r/emergencymedicine • u/Former_Bill_1126 ED Attending • Jul 20 '24
Advice US won’t come in if pain >12hrs
Working at a new site, US techs are very picky, will not come in for torsion studies if pain is >12hrs. I talked her into coming in and she’s pissed af, said she knows I’m new and “I’ll learn the protocol”.
Am I in the wrong?
Edit: Does anyone support the US tech or rad protocol and do you have any studies or evidence to support this practice? I’m just wondering if they pulled this out of their ass or where they got the arbitrary 12 hour thing?
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u/4883Y_ BSRT(R)(CT) Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24
OP, if they can’t print you out something like this (or, at the very least, give you the on call rad’s number), it’s likely bullshit:
I’m a traveler and this is my current facility’s protocol (I have no part in calling them in here, it was literally just sitting on the counter at the end of my shift this morning).
Most facilities/health systems put apps like PolicyTech on all our computers (at least in imaging, no idea about other departments) to easily print these out.
(I’m never called in because I’ve always worked night shift weekends in CT, but I’ve had to call in US/MR/NM many, many, many times over the years for the ER, sometimes getting chewed out by both sides. While having my own ER patients and neuro heads to scan. 🙃)