Bad Idea
"The doctors said that cocaine had weakened my heart for good. What do I have to lose? Gimme another rock, man."
"I know when they brought me into the ER that I couldn't walk or move my left side. But I'm almost back to normal now. I think I'll go home."
"I know I need to be admitted, but there is nobody at home to feed my dog. Can't I just come back tomorrow?"
"You ain't no REAL cop. You just a rent-a cop.
You can't do nothin' to me."
"The intergalactic space commission has authorized me to complete my assignment to dissect the brains of the children. You can't keep me here against my will! I'm gonna sue your ass!"
"Yeah, my boyfriend gave me another black eye. But he's really a sweet guy, except when he drinks. We can still work it out."
posted by scalpel at 2:54 PM
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"Those lab people don't know what they are doing. I'm not going back there. I don't care if my potassium is high. It's not like it will kill me tonight."
"Well, I hate traffic and I won't come in tomorrow for a 3 PM appointment. I don't care if I have a heart attack, I'd rather wait a week for a morning appointment."
"My friend spiked my coffee with some crank. Then I got the rapid heart beat and had problems breathing."
CardioNP
"Yeah, my boyfriend gave me another black eye. But he's really a sweet guy, except when he drinks. We can still work it out."
Been there. Done that. Said that. It never "work(s) out". It just escalates. My heart goes out to women who can't be strong enough to say 'enough is enough', who don't have the courage to fight back.
"I know it's bad for asthmatics to smoke, nurse, that's why I've cut down to 1 pack per day!" [cough cough wheeze wheeze]
"I think I'll lick this Fentanyl patch and see if I can get high off it." [Pt unconscious, breathing 4 respirations per minute, saved with narcan]
"I had this thing where I couldn't understand speech nor talk at all, it was weird, it happened so suddenly, then I felt like it was a little hard to walk, but the lawn needed to get mowed. I had a riding lawnmower, so it was no big deal." [Resolved TIA, BP 224/115, "I don't take blood pressure pills because they make me feel funny."]
[Pt having active, severe angina-sounding chest pain] "I don't take aspirin, nurse, because it upsets my stomach sometimes. I'd rather not have an upset stomach. I don't care if it's good for my heart."
"oh look...grandpa's drunk on the floor again" and then the next day "hmmm...grandpa's still on the floor...uh oh"
biggest ICH I've ever seen. Lowest core temp I've ever seen (81.9) Well, in a person with a pulse.
The sick humor? We decided he must have had AC. It was almost 100 outside.
From today:
"Gee, I haven't been feeling well for weeks and haven't had any solid food for 3! I don't like hospitals or doctors though." [Ashen-appearing gaunt 2 PPD smoker with Hgb of 6.8, sats of 88% on RA, and WBC of 49.9, on no home meds nor oxygen]. [Nurse K sees this "weakness" pt rolling in by medics: THAT guy right there has cancer.]
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