So I'm down to one more shift. ONE more shift of work then I'm off for the next two months until school starts. So of course tonight I was visited by the nutty insane all-star team of patients in the ER.
~A stabbing victim who was stabbed at his wedding reception by his cousin
~A woman brought in by the police and EMS in full four point restraints and screaming at the top of her lungs for the next hour while we waited for the Haldol to kick in. She was brought in because she stated to the officer that she was suicidal and then proceeded to attack him with a crobar. On top of her screaming she was repeatedly banging her head against the backboard and spitting. Now before I started working here I used to watch ER and when they gave Haldol it worked instantly. ER is full of shit. IM Haldol takes fucking forever to kick in.
~A 19yrd UGA student decides to take a drunken swan dive off the third floor of the parking deck. His only injury was a laceration to the side of his head. Ah to be 19 drunk and invincible.
~So I was asked to draw blood from a patient that presented with high blood sugar. While drawing his blood I kept on hearing an odd scrapping/clicking/whistling. Almost like dragging your fingernails across a chalkboard. So I draw the blood and 30 minutes later I'm called into the room to restrain the patient because he is becoming violent. I keep hearing this annoying sound. Turns out he has grinded his teeth so much that it makes this sound. He's always grinding his teeth so for the next two hours I'm forced to hear this scapping/clicking/whistling sound coming from that room. Grrrrrr!!!!
~A stabbing victim who was stabbed at his wedding reception by his cousin
~A woman brought in by the police and EMS in full four point restraints and screaming at the top of her lungs for the next hour while we waited for the Haldol to kick in. She was brought in because she stated to the officer that she was suicidal and then proceeded to attack him with a crobar. On top of her screaming she was repeatedly banging her head against the backboard and spitting. Now before I started working here I used to watch ER and when they gave Haldol it worked instantly. ER is full of shit. IM Haldol takes fucking forever to kick in.
~A 19yrd UGA student decides to take a drunken swan dive off the third floor of the parking deck. His only injury was a laceration to the side of his head. Ah to be 19 drunk and invincible.
~So I was asked to draw blood from a patient that presented with high blood sugar. While drawing his blood I kept on hearing an odd scrapping/clicking/whistling. Almost like dragging your fingernails across a chalkboard. So I draw the blood and 30 minutes later I'm called into the room to restrain the patient because he is becoming violent. I keep hearing this annoying sound. Turns out he has grinded his teeth so much that it makes this sound. He's always grinding his teeth so for the next two hours I'm forced to hear this scapping/clicking/whistling sound coming from that room. Grrrrrr!!!!