Emergency physicians work holidays. It’s just part of the job description. I’ll be in the Emergency Department tomorrow, myself.
Which holidays are typically the lightest – according to this retrospective review from a single pediatric Emergency Department?
- Probably no different: Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, New Year’s Day
- Probably lighter: Martin Luther King Day, Labor Day
- Almost definitely lighter: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
Hopefully we’ll all have good shifts together tomorrow!
“Predicting Flow in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Are Holidays Lighter?”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27253652
Wow ! I thought my yesterday shift (Thanksgiving) was going to be light. I was terribly wrong. Case of bronchiolitus needing the ICU, acute lung injury and pulm hemorrhage with pulmonary edema from heroin with crash airway among others. My co-worker had even worse insanity. Patients needed our team , glad I was there.
I guess Thanksgiving is light – “on average”. Somewhere out there, thumb twiddlers probably wished for half your excitement ….