Working in A&E as Bob’s Burgers GIFs; a thread. (Inspired by @quinnkimbo ). 1/x

The positive affirmations mantra you tell yourself in the toilet mirror at the start of your shift when there’s a 5-hour ambulance offload wait time and 30 DTAs waiting for ward spaces. 2/x

Trying to keep good relations with the ambulance crews while telling them they have to wait outside with their patient when they’re already 2 hours late off their shift and haven’t had a meal break. 3/x

When a nurse, a doctor, three security guards and the on-call psychiatrist are about to enter the 136 pt’s room with IM haloperidol. 4/x

When you walk into the staff room and overhear your colleagues talk about a horrifying job with dark humour. 5/x

When a paeds A&E colleague gets sent to help in adults A&E but they prefer working with little people. 6/x

When you’re in the doffing room with your buddy helping you out of full PPE and you’re dying for a wee. 7/x

When a few days of annual leave slightly relieves your burnout and compassion fatigue and you’ve regained some of the caring nature you started your career with. 8/x

How your delirious patient walks around the department after repeatedly removing the hospital pyjamas you lovingly dress him in. 9/x

How the patient brought in by ambulance acts when the triage nurse sends them to the waiting room instead of a cubicle with a bed. 10/x

When it’s the end of your hellish shift but you still have nursing notes, two DATIXes, three safeguarding referrals and four body maps to do before you can go home. 11/x

When you’re finally home from work but you can still hear the IV pump alarms, cardiac monitors beeping and call bells buzzing in your head. 12/x