Minds of Medicine - Life in the ER Part 1 Behind-the-scenes of the ED

Take a step into the area's most experienced ER. The doctors and nurses of the Henry Ford Hospital Emergency Department give a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to save lives at high speed.

Emergency Medicine at Henry Ford Health System

The Department of Emergency Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital provides care for nearly 100,000 patients each year, of which 24 percent are admitted to the hospital. Those admissions account for nearly 44 percent of all hospital admissions. More than 30 senior staff physicians and about 50 resident physicians staff the E.R. with more than 300 nurses and other health care support personnel.

Recently, the emergency room underwent an extensive $10 million renovation. The Department has two major resuscitation rooms, a 16-bed critical care area and separate areas for emergency, urgent and pediatric care. The Department has two X-ray suites, two CT scanners and an ultrasound suite - all fully staffed with technicians and radiologists 24 hours a day. In addition, 3 mobile ultrasound machines are present in the department exclusively for emergency physician use in bedside imaging.

An onsite pharmacy provides for rapid access and distribution of medications as well as physician consultation. A clinical pharmacist is often present for resuscitations and procedural sedation.  Our outstanding Emergency Medicine physician assistants complement our delivery of health care throughout the Department, caring for low acuity patients to allow residents to focus on the higher acuity patients. For more information on Henry Ford Health System Emergency Medicine, visit http://www.henryford.com/body_academic.cfm?id=49402

About Henry Ford Health System

Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is a Michigan not-for-profit corporation governed by a 22-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprising 129 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. HFHS is managed by Chief Executive Officer Nancy M. Schlichting.

HFHS is one of the nation's leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. It provides health insurance and health care delivery, including acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services backed by excellence in r

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[leadingbyxample]

LOL, trust me. The nurses make SURE they get adequate recognition.

[virtualetude]

"doctors doctors doctors" don't forget the nurses.

[sn1pe352]

I remember hearing about Emanuel Rivers in the New England journal of medicine on his revolutionary septic treatment delivery system

I believe his research has saved more lives in the present and future than most physicians could dream of :P

[majast20]

@ElleCM2 docs got a lot on their plates sometimes. honestly i can't blame them. imagine being in charge of a team holding someone's life in their hands. you don't want to waste time with pleasantries when shit is hitting the fan. you want to save their life.

[ElleCM2]

The trouble with doctors is they tend to be slightly narcissistic and bark orders without saying please or thank you . Manners don't waste time, they don't take effort , or take longer.

[YumiGWhite]

I am a medical officer's wife!

How many life lost? how many life save (safe)? lets all warriors know that they will no long-term psychological trauma; and not alone in dealing with a psychological wound or traumatic brain injury!

I always remember my husband he said: "There's nothing classified or secret about we do. At the end of the day, it's just all about saving lives!", I am proud of him, he is my hero in my life forever!

God Bless All and their families!!

[902107910]

Finally know what it means for a patient to be septic

[DVDluvr123]

In hospitals nurses do 90% of the work and doctors get 90% of the credit for the work.

[gaia1214]

I might actually believe you if you knew how to spell sepsis!

[Physics4FutureTeslas]

I actually know beyond a reasonable doubt that some of the oncology techniques I and others use would be a great treatment option for sepsus (Intravenous Vitamin C Infusion Protocols) are truly revolutionary in terms of fighting sepsus

[icehouston01]

We have those banana phones as well lol

[unoriginalnick]

No, that is a manual defibrillator, not an AED. Also, a defibrillator is not an alternative to CPR, they must be used in conjunction. All a defibrillator can do is try to reset certain types of arrhythmias. If the heart muscle isn't adequately oxygenated, defibrillation is useless. That's one reason CPR is necessary. The other being that defibrillators are totally useless for asystole (flatline) and some other situations.