lemaymiami
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As a cop who worked an off duty job at a local, sizable, hospital's emergency room ( one or two nights a month for around ten years...) I never expected much appreciation from hospital staff... until they needed you because of an unruly (understatement) patient or family member or because the casualties and family members of both sides of a gunfight ended up at the same hospital....
Given the nature of their jobs most healthcare professionals err on the side of forgiveness and seeing most of humanity as someone needing treatment.... I never expected anything else and simply dealt with whatever situation I found myself in (and was quite willing to yell for help - if my handheld could reach the dispatcher... since I never expected much help from the folks working in the hospital...).
Occasionally you can really find yourself in something that a Hollywood movie type would use in a film... One night as folks in the ER were trying to save the life of a young male gunshot victim ( I was off that night so this wasn't something I was in involved in...) a male nurse made a quick trip to the nearest mens room, which was on the far side of the waiting area for patients and family a few feet from the ER... As he walked into the facility he encountered a young man with his pants leg pulled up and un-taping a handgun from his leg... The nurse freaked and ran.. the young shooter also boogied... leaving the handgun on the floor of the mens room... When that piece was run through the firearms techs... they confirmed that it was the same gun that had been used to shoot the victim in the ER... Seems like the potential shooter had come to the hospital intending to finish the job... Just another night in paradise - and I learned long ago not to wish for any form of excitement on the job... You could get plenty even when you weren't looking for it. Glad I'm long out of that world...
Given the nature of their jobs most healthcare professionals err on the side of forgiveness and seeing most of humanity as someone needing treatment.... I never expected anything else and simply dealt with whatever situation I found myself in (and was quite willing to yell for help - if my handheld could reach the dispatcher... since I never expected much help from the folks working in the hospital...).
Occasionally you can really find yourself in something that a Hollywood movie type would use in a film... One night as folks in the ER were trying to save the life of a young male gunshot victim ( I was off that night so this wasn't something I was in involved in...) a male nurse made a quick trip to the nearest mens room, which was on the far side of the waiting area for patients and family a few feet from the ER... As he walked into the facility he encountered a young man with his pants leg pulled up and un-taping a handgun from his leg... The nurse freaked and ran.. the young shooter also boogied... leaving the handgun on the floor of the mens room... When that piece was run through the firearms techs... they confirmed that it was the same gun that had been used to shoot the victim in the ER... Seems like the potential shooter had come to the hospital intending to finish the job... Just another night in paradise - and I learned long ago not to wish for any form of excitement on the job... You could get plenty even when you weren't looking for it. Glad I'm long out of that world...