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How does one (i.e. a nursing home RN or MD) expect a 97 year old, demented and barely mobile patient to commit suicide? I guess she could fling herself out of the bed or get a hold of a knife and slash her wrists but hello, that is why you have been giving her Risperdal, Atvian, [...] OK, I admit I did have a bit of a ulterior motive when I pressed hard for a patient to get a bed and up to that bad ASAP. Of course it was more of a “bonus” on top of the truly compassionate part of the story than the true motivation. A lady was brought [...]
I hate to say it but when I saw this patient that rolled in, all I could think was “you didn’t take enough”. He had stage 4 cancer and had checked himself into a hotel far from home with all his meds. He then OD’d on Remeron, Ambien, Insulin, and Oxycontin. For some reason, [...]
Man I know it sucks. You came in for cough for several weeks and feeling “like crap”. You were told you had a sinus infection (which you probably did) but are not better. The x-ray I did shows a nasty -assed thing in your lungs (see it on the x-ray?) which as it turns out is [...]
Yes, we may laugh at that vintage Life Alert commercial but sometimes it is for real. A woman pushed her button just like in that classic (although the dude going “I’m having ack!!! Chest pain!!!” is pretty funny in a morbid way too!) after she fell. Unfortunately, the CT above is what was going [...]
The next day you are found aspirating on your own vomit with decorticate posturing and right gaze preference. Shortly afterwards EMS intubates you and your are on a vent in the ER. Your blood work is horrible (renal failure and white blood count over 20K). You might think you are lucky [...] |
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