I'm currently at work as an a&e receptionist

[Parmaviolets13]

Ask away, it is Boxing Day after all

How do you have time to do this. Are there lots of people in the waiting room waiting for your attention while you MN?

What are your shift patterns like?

Do you ever want to tell the people who are taking the piss to go fucking home and stop wasting valuable resources? Have you ever?

You been busy?

What are the most common injuries /ailments this time of year? The emergency vet was full of dogs that had eaten chocolate or mince pies (as had ours).

What is your employer's 'internet use at work' policy? :)

When people come in having fallen on household objects bottom first, does every get to hear?

solidarity I don't think the op is working this moment

How did you get into an a&e receptionist role? If you had your time over woukd you choose your role again?

I think you're supposed to answer the questions?!

Ah well, if you come back, can you tell me how to queue jump at A&E reception if there's a life threatening emergency? My very prem baby had a sudden health emergency a week after discharge. He went limp and cold and was hypothermic, I should have phoned and ambulance but being less than a mile from the hospital I drove there but I was very traumatised and couldn't bring myself to make a scene but the queue was very long. Some people noticed my distress and let me go in front but it took a long time and when I got to the front I couldn't speak properly. How could I have alerted someone to the urgency of the situation?

Do you enjoy your job? Do you generally feel appreciated? (by management and patients)

Do you have any ‘no one will believe this’ type stories?!

Aren't you meant to come back and answer?!

youaremyrain in the absence of the op I’ll answer for you although I hope you never have to experience it again.

Most A&E entrances have ambulances outside. I would have found anyone in a uniform to help me before going in or stand briefly in the line and as soon as you spot a nurse, security etc present your baby to them and they will do what is needed. They are all the best placed people to help.

thats just bonkers , babys life is in danger an you re waiting in the queue!just jump the line!

@DailyMailDontStealMyThread Thanks, looking for a paramedic is a good idea
@Needadvices I didn't plan it, in my mind beforehand, I would have said that I 100% would have done what they do in films and run in screaming "my baby!" I know it sounds crazy but I was so panicked I wasn't functioning properly, I couldn't make a scene as I was trying so hard not to faint myself. When I got to the front of the queue I couldn't speak, it was hideous, same again when he stopped breathing the next morning and I had to run for a medic, I got to the nurses station during handover but couldn't speak, luckily they guessed straight away. I hope you're never in that situation, and if you are, I hope to god you function better than me

@Parmaviolets13 are you coming back?

rain must be a really long shift

rain sorry, just read your earlier posts. Hope you and your baby are OK now