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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net -1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm not saying they are lazy. I'm saying they are extremely relaxed, like there's nothing to do. 90% of the show is doctors talking about personal stuff, bullying other doctors, dealing with feelings (theirs and others' people) and doing anything else than treating people. You're probably right that there's time for that in a workplace and even with people collapsing in the waiting room they have to stop and have a personal conversation with someone every now and then. Maybe they are treating people off camera and the show just focuses on other things. For me this focus was unbearable. It made it look like no one is being treated while doctors move around slower then me on a coffee break.

It could also be that I'm used to ERs in Europe. Here when I go to ER doctors sit in their rooms and people get assigned to a room. So doctor will see one patient after another without walking around, wondering what case to pick next and chatting with people all the time. For me that's how hospitals work and The Pit just looked like a disorganized mess to me.

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[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What you described isn't an ER, it's called another thing that I can't recall in english sorry.

I'm Spanish and we have one of the best healthcare systems in Europe even though other Spaniards complain. Here you call and can see your family doctor in 1-2 days where they see a patient every 15 mins non-stop almost, or go to a small ER-like thing where they only do triage work. They are almost nonstop in triage too, think McKay on The Pitt.

If you need to go to the ER though, Urgencias here, there will be multiple doctors ready to take care of whatever is happening to you. Last time I went with my mom, we were in a room called a Box where the doctor came about every 30 mins to review the case or present results. Idk what they were doing out of the room but they looked busy.

Also, for context, Whittaker (the dude that gets the drug skilled), Santos (the woman that's the bully kinda type in the first chapters) and Javadi (the youngest girl that gets sent to triage after fainting) are student doctors who still haven't finished their degree, they are doing internship. Those are usually more free than others because they mostly need to shadow actual doctors.

Also the reason there's so many people waiting is because most patients that aren't in need of urgent care should be sent upstairs, where more nurses would take care of them; it's not that the ER doesn't have the manpower, it's that they don't have the room. The show does explain that but maybe not fast enough for you, idk.

Aaanyway, sorry if I'm being overly verbose, I really don't feel like working RN :)

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

I also live in Spain. I've been to public and private hospitals and I think sometimes it's like you describe (doctor comes to the box) and sometimes the doctor is in the box and just sees one patient after another. Depends on a hospital. In general my experience is that you get in, wait for maybe 30 minutes, get treated and leave (I know it depends on the day and hospital). The Pit looked like hospitals during Covid yet they were relaxed, like it's not their problem, just business as usual. For me it felt like the doctors were immediately emotionally attaching to every patient they see but people suffering in the waiting room didn't matter to them.

In the end it just depends on what you like. If you like personal dramas then you will probably enjoy The Pit. I don't like shows about personal dramas and watching an episode were doctor spends most of his time working as a psychologist for the family of a dying person instead of treating people waiting in pain in the waiting room was unbearable. I had the same issue with The Walking Dead (too much focus in personal dramas) but I enjoyed The Strain which had way more pragmatic characters.

Bare in mind that I'm not saying it's a bad show. Acting, writing, production and all is top level. I do realize the show is very popular because a lot of people like stuff like that. I'm just not one of them.

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[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Not the person you’ve been talking to, but this part:

you get in, wait for maybe 30 minutes, get treated and leave

just seems crazy to me. I think my shortest ever hospital trip was around 4 hours, the average is more like 7-8 hours. I’ve seen as high as 22 hours before though. I’ve never seen the show but I’ve heard it’s one of the most accurate depictions of typical hospital work on tv.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 0 points 7 months ago

As I said, depends on the place and date. I most likely was fairly lucky. Most of the times I was using private hospitals. Private insurance is like 50 euros a month. I don't remember spending more than couple hours in ER including X-ray. There's a public hospital 15 minutes drive from me and I went there once in the middle of the night and it was pretty much empty. Got attended in ~30 minutes. I would definitely remember 7h wait.

I've seen comments from nurses saying that The Pit completely ignores the job they are doing. My problem was that they were focusing on doctors' personal issues too much. I'm sure technically it was very realistic but the amount of personal drama vs actual medical work felt very unrealistic to me. But it's just a show, I know.