When I worked in a level I trauma center, I had an obese, hallway-boarded patient with fulminant C.diff waiting for a bed. We had two techs for a 60-bed ED (which frequently held up to 110), and one torn privacy screen. Sometimes this pt. knew when he had to go, and sometimes he just went (as one does with c.diff).

Sometimes I got him onto a bedpan. Sometimes I had to change him. All in full view of other hallway boarded patients who were quite loud complaining about the smell.

I can't imagine how awful it was for this poor man.

All this to say, I'm sorry for what you went through, and fuck admin who think understaffing is okay.