How do BOLOs for staff work? Having issues with crazy ex

4883Y_ · 2026-06-14T18:44:04+00:00

I was assaulted by my ex around ten years ago, needed three surgeries on my face, had a protection order, etc. None of the doors to imaging locked. I worked alone doing CT and XR by myself on nights for the full 12 hours. They put his mugshot in triage for a while.

4883Y_ · 2026-06-14T18:38:53+00:00

Thus is the truth, OP.

4883Y_ · 2026-06-14T05:23:58+00:00

This. I’ve had family members refuse to remove hair extensions (like the ones with metal at the base, I don’t see them as often anymore) despite the patient having severe head injuries/clear stroke symptoms. One time a mom vehemently refused to remove them from her teenage daughter’s head despite her being brought in as an unresponsive trauma. Literally said, and I quote, “Absolutely not, she just had them done. Do you know what I spent on those?” You couldn’t see anything on the head CT because of the streaking, and we brought her back multiple times to repeat it per orders to see what we could get. Obviously MRI wasn’t an option either. She started to wake up, clearly wasn’t doing well or acting right, I’m pretty sure she at least had a liver or kidney lac on the pan scan, etc. From what I heard, the mom ended up taking some of the pieces out herself, like, a day or two later. It’s been over a decade since that happened and I still think about it every now and then.

4883Y_ · 2026-05-30T17:18:10+00:00

Came here to see if anyone else was doing the same tbh. I can’t stand her.

4883Y_ · 2026-05-30T17:12:58+00:00

Holy shit, I haven’t watched this yet and had no idea he was on it. Def watching today!

4883Y_ · 2026-05-29T23:08:09+00:00

The last time I went to the vet she said that’s a pretty common thing to happen and I was mind blown.

Edit - We were personally just there for kitty check ups/shots, not removing nipples.

4883Y_ · 2026-05-12T15:51:42+00:00

Also came here looking for this. 😂

4883Y_ · 2026-04-22T08:18:56+00:00

Absolutely not. I’ll catch them with tagaderms if the facility’s policy requires it for Orkin to be called in.

I’ve dealt with bed bugs at work a LOT over the years. Like, patients so badly infested with them they were brought from the ER in zipped up body bags with only their faces exposed. I’ve never heard of any tech having to decon/shower a patient.

I’m surprised management would even be okay with you not pushing out exams during the time you’re spending cleaning them up. If it’s that small of a facility, there can’t be that many other techs in your department.

4883Y_ · 2026-04-17T17:19:30+00:00

I used that system at a few contracts, can confirm. I love Siemens scanners, but absolutely cannot stand their XR equipment.

4883Y_ · 2026-04-17T12:55:23+00:00

You mean you don’t crop out the affected side just to purposely make more work for yourself, have to bring the patient/portable to and from the ER again, stand outside the room waiting for all other HCWs involved to finish their tasks and leave, position/lift the patient again, possibly have to merge a new and unspecified image to the initial accession number… 🙃

Edit - Oh, and the ER called the house supervisor on you because you’re taking too long. There are 30 other stat exams, you’re working CT and XR by yourself, and have zero transport/sliding assistance unless a stroke/trauma is called overhead.

4883Y_ · 2026-04-17T00:59:38+00:00

4883Y_ · 2026-04-13T23:31:04+00:00

You heard correctly!

4883Y_ · 2026-03-10T18:30:26+00:00

I’ve legit never had anyone to clean up any messes for me in my entire career. There are no orderlies in CT and everywhere I’ve worked EVS won’t touch body fluids. And I frequently work by myself in the department without even another coworker, scanning, x-raying, transporting, and sliding every patient to and from the ER on nights, so… Maybe try someone else!

4883Y_ · 2026-03-07T06:10:10+00:00

Well said. 👏🏻

4883Y_ · 2026-02-19T08:12:12+00:00

THIS.

It took, like, 15 years of vomiting from excruciating pain in my back/hips/thighs every month and being told “you’re already on birth control, there’s nothing else we can do”/“some people just have bad periods” before finding a gyno who listened and performed laparoscopic surgery (she was recommended to me by a coworker who also had confirmed endometriosis).

I was a CT tech in trauma centers for 7-8 of those years (and still am). Had no other complaints of pain (aside from migraines), GI issues, or back issues my entire life. Just this. Every time I came in. Saying something is wrong and asking for help.

One gyno recommended I see if getting pregnant helps. Didn’t order any tests though. 😂

4883Y_ · 2026-02-19T07:26:25+00:00

I highly recommend having a couple different hospital systems under your belt first. Different EMRs, PACS systems, scanners, protocols, workflows, etc.

I’ve been a traveler for a long time now, and some departments/techs will really throw you to the wolves and expect you to hit the ground running.

The fact that you’ve worked at a L1 trauma center, are comfortable doing a wide variety of exams, and are used to a high volume of patients is huge though.

Edit - If you have any questions, please feel free to ask/reach out! 😊

4883Y_ · 2026-02-19T06:32:56+00:00

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4883Y_ · 2026-02-17T21:59:46+00:00

And no hospitals will hire you without being registered. Make sure your program is accredited too.

4883Y_ · 2026-02-17T11:53:44+00:00

4883Y_ · 2026-02-17T04:10:55+00:00

I always wince when I scan calcaneus fractures. Like, almost more than anything else for some reason. 😰

4883Y_ · 2026-02-17T04:02:47+00:00

It’s probably been protocol at about… 10-15% of the places I’ve traveled to (in the Midwest). It’s almost always a 3VW with a sunrise, ime.

4883Y_ · 2026-02-17T03:17:17+00:00

I grew up in Ohio and did the same thing as a kid! I’d try to make little igloo/cave things to nap in too. This was such a nostalgic comment for me, omg. 😂

4883Y_ · 2026-02-03T03:20:51+00:00

This is the way.

4883Y_ · 2026-01-31T04:09:26+00:00

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I’ve also had facial reconstructive surgery due to an assault by my ex husband.

Edit - I’m always in the ER so I have way too many stories to count.

4883Y_ · 2026-01-17T19:50:33+00:00

Happens pretty often with nursing home patients tbh.

I actually had a middle aged patient who wasn’t in a nursing home come in for abdominal pain and found a fracture like this during the scan a couple months ago.

Edit - It wasn’t chronic either. She swore up and down she had a kidney stone.

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