Anuwolf said:
I haven't been in 4 pts before but I was thrown into the "quite room" in the ER. I was there simply because I had a reaction torwards the medications that I was taking.... both penicillin (which makes me mean) and tylenol with codeine
Last I checked, "mean-ness" isn't documented anywhere as side effect for penicillin. I suspect you're just innately mean, with your narcotic abuse exacerbating that wonderful quality. I woulda' thrown your butt in the padded room, too. Based on your story here, you probably deserved it.
I admit that I loved the feeling that the tylenol with codeine had on me.. I was taking twice as many as my dentist was giving me.. even asked him if he could give me more
Now, you wonder why ER docs can cop an attitude? They get sick of dealing with this kind of crap day in and day out. Really, what percentage of the patients that you see on a daily basis are drug seekers? Doc-shoppers? And I wonder how many of them ever really even pay their bill? Never mind answering that one.
I did recieved Haldol in the hospital and it was an aweful feeling... I became a living Zombie
Good. I'm glad it was awful. You brought it on yourself. The ER isn't your personal playground and you don't make the rules there. You got the Haldol because you were acting like an idiot.
No - I'm not cynical. Just sick of uneducated people who think they can walk into an ER and run the show. Once in the ER they all the sudden become actors and actresses, try to manipulate staff, and then if that doesn't work, they start threatening, become verbally and physically abusive, and end up having staff and security knock their asses to the floor or pin them down to the gurney. Yes, there is a very good reason for Haldol.
(Oh, and don't you just love the spitters?)
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Yeah, ER docs are real nice. I think they should be given trophies for being able to remain "nice" with all the B.S. they put up with from these kinds of patients.