Crazy evening shift!

Thursday evening ended with 0 patient and the night staff maintained the 0 total. Yesterday morning also started with 0 patients but someone told the morning staff to take in all the non ICU cases to fill up the beds. Unfortunately after they took in 4 non ICU cases, another 4 patients needed to admit to the ICU.
Before I went to work, I thought it would be 0 or maybe 1-2 patients however to my surprised, every bed was filled/ taken up.
- 4 non ICU cases, 3 procedures done (room 14, 17, 18), 1 (room 15) waiting to go to the lab
- only 1 geninue ICU case in room 21 in the beginning followed by,
- 1 intubated patient came at 1320hrs (room 19)
- after handed over shift, 1 patient from the lab turned bad hence sent to us (room 16) at 1430hr, shortly she collapsed. We spent about 2-3 hours to resus her, paced her in the pacing room, tidied her, started many drugs for her........
- meanwhile the rest of us sent out room 14, 18 (because we were FULL) to get ready for another 2 acute patients!!!!!! (crazy right!)
- Room 20 was an empty room in the beginning for 1 acute patient (total 3 acute!!!!) but before that patient arrive, we needed another bed for cardioversion so we decked room 20 with ANOTHER patient for cardioversion. The bed situation was bad and we were really busy.
- We have to fetch patients from the lab, do all the paper work, settled the patients...... tons of work for us to do!
The transfering and taking in of patients are very hectic. I dont know how we manage to work through the whole evening but really have to thank the morning staff for staying back to help us till almost 4pm.
Anyway..... Thanks everyone who was on yesterday!