ER

1. The ER rotation was cool because the EMTs and RNs can see a huge variety of patients every day, and everything is fast paced. While I was there, there was a lot going on and like before, all of the EMTs and RNs were in charge of different rooms.The EMTs and nurses have to be ready for any sudden complication at any time, so they are all very well prepared and fast-paced. However, even though it was a fast paced area, everyone seemed calm no matter what was thrown at them. The atmosphere in the area was hurried, but controlled.
2. The therapists were all very comfortable with each other, and they would crack jokes with each other, but several of them just ignored me and my questions. The man I followed was the same guys that I followed when I first came to the ER, and he was still a bit standoffish. I don't think that he was happy to have a student slowing him down. The environment was a bit on edge, but everyone seemed pretty comfortable communicating and doing there job. 
3. I learned a lot about the consequences of drug overdoses and drug withdrawals. One of the patients was writhing in pain and his blood pressure and pulse were too high. It was interesting to see how the people in the ER treated him. They had seen the same drug addict several days earlier, so they ignored him when he asked for someone, and he was just laying there in pain and discomfort. I don't think that I would like ignoring him to suffer and becoming jaded, because I want to help the patients (though I understand that you just have to wait for the drug withdrawals to end). 
4. The ER was one of my favorite units that I've been to in the hospital. I thought that I would find it interesting because it's such a diverse environment, and I think that I would enjoy working in it, but I don't like being an intern/student in the ER because the "mentors" don't have much time to explain what they are doing and why. However, all in all, I enjoy going to the ER because it's never boring.