Working under pressure

16 JUNE 2009

Today we learned unit 2 that is working under pressure. I think this is vital for a fresh doctor to learn about this, especially for who are first time transfer to the emergency department. In emergency department we cannot be so slow. We must work very fast. The doctor must be 24 hours alert if there is any emergency case such as car accident. The system that is usually used in emergency department is Triage System. The patient are categorized to 3 category. First category is the obvious emergency patient like non-stop bleeding, heart attack, stroke, accident or women who are going to give birth. The second category is strong potential patient and the third category re potential. Usually the first category will be given more priority. That is why other patient who just have a non-critical disease need to wait for a little bit. I hope they can understand this situation particularly at government hospital.