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100

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Walsh who sees a patient that needs a fracture reduction by Ortho. What dot phrase(s) will you place in the ED Course? 

.edorthosupervision

100

SCENARIO: You walk in to your shift with Dr. Bounds who is already speaking with an EM Resident who is about to go see a patient. What will you do first?

INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Communicate and establish an appropriate workflow for you and your team that day

100

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Wells on a VERY busy shift. You prompt her for a physical exam but she abruptly says "not now." What do you do?

MULTIPLE RIGHT ANSWERS! Some options...

-Reassure the provider by saying "no rush," "take your time," "no worries."

-Ask again when there is more down time

-Note on your patient tracker what information you need...re-prompt the provider when the patient is dispo'd (this is a GREAT TIME to catch up on that patient information (labs, MDM/differential, etc.) 

-Save it for the end of the shift prior to leaving (discouraged)

100

It's the end of your shift and you bring your computer to the attending hub. What do you do from there?

Wipe down your computer 

Clear out your trash

PLUG YOUR COMPUTER IN!

100

Which one of our current scribes has been employed with Scribe America for the longest? 

Helena! 

200

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Dolbec & second year resident Dr. Bliss. Wendall performs an abdominal US on a patient with abdominal pain. What dot phrase(s) will you put in the chart & where? 

.edusattest in the blue section

200

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Ford and third year EM resident Chance Sullivan. You see Chance walking around with the US machine...what should you do?

Ask Chance if he just performed a US and on which patient so that you can use .edusattest in that patient's chart

& update Butterfly if needed!

200

SCENARIO: You and your family plan a vacation (woohoo!!) for December. When should you inform A&A of your travel plans & requested time-off?

2mo in advance! 

200

You walk in for your shift and realize that NONE of the computers are working. What do you do?

Call IT! 71414

Check the floor to see if there are any computers on the floor (from silly off-service (peds) residents)

200

Which ED attending owns every Nintendo system that's ever existed?

Lindsay Reardon!

300

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Ackil who is working with an Internal Medicine resident who is rotating through the ED on their EM rotation. The resident performs a paracentesis. What dot phrase(s) will you put in the patient's chart?

.edprocsupervision (OR use .emressupervision / .edorthosupervision and change specialty of residency and note that the off-service resident is rotating in the ED)

300

SCENARIO: Intern Dr. Kunal Chohan shares his note with you when he is finished with his portion of charting. You are working with Dr. Ellis (who requests we don't add anything to the chart). Despite us not having to add anything, what do we have to do in the chart?

Insert YOUR name in the scribe attest

Make ALL smart texts editable

300

SCENARIO: You are scheduled for a shift 2 weeks from now and you realize it is the night before a big exam but the schedule is already finalized. What do you do? 

NON-URGENT

Text in the Group Me 

Individually reach out to scribes who are scheduled for other shifts that week that you are able to work instead (refer to Humanity) 

Update A&A regarding situation and your need for coverage

REMINDER: At the end of the day, regardless if you  find coverage or not, you are responsible for this shift!

300

SCENARIO: A Stroke Alert is activated by EMS. What do you do?

Grab the research iPad and follow the attending to the back hallway 

PROMPT THEM TO FILL IT OUT 

Use .fasted and input scores from iPad 

300

Which attendings/residents went to UVM Larner COM?

Dr. Sarah Schlein

Dr. Laurel Plante

Dr. Katie Dolbec 

Dr. Joe Ravera 

Dr. Nick Aunchman 

Dr. Nektarios Konstantinopoulous

Dr. Dan Bak 

(and soon to be (Dr.) Than Moore!)

400

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Sheeser. He performs a procedural sedation (conscious) in order for Orthopedics to perform a fracture reduction. What dot phrase(s) will you put in the ED Course?

.edorthosupervision

.trainedobserver

.consent

400

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Curtis and second year resident Dr. Guy. Dr. Guy opens her note prior to Dr. Curtis assigning himself to the patient. What will you have to do in the chart?

Refresh the smart texts that say "No attn. provider available" so that Dr. Curtis' name pulls in

400

SCENARIO: You are scheduled for the 4:30pm shift. It is 1:15pm and you begin to feel acutely unwell and spike a fever. What do you do?

URGENT COVERAGE

IMMEDIATELY CALL & TEXT A&A 

Text in the Group Me 

Text individuals for possible trades

400

You begin to develop a headache while at work and are in need of Tylenol/ibuprofen. What do you do?

Go to the med room in the middle hallway! There is staff medicine there on the back wall that you are always welcome to use! 

Code: 71237

400
What ED attending just retired?

Dr. Weimersheimer

500

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Ship. She performs a procedural sedation (conscious) for Orthopedics to perform a fracture reduction while an EM Resident simultaneously repairs the patient's laceration. What dot phrase(s) will you put in the ED Course?

.edorthosupervision 

.emressupervision

.trainedobserver

.consent

500

SCENARIO: You are working with Dr. Schlein and intern Dr. McCormick. Dr. McCormick asks you to go see a new patient with her. What do you do?

Politely remind Dr. McCormick that you have to stay with Dr. Schlein 

If it's slow, you can check in with Dr. Schlein to see if you can go see the patient/start their HPI

500
SCENARIO: A fellow scribe asks for URGENT coverage for an upcoming shift. What do you do?

Check your schedule to see if you are available 

Offer to cover/trade/split the shift with someone 

Offer possible 3-way trades

Acknowledge their message

500

What is the code to get into the tall grey procedure carts? 

135X

500

Which ED attending has been on 2 (!!) episodes of Untold Stories of the ER?

Dr. Wendy James

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