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So, I asked this drunk patient (who had been sobering up in the dept for about 10 hours) if he wanted to go home. Jumping bolt upright, he noded enthusiastically, “Si!!!” ,he replied “OK, Senor, I’ll get you out of here” As I walked out, the nurse was like “what would you have told him if he said he [...] If it is really hot outside, everyone knows to stay hydrated. This generally means water – although other beverages are OK. However, ETOH is not. It inhibits ADH (antidiruetic hormone) causing you to urinate more – thus losing fluids and getting more dehydrated. Working all day outside landscaping your yard and throwing down 8 cold ones in [...] So, the other day, we had a lovely, pleasant individual grace our doors. He had a long history of substance abuse, child endangerment, and psychiatric disease (likely a sociopath) . We were lucky when his girlfriend called EMS to report he was acting inappropriately (probably his baseline in my opinion) and threatening. Police [...]
I have to say, this guy would probably get my vote if I lived in Alabama. Despite my leftist leanings and his right wing stances, you just can’t fault a guy with a name like “Young [...] |
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