We had a guy into the ED who was complaining about severe Chest Pain. We figured it had to be an anxiety attack, because he had just learned that his wife was cheating on him, but he was so insistant about the pain that for liability we had to send him to get a CT scan to see if he had a clot in his lungs. He ended up having a serious reaction to the contrast dye they use to see things with. We had to give him a boat load of medicine and eventually intubated him. Wow, now that was a really bad, no good day. Moral of the story: If you find out your spouse is cheating on you, turn on Irreplaceable by Beyonce', throw all her things out the window, change the locks on the doors and eat a barrel of ice cream. If you end up having a heart attack because of the ice cream, we can at least fix that!
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I love your nursing stories, particularly when you share them late at night.
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