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In a departure from the typical "EM sucks" (it kinda does) and "here's how to make money to escape from EM" threads, I thought some levity was in order.
Feel free to chime in with any other entertaining stories.
Tonight:
75M sent in from the local s***hole nursing facility. His wife is a resident there too. Some other resident propositions the patient's wife for sex. Patient doesn't much care for this and a scuffle ensues. Patient says he's going to kick the horndog in the balls. Nursing facility says this means he's homicidal and sends him to the ER on a psych hold. This isn't the patient's version of events. This is literally the report EMS got from the NH, which the patient is corroborating.
Zero workup. Psych hold paperwork goes in the shredder. Discharge paperwork says something to the effect of "being angry that someone propositioned your wife for sex does not constitute a mental illness, nor does it meet criteria for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. These instructions are for both your own benefit and the benefit of your nursing home staff."
Feel free to chime in with any other entertaining stories.
Tonight:
75M sent in from the local s***hole nursing facility. His wife is a resident there too. Some other resident propositions the patient's wife for sex. Patient doesn't much care for this and a scuffle ensues. Patient says he's going to kick the horndog in the balls. Nursing facility says this means he's homicidal and sends him to the ER on a psych hold. This isn't the patient's version of events. This is literally the report EMS got from the NH, which the patient is corroborating.
Zero workup. Psych hold paperwork goes in the shredder. Discharge paperwork says something to the effect of "being angry that someone propositioned your wife for sex does not constitute a mental illness, nor does it meet criteria for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. These instructions are for both your own benefit and the benefit of your nursing home staff."