https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/feeds/scribe_stories en Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:23:12 GMT https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1009 <p>For the past eight years, I have known that my ultimate goal is a career in the medical field. It wasn&rsquo;t until I became a scribe that the foundational knowledge that I had learned throughout my undergraduate career suddenly became relevant.</p> Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1009 https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1010 <p>It had been a slow night in the emergency department, so I was working on my charts and chatting with the physician I was working with. The trauma pager went off, meaning a trauma was en route to the emergency department.</p> Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1010 https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1007 <p>During my time as a scribe, I have received a great deal of positive feedback from patients and their families. This is not something that I expected when I first started, as scribes are not involved in direct patient care. However, sometimes it&rsquo;s the small things that you do for others that make their experience in the emergency department a bit less stressful.</p> Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1007 https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1008 <p>During the winter months, the emergency department becomes particularly busy as the number of individuals with viral illnesses increases. This is especially true in the children&rsquo;s hospital, where I spend a majority of my time as a scribe.</p> Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.ecs-wmi.com/pub/news/posts/1008