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A Typical Saturday Night at the Emergency Room

What is a typical Saturday night in a busy hospital emergency room like?   Well, that is more or less a rhetorical question, because there actually is no typical Saturday night in a busy emergency room.   Some things stay the same, even some patients are the same, but everything typical?   Never!   Related: 5 Questions to ask your Interviewer 7:00 p.m.- an auto accident involving a car and a motorcycle was called into the ER.   The driver of the car had only minor injuries, however the motorcycle driver was very bad off.   Upon arrival, this 38 year old patient had multiple injuries, including a severe injury to his right leg.   He was unconscious, and doctors advised family members he would be going to surgery.   Two hours into surgery doctors advised the family that the patient would lose his right leg from the lower thigh down, and that they were still operating and attempting to stabilize.   At 4:00 a.m. the family was told the patient was, out of surgery, howe