One of the more interesting part of the ER are the psych patients. These poor patients are starting weasel their way into my heart. Most of the time I just feel bad for them. They are sick and need help. Other times I want to kick them. Its a fun balance trust me. This weekend I wanted to kick one of them.
While charging one of the not fun things I like to see is 3 police officers and our security officers hanging out in my triage room. The patient was brought in and did not want to be there. I honestly don't blame the patient one bit. But hey we do what we need to.
One think about psych patients is you can never let your guard down. If you do, they will do whatever they can to escape--as we were all reminded. While I was sitting at the desk our lovely patient was at the bathroom with a tech. All of a sudden I hear a grunt and see the backside of a hospital gown taking off down the hallway. In less than 30 seconds we had her surrounded and stopped. I'm sure the security footage was hilarious to watch. It took all of us to get her on the bed and back into the room. I've just learned to not put up with that crap anymore. Once she was settled I noticed my tech was gone. Poor guy was in a room turning a bit green. I felt so bad. It should not have happened. We all laughed at it later. Guess I need to learn a few karate moves to counter the attacks. You just never know what's going to happen in the ER!
While charging one of the not fun things I like to see is 3 police officers and our security officers hanging out in my triage room. The patient was brought in and did not want to be there. I honestly don't blame the patient one bit. But hey we do what we need to.
One think about psych patients is you can never let your guard down. If you do, they will do whatever they can to escape--as we were all reminded. While I was sitting at the desk our lovely patient was at the bathroom with a tech. All of a sudden I hear a grunt and see the backside of a hospital gown taking off down the hallway. In less than 30 seconds we had her surrounded and stopped. I'm sure the security footage was hilarious to watch. It took all of us to get her on the bed and back into the room. I've just learned to not put up with that crap anymore. Once she was settled I noticed my tech was gone. Poor guy was in a room turning a bit green. I felt so bad. It should not have happened. We all laughed at it later. Guess I need to learn a few karate moves to counter the attacks. You just never know what's going to happen in the ER!
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