50 Secrets the Emergency Room Staff Won’t Tell You

We do it because we care


We do it because we careiStock/andresr


Say "thank you"


Say thank youiStock/monkeybusinessimages


An ambulance isn't a fancy taxi


An ambulance isn't a fancy taxiiStock/AydAn Mutlu

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Arriving by ambulance doesn't mean you'll get a red-carpet escort into the ER


Arriving by ambulance doesn't mean you'll get a red-carpet escort into the ERiStock/January Smith


Yes, we know you're waiting... and waiting


Yes, we know you're waiting... and waitingiStock/Steve Debenport


We need you to cooperate


We need you to cooperateiStock/stevecoleimages

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If we tell you to stay in bed, we mean it


If we tell you to stay in bed, we mean itiStock/kupicoo


We don't believe you


We don't believe youiStock/megaflopp


We play favorites


We play favoriteswebphotographeer

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We can only do so much


We can only do so muchiStock/Steve Debenport


We're pretty used to people trying to intimidate us


We're pretty used to people trying to intimidate usiStock/Neustockimages


Speak up, please


Speak up, pleaseiStock/sturti

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We don't want you to have to come back


We don't want you to have to come backiStock/vadimguzhva


Here's the 411 on 911


Here's the 411 on 911iStock/katifcam


Don't call from your cell phone


Don't call from your cell phoneiStock/Gajus

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Denial kills people


Denial kills peopleiStock/fivepointsix


Don't clog the system


Don't clog the systemiStock/Paul Hart


We don't always use the sirens


We don't always use the sirensiStock/Tracy Fox

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Don't hang up on us


Don't hang up on usiStock/Elena Elisseeva


We're going to the nearest hospital


We're going to the nearest hospitaliStock/bluecinema


We'll respect your wishes


We'll respect your wishesiStock/Troels Graugaard

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We're not going to go 60 mph in a 30 mph zone


We're not going to go 60 mph in a 30 mph zone iStock/TKarimala


Out of beds equals wait time


Out of beds equals wait timeiStock/Andrei Malov


Come when we're not busy if you can


Come when we're not busy if you caniStock/FangXiaNuo

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Vomit gets you a room


Vomit gets you a roomiStock/AdrianHancu


We like the fast pace


We like the fast paceiStock/vm


Please know how the ER works


Please know how the ER worksiStock/Marilyn Nieves

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Hospitals are overcrowded


Hospitals are overcrowdediStock/VILevi


Tell us your medical history


Tell us your medical historyiStock/andresr


Be honest


Be honestiStock/Susan Chiang

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Know what medications you take


Know what medications you take iStock/OJO_Images


Tell us if your kid isn't immunized


Tell us if your kid isn't immunized iStock/francisblack


Visitors get in our way


Visitors get in our wayiStock/Squaredpixels

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Tell us about any herbal treatments


Tell us about any herbal treatmentsiStock/anyaberkut


Tests will be done in the ER


Tests will be done in the ERiStock/sturti


Don't lie


Don't lieiStock/Steve Debenport

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We can tell when you just come in to score pain meds


We can tell when you just come in to score pain medsiStock/David Tulk


We've heard it all


We've heard it alliStock/monkeybusinessimages


Don't be entitled


Don't be entitlediStock/BrianAJackson

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We don't want to hear it


We don't want to hear itiStock/monkeybusinessimages


We vent to each other


We vent to each otheriStock/UberImages


We can't always give you answers


We can't always give you answersiStock/monkeybusinessimages

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Don't come with cold symptoms


Don't come with cold symptomsiStock/andresr


Don't overmedicate your kids


Don't overmedicate your kidsiStock/srdjan111


You might have to wait in the ambulance for a bit


You might have to wait in the ambulance for a bitiStock/FangXiaNuo

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It's your job to know your insurance


It's your job to know your insuranceiStock/LPETTET


Have your doctor send orders to the ER


Have your doctor send orders to the ERiStock/megaflopp


Don't try to test us


Don't try to test usiStock/Steve Debenport

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Be grateful


Be gratefuliStock/Steve Debenport


We can recognize an unusual diagnosis


We can recognize an unusual diagnosisiStock/Susan Chiang
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