Sibling Rivalry
Just before we started, day shift had a combative out of control 9 year old. He was given benadryl. It didnt put him down but whatever his issue was must have got out of his system, as we had no problems from him.
We got called for an eloping patient. An area town ambulance brought in an ETOH male in his late 20's with numerous facial contusions including a shiner on one eye. He got beat up by his brother. He decided to walk out to the ambulance bay to have a cigarette. The charge nurse, a lttle thing, told him if he lit up, she would have him arrested. He came back. His brother came in later, boarded and collared, so I'm not sure who won the fight. The brother was also ETOH and cleared himself off the board and just walked out and left. The Emergency dept was so busy no one noticed. Charge had enough sense to separate the brothers at different ends of the department, so they wouldnt be easily able to continue their physical bonding session.
We got dispatched to the north lawn of the hospital, by Administarative offices, for a person down. We found a highly intoxicated male who couldnt stand, half in the roadway. This as very dangerous as it was just before 7 PM shift change, when the departing day shift has their NASCAR moments, as they all race out of the lot at high rates of speed. We got him a ride to the ED. Of course the second floor administration crowd was watching out their windows enjoying the show.
We got called for an eloping patient. An area town ambulance brought in an ETOH male in his late 20's with numerous facial contusions including a shiner on one eye. He got beat up by his brother. He decided to walk out to the ambulance bay to have a cigarette. The charge nurse, a lttle thing, told him if he lit up, she would have him arrested. He came back. His brother came in later, boarded and collared, so I'm not sure who won the fight. The brother was also ETOH and cleared himself off the board and just walked out and left. The Emergency dept was so busy no one noticed. Charge had enough sense to separate the brothers at different ends of the department, so they wouldnt be easily able to continue their physical bonding session.
We got dispatched to the north lawn of the hospital, by Administarative offices, for a person down. We found a highly intoxicated male who couldnt stand, half in the roadway. This as very dangerous as it was just before 7 PM shift change, when the departing day shift has their NASCAR moments, as they all race out of the lot at high rates of speed. We got him a ride to the ED. Of course the second floor administration crowd was watching out their windows enjoying the show.
