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Originally Posted by tommymac

interesting how a few of them rag on PA's of course they work in east bumblefuck. Some facilities have different policies as far as billing and that sort of stuff, but we do generate a ton of money for the hospital. The laws vary state to state. NY is prety liberal in what we can do as compared to other states. I do not need a supervising doc in the building he just has to be a phone call away. On a busy shift with the right n urse and attending I can see 30 patients a shift if its all colds and sprained ankles. However we do work up quite a few patients here with appendicitis, cholecystitis, and other surgical cases. We also work the main ER and manage critical patients (well th emore experienced guys do)

Tom

I've only ran across a couple that don't bag on PA's. Call me ignorant, but I'm really not sure how much difference (training, knowledge, etc) there is between an ER doc and a PA? ER docs get bagged on because it's like they're a jack of all trades and a master of none. Specialist think ER docs don't know shit, hate to be bothered by them, yada...yada...yada...and alot of ER docs bag on PA's. Then the nurses bitch about the docs, docs (and PA's) bag on the nurses.

And when you add EMS, it's another war.



Oh yeah...I forgot to add. They all have one common ground. People who (alot of times constantly) abuse the medical system. Those are the most entertaining of stories, if not the most medically knowledgable.