Nov 18, 2011 18:18
Today kind of sucked. We had a decently busy schedule to begin with, then we were short a person, then the day got even busier. We were all busting ass all day and we were still running a little behind. Then an emergency came in about a half hour before we were supposed to close. That would have been enough stress all on its own, but our x-ray machine seems to be broken. We took a set of x-rays, ran them through the processor, and... nothing. Not a thing on them. They looked just like unexposed x-ray film. We tried a few different things, even tried using some older film just in case this new batch was bad or something, but still nothing. We had to send the patient to the ER.
This is a *bad* thing. We can't afford to not have an x-ray machine, but I don't think we can afford to buy a new one. And the thing is really old, so who knows if it can be repaired. I know my workplace is struggling to make it as it is, and this has me really worried.