrong. They did end up sending me home with a diagnosis of anxiety/panic attack but I do recall them giving me an ekg first. Even though it didn’t turn up anything serious it helped to know that I was being taken seriously even as a kid. Must not have been a busy day that night 😄
@@snoozbuster in your case it's very likely they heard "Drank energy drink earlier" and were able to deduce you were simply dehydrated, which happens super often in kids and teens who don't drink enough water
It's amazing that one person can play all of these characters and yet they appear to be different people because they have different facial expressions and different voices and different ways of holding themselves and different personalities. We get to look at them differently and think that they're all different people but they're all the same person. And plus I have to say his teeth are awesome. 😘
So true!! He is amazing!!
I was thinking the same thing!!
Have you watched the series Frank James does "If ____ were people"? He does things like planets, movie genres, Starbucks drinks, and they're all really funny.
You may also enjoy Drew Talbert's restaurant related channel!
At 69 I am little attracted to that one character he plays, but not the other 2.I like them but not the same way. Too top it off I have always had a thing for older men. I do not know how he does that.
Austin is an angel. We need at least one in every ER.
I had a nurse as gruff as Ben with the instincts of Austin. Didn't understand why he was so angry until he apologized right before going home telling me he was mad the staff hadn't placed an IVC filter when I came in with a massive DVT and PE. His actions probably have saved my life many times over since then with DVTs.
Wow that's sad but also glad that the nurse cares. It's a very demaning job and so I feel bad anytime I had to go to the ER. Sometimes they are mean and say unnecessary things to make me feel bad but I forgive them because I know they're stressed. I'm also autistic so I get sad a lot if I feel like I'm being annoying or making someone mad. Kind of a double edged sword. That's why I try to stay home no matter what unless I feel like I need to go even if they are mad at me and I'll feel sad.
@@CaptainEdMercer well here's one thing I will say particularly nurses go into that profession because they care so we all have to realize we are all going through something so don't take anger personally. "Water off a ducks back " is the best quote to me.
@@CaptainEdMercer
If it can comfort you, there's a good chance you might simply be misinterpreting their body language and think they are mad at you when in reality they are more in a constant state of edge throughout the day and will snap a little when people can't keep up with their rythm. Autism and its effects differ from person to person, but it has good chances to be the reason why there's some communication problems. Really, don't take it too seriously, even if you slightly annoy them, they'll probably forget in a few minutes.
@@CaptainEdMercer I feel like I relate to feeling hurt when someone seems irritated/annoyed with you, it's the worst. I'm still struggling with it, one thing that's starting to help though is realizing that people are dealing with their own stuff, kinda like a veil over their experience, so they can have a sharp reaction to something we do/say that objectively is totally fine and neutral, but for them it was one more stimulus that knocked their pent-up stressed brain over the edge a bit. And I mean literally, stimulus. Kinda like my therapist pointed out that somebody could be having a terrible day, everything goes wrong on the way to work and they were already stressed out from big life events and worry, and then someone says "Hi how are you?" and they blow up on them, or maybe are just curt and kinda rude to that person. It's easy for the person who greeted them to feel like, "what did I say? did I say it in the wrong tone of voice? was that rude?" but actually you were totally fine, all the stress on their mind means they're not just reacting to what's happening in the moment. I'm still in the process of figuring it out, where I'm at currently it seems like maybe people who are curt/tense/rude/angry are stressed or hurt in some way and it's not a reflection of who I am as a person, it doesn't mean I'm bad just because they're acting that way. I still get anxious around people who are running with that kind of "tight" energy, it's not comfortable :P
Austin is the kind of coworker everyone wants and needs! In any field. This video speaks to me, one of my good friends has been a nurse for a long time, if he hadn't kept pushing me to go to the ER I too could have died. I have pseudotumor cerebri that gives me headaches but unknown to me I had viral encephalitis for the second time in my life, the first go around I almost died and was blind for a full 24 hours. The second didn't get treated quick enough and I have a severe brain injury that keeps me locked in my house except for special occasions and doctors appointments. Now this is a pity party comment more of a precautionary tale, to trust your body if something feels really wrong then there is a good chance something could be wrong. I was told by a few in the ER that anytime I felt like I did to come in and not to feel bad like I am using up their time. Just remember there is a place known as Urgent Care that can take care of you a lot better if you got the sniffles or flu they can normally get you in and out!
Well, at least there’s TH-cam
no Urgent when i twisted my ankle beyond 90⁰ and the covid conga was On can barely walk still...
I’m sorry you went through that :(
My dad had a somewhat similar situation (minus edibles). He unfortunately got Ben in this scenario. Was sent home with a diagnosis of an severe ear infection. After finally getting my mom to phone a friend of theirs who could authorize a CT scan, found it was a brain aneurysm. He miraculously made it through, but ended up with Alzheimers for his last 6 years. Don't know if it would've made a difference if they caught it that night, but don't let anyone tell you you're "ok"
Excellent comment, thank you for sharing! A reminder that even if people treat you like an annoyance sometimes, at the end of the day, you're the one living with your health day in and day out. Viral encephalitis is rough shit, I'm glad you survived. Wishing you healing and good days
That was actually really wholesome. And a good example to make, because making a mistake in the ER can have such dire consequences that there's never any room for pride, so acknowledging your mistakes without delay isn't just about saving face. It's about saving lives. It's that sort of thing that's made me apply to start my nursing degree.
It reminds me of when I went to hospital with a swollen face and in absolute agony, and a doctor dismissed it. A nurse risked their job, openly telling him off and then saying "I know you're under a lot of pressure, but don't be so callous. At least check her teeth. I used to work as a dental assistant and those are all signs of dental infection, and those can get real dangerous, real quick if left untreated". The doctor looked and...yep. Dental infections. Plural. Enough that while I was waiting in hospital...a test came back confirming I was in early stages of septicemia.
Because the doctor didn't let pride get in the way when the nurse corrected a mistake he made, being too hasty to free up a bed, I only had to lose 5 molars and my wisdom teeth...when I could've potentially lost my life instead.
Holy crap I had a super similar experience to this while I was orienting as a new grad in the ED. It can be hard to advocate for your patient when everyone is slammed and you dont have a solid reason to say why you need something other than just your gut. I had a kid who got drunk and got punched in the face and knocked out, he had a series of symptoms that were reminiscent of a brain bleed but could easily be explained by the alcohol as well (peed himself, repeating the same questions, vomiting, etc) but in my head since he had been punched and fell on the concrete I felt it was a TBI until proven otherwise, we were super busy and my charge didnt love the idea of upgrading him to a trauma, but luckily she supported us listening to our gut and it turned out he had a massive skull fracture from his foramen magnum to his frontal bone. Ever since I always go with the most cautious option when im on the fence about something.
Wow! Good for you for trusting your instincts!
@@hartleyb8356 fr fr!
I'm sure that person will never forget you, even if they aren't fully aware of the part you played.
Ok.. I'm completely invested in these characters now. Even teared up a bit... Damn you, Steve!!
Absolutely!!! I thought it was just me.
Me too... I have happy tears little Austin is growing up!
Ditto!!!
Same 😭
Same here interesting content and humor🙂😁
I’m a non-clinical office staff member and I have seen RNs, countless times, save lives because they talk the docs into imaging, etc. Blows my mind every time. THANK GOD for clinical staff that trust their instincts! “Healthcare Heroes” doesn’t even begin to cover it!! I love you, clinical staff! Keep bein’ your bad selves, even if the providers give you shit! YOU save lives, even when they “don’t want to go through the trouble” or whatever! 😘♥️❣️🏥
I'm a doc who's repeatedly done blood draws myself when RNs refuse -- multiple times come back with leukocytosis and positive gram negs just as patients spikes a fever when antipyretics wear off (i.e. sepsis in cancer patients). Both sides have the best and worse. It's not about RNs vs. MDs. Both team members have to trust each other and most importantly care about the patient first, not their breaks or time to punch out.
@@mar_man813 This nurses vs doctors rubbish is really draining
It's not always the Dr's not wanting to do something. Sometimes it is the insurance company that doesn't want to pay for it. Then it's a hassle for the dr/staff to do the prior auth paperwork, and follow up, and call the insurance company, then appeal the automatic denial...
Insurance companies are really good at making money, but really bad at health care.
From a clinical medical worker that you for appreciating us!
💗 thanks your appreciated too.
Instincts save lives. When I was dizzy and vomiting, I just wanted to wait it out, but the other half insisted I go in. I was bleeding internally due to an ectopic pregnancy, had lost 1.5 litres of blood (I think if you lose 3 liters, it's usually a death sentence without immediate help).
Always trust your gut!
YOUR gut was wrong. YOUR gut said wait it out.
Always trust your gut means you would have waited out to the morgue.
In that case... Literally!
This video hit close to home, my son was less then a year and I could tell he wasn’t ok took him in and it was a nurse who followed her instincts that saved his life no one believed he had any issues I was just a first time dad. The doctor wanted to send us home but she spent some time talking to him and got it changed.
14 mins later he stopped breathing I would of been mid drive an never would of known for another 15 mins until I got home.
Is he ok now??? What was wrong with him?
This is why they call it a TEAM! All members work together in a way that compliments the whole.
T-together
E-everyone
A-achieves
M-more
Literally one of the reasons listed for possibly calling a rapid response on my floor is “gut feeling” because sometimes you just know.
This may be a made up story, but it illustrates how nurses save lives every day. Thank you to all the nurses out there (whether or not you're still working as one now.) Gd bless you! ❤️🙏
Believe me, it happens. Even through the chaos, we have to MAKE OURSELVES listen to our inner voice/gut instinct.
Thank you for appreciating and recognizing us.
Nothing made up real life as an RN the stories we have are unbelievable. Thanks Ben and Austin 😁🤗
@@junedaisy707 I think the lives were already in danger… hence being at a hospital
@@junedaisy707 generally they aren't creating the danger, they deal with dangerous situations. People will always make mistakes, but if you would rather a world without healthcare, you do not have to participate in the system.
Damn man those type of decisions are life and death and it could be so easily lost or gained that's why you guys are the true heroes having to make those decisions every day
Sometimes it’s as simple as, a life is worth getting scolded by superiors. 9 bad calls are worth the 1 definitely needed
Rampant drug use causes another toll on society that is rarely talked about. People with health or mental health problems are not no given the medical attention they need, because their symptoms look like a typical drug use issue.
My step dad died from an undiagnosed pneumonia while in hospital for something else. He was stationary for over a week there and most of the time stable and even fit and no one bothered to check his lungs when he started to feel unwell and started to have trouble breathing because he was a smoker. Only after he died they found their error.
So this skit did get a few tears out of me.
Good job with your acting and scripting.
I love how he literally said that he would have yelled at him if it was actually nothing. Because that’s all I was thinking about after he didn’t listen and went ahead and did a CT scan. I know it’s a short sketch but honestly very well done and I like Austin! 😂 He’s a pretty cool dude!
Working in a hospital for 13 years, working in the ER for a lot of it, this really gets to me. I love that Austin made that call and that Ben's hubris didn't keep him from apologizing and thanking Austin. Those days when you're so slammed that you HAVE to go on divert are extremely stressful for all ER staff, but especially the charge nurses.
Keep it up with these awesome skits. Love them and keep coming back for more!!!
The "I've got your back thing" means so much everytime in a shift. So so grateful every time I encounter a colleague like that. 👍🥰
That's so wholesome. Love to see when nurses and medical workers are actually a team!
ER nurses have to go through so much. I always try my best to be a cooperating patient when I go in. This situation actually happened to me. I knew the ER was busy, so the resident was trying to just give me a quick fix so they could discharge me. I didn't want to leave because I knew my body. Luckily, there was a nurse just like Austin who listened to me and spoke up. I ended up being hospitalized for 3 weeks before I was all good and released. Thanks to all the nurses who are so busy and working hard that still listen to us.
That was way too wholesome for my expectations. I loved it.
When people ask me what the most important thing I learned in residency was I tell them that no matter how tired or stressed you are, if that little voice inside you says that you need to go see a patient and do more tests, you go do it. Trust your instincts and trust the instincts or the nurses who usually have more experience than you do.
This is SUCH an important (and funny!) video, every ER employee should have to watch this in orientation. I remember a couple times docs' instincts saved people like that. Lady with an index finger sprain that turned out to be a heart attack, guy with anxiety and negative D-dimer who had a massive PE (when the all the "rules" would say not to test for that with a negative D-dimer), etc.
Wow! What was the diagnostic and presentation path from the finger sprain to an MI?? 😲
I work in ER admissions and I love learning about cases like this, because my team is truly the front of the front line at our hospital for POV arrivals. I've worked on this dept for almost a decade, and my instincts have saved lives before. I'm a relatively passive person, but when my Spidey Senses start to tingle, I push back with the ED nurses who brush me off when I advise we have a triage.
They're so accustomed to me being this friendly, laid-back, bubbly person that when I suddenly bust out my "LISTEN TO ME, DAMMIT!" voice, they take notice. And that's the way I like it. It helps me better advocate for our patients. 😊
I love Austin. He’s so innocent but he’s always looking out for his co workers.
and his patients
As a mom of a kidney transplant child and extensive medically history, we have spent lots of time in the ER, so much so that I've become comfortable in the Trauma unit where I can be seen cracking jokes. Your videos are so spot on and funny its like a sort of healing supplement for my weary and tired mommy heart. Thank you. You're my new favorite channel.
My mum had a master's in nursing and I have 2 godmothers from Thailand with a master's in nursing. I absolutely ❤️ your channel and send my mum your clips all the time, she gets such a kick out of them!!! I grew up around hospitals with my mum and godmothers, thank you for educating the public about what the f#$% the medical system is really like! Doctors and nurses, your body, and the medical system within a hospital needs to be respected. Yes, some hospitals are better than others. That's another debate for another time. But patients still need to trust their nurses above all else, and then their doctors.
This was final episode of the drama I never knew I watched.
This is one of the most realistic - and wholesome - episodes. I really am enjoying Austin.
We all need an Austin in our lives XD so supportive and kind
Austin is such a good nurse man, and good on Ben for admitting when he’s wrong
Always grateful for my nurse ‘instincts’ moments (like an inner awareness, that can’t be explained). This skit demonstrates why these are so important to heed. Many years ago, had this patient who arrived thinking that she was experiencing a miscarriage - - being Rh negative, I sent the specimen to the lab). The doctor that shift had told me to discard what she expelled, even though I had mentioned that she would need an injection because of being Rh negative (he told her that she just had a heavy period. The results were as I expected and the lady did get her RhoGAM injection.
I really love seeing Austin flourish ❤ and what a good leader Ben is! Takes balls to apologise for being wrong ❤🙌
Nurses act so calm and meanwhile in their head they are thinking of all the things they need to get done. But the patients each feel like they are the priority. Thanks for the great work you do every day.
I have tears in my eyes? Wow, I do! Ben is still learning, Austin is turning into a bomb ass nurse, and I am here for all of it. Standing ovation, Steveioe! 👏👏👏👏
This is one of the ones I have watched several times, & each time it makes me tear up & reminds me how much I appreciate the nurses who have taken such great care of me over the years. And I have to say something each time.
Medical is so under appreciated and over worked. You guys really are super hero's. 🙏💗
I loved this. Ben feels things so deeply. He can get overwhelmed as we’ve seen, and he’s a tough guy, a man’s man, holding his feelings in a lot of the time. But even though he’s keeping his true feelings very close to his chest, often just responding with a blink and a stare, he does feel things very deeply and chooses his words so carefully. For example the way he did with the woman who was being abused by her boyfriend, or the male patient who has been bitten by a “stray dog” (really it was the patient’s dog but the patient didn’t want to admit it for fear of the dog having to be put to sleep). Austin is easy to love, with his childlike voice, gentle personality, and infectious smile. But Ben is becoming one of my truly favorite TH-cam characters because he’s so very layered.
PLEASE continue to make these little vignettes. They give us so much to think about and ponder on - educating us on behind the scenes of healthcare, showing how the healthcare workers themselves are just human and have flaws and mistakes, and showing us how to give a little grace to everyone. Thank you so much for these! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for showing the many sides of nursing. Nurses, especially these days, are stressed to the max but so many care deeply about their patients and just want to see that they are given the appropriate care. To all the nurses that give so much of their heart and soul, I say thank you. 🙏🏽❤️
Aww ty for the appreciation, it truly does mean a lot!🥰🥰
I really like your shorts. Not just comedy, not just heart bearing, it's honest truth.
Such great skits! I can’t imagine how hard the decisions are..
This is my favorite video you’ve ever done. As a charge nurse in a busy ER, I felt this 🥹. Thank you for posting this. No rock is an island.
All the FEELS!!! I think I have something in my eye 😅🥰😍. Excellent work Steve 👏👏👏👏. This is General Hospital / telenovela level drama and I'm here for every second!! 😁😁😁
Hahaha, good job Austin. I worked on a surgical ward for years (over 30) and sadly our ER used us as a dumping ground. There was one RN who would regularly send patients up to us that weren't stable enough, which meant that we had to divert all our staff to the one patient who invariably crashed within hours of arriving on the ward. Fortunately there were excellent nurses in ER who, because they'd originally worked on our ward before moving to ER, would give us a heads up when they saw what was about to happen, which gave us time to get our ducks in a row. The moral of the story is that you always trust your gut. If something doesn't feel right, it's not.
This is so wholesome, I really needs seen something like this from time to time.
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Steveioe really needs to get his own medical drama program on TV. It would probably be more medically accurate than a lot of other shows out there.
We have great docs at the ER I worked at that would listen to us techs. Saved a few lives that way. Head doc even made a new doc apologize to me for yelling at me when I was right.
I really like this because a lot of people don't take patients seriously when they're drunk or high. Just because someone is inebriated, doesn't mean they talking nonsense.
Eve more, it could mean they hit their head on something, which is quite common when someone is under influence
Steve is such a great actor I forget he's all the characters 👏👏👏😠😍🥰
Aww, I love it when Austin proves he knows what he’s doing sometimes
I love that all your characters are so different and complex. Little Austin is learning to fly, he’s doing great!
I could watch a tv series with these guys.
steveio should be the next ER,combined with some Eddie Murphy acting skills.
We love you steveio
Ok I need a hug after that.
Damn, I’m really loving the Ben and Austin interplay. We all need an Austin and we’ve all been a Ben and it was just full of wholesome 😭 great job!
Gotta admire and envy people like Austin who're always able to be positive.
Absolutely FANTASTIC teamwork!
I'm a retired Pediatric ER doc. I learned many years ago (while still in training) that the doctor (me?) doesn't have to be that good when surrounded by excellent staff! Thank you, everybody in those workplace families who are there to take care of the patients!!!
This is probably my favourite skit yet, iv been watching since i dont even know how long anymore, and straight up your acting skills are insane now. I felt like i was watching greys anatomy or something and its just you. Honestly good job man
I actually started to well up and cried when Austin said the kid would have died if he was taking care of him. That's so scary 🥺
I had been feeling exhausted for several weeks. Blood test came back ok. Was told to get more rest. Still exhausted. Went to walk in with pain in my side. A new, young Dr ordered an xray. Slight shadow at bottom of lung, could have been nothing. Dr gave some thought, ordered CT scan. Pulmonary emboli!! A week later I was seen for follow up by an older, more experienced Dr who said it was a “very good call” by the young doc, and that he was impressed by his investigation.
This one actually made me 😢
I am an ER nurse and these skits are spot on. It’s the most stressful crazy environment you can think of yet my co workers always prove to me humans can be awesome.
This is one of his BEST shorts. It hits home on so many levels. Great job!
I love this young man! He’s caught the many faces of ER medicine & done a great job of letting other people “see” behind the magic curtain to the real people doing a very stressful & difficult job. Especially true w/ this vignette.
Thanks for being so insightful & spot on w/ your portrayals of ER life!!
Steveioe's characters are so spot on that I can forget they're all him. Great acting. 💗
I came to this video feeling really upset (unrelated) feeling angry and panicky like the video started. The calm transition actually calmed ME down. Thank you, and thanks for the great videos!!!
I’m so grateful to see this video. I have monstrous migraines and it’s very rare I get treated with respect in the er. I’ve had them all my life and the medical industry refuses to treat me with respect. I know my body and what works. Thank you for this even though it’s unrelated to me. ❤
Likewise. I get treated like a drug seeker every time. Thankfully I’ve finally found treatment that’s finally made my migraines manageable. Emgality and Ubrevly have been life savers for me.
This man is an amazing writer and actor. Brought tears to my eyes.
I'll never forget the time I brought a patient to CT and saw them freak out when the scan finished. Usually the results were sent to a tech and I'd take the patient back to the ER or their room. During the scans I usually sat in the back room and just socialized with whoever was working CT that day. Suddenly one of them jumped to their feet and started barking orders to everyone and called OR. Apparently the guy had an aneurysm that could burst at any moment. Thankfully he ended up being okay since it was treated in time.
This is the most accurate depiction of ER life: none of that relationship drama bullshit or doctors magically having time to be one on one with with each patient for 20 minutes. Thank you for this 😌✊
I can so relate to Ben! Stress can really get to you and cloud your decision not just in professional life but also in personal! Take a step back and breathe like Austin! 😊 Great mono act, Steve! Keep them coming!😀
No, I’m not in the medical field but my mother was. And I found this so interesting because we don’t really know what’s going on for the poor doctors and nurses and everybody in the hospital. It does open up my eyes and the fact that you make it so funny makes it even better. Thank you for all your videos.
I work IT in a big hospital and get into all the areas like the ED, ICU and even PEDs. Seeing the way nurses work together is really amazing.
That is now my new most favorite of all. Austin is the best and the purest 💜💜💜 Ben and Rich raised him right.
As an RN I have to say you're always excited and invigorated when you make the right call in a difficult situation regardless of how burned out you feel in a shift. Team unity increases when we focus on each other and not on the issues, when we respect each other in the way we talk, we make changes for the better and lead by example.
Austin’s such a good guy, he’s so sweet 😭
Thank you for your service to humanity. We appreciate you!
Austin is going to go far in the medical field wit his instincts…. I was recently in the hospital for a few days n I had a night nurse named heather who figured everything out for me….she was literally a godsend….love u heather
Dammit steveioe. I watch the videos to laugh not break down in tears. Ur videos are awesome even if my old ass ends up crying like a newborn.
Whoa! Moving into suspense and drama! Growing those chops!! Great job!
I love these more serious skits. I love the funny ones too I just think it's a great balance hitting us with the real shit too 💜
I loved this one! It's always wonderful to see people owning up to their mistakes and giving credit where credits due
CNA here. There were a few times in the ER that I'm glad I and our doctors listened to my instincts. It felt surreal to realize that in those cases the patients would have died. Great Doctors, I had just had the opportunity to spend more time with the patient.
i'm crying! Yay for Austin listening to his instincts! It's the Team working together! Loved this video!
😭😭😭 being able to admit when you’ve made a mistake and apologize!
And I definitely love Austin. I do not know how he is so calm all the time. I’m going to try to be more like him.
Thank you this actually brings back some trust into doctors for me. I almost cry 🥺 Excellent instincts and heart on the right spot
New appreciation for these videos. Love sweet Austin and Ben is showing good strengths too!
I love all of your work, but this one really hit me on a personal level!
I’ve been a nurse for 20 years, and instincts play a much, much bigger role than many might think. This also provided a peek into the reality of understaffing and other shortages (space, testing/life-saving equipment, time!), and how these dilemmas are managed (and, most importantly, how one wrong call can lead to an irreparable disaster).
Keep them coming! We love your work 😍