Sinister injuries, exciting new drug trends, and a racist

[Antisocial_Worker]

From the files of the Sturdy Nurse:

-- Patient was admitted with severe lacerations. Patient was immediately taken to O.R. and still almost lost limbs. Why? Because, according to the report, someone had stolen a manhole cover in the patient's neighborhood, covered the hole with a sheet of glass, then covered the glass with leaves. Patient went for a walk, walked across what they thought was a patch of leaves, and fell through the glass. That goes way beyond prank.

-- Apparently the hot new trend in drug use in my city is snorting cinnamon -- because, you know, "bath salts" are just so last year. More than one patient was brought in supposedly under the influence of cinnamon, and it took about six people per patient to hold them down long enough to strap them to the bed.

-- Patient was brought in because of drunkeness and some kind of cut. What kind of cut and exactly how serious was never ascertained because patient was a virulent misogynist and racist, and refused to let the E.R. staff -- which is largely composed of women, minorities, and sometimes even people who exhibit both of those characteristics -- work on him. Patient had IHATE tattooed across the fingers of one hand and NIGAS on the fingers of the other hand. Patient was offered the choice of shutting up and being treated or leaving. When he chose to leave, he was told, "There's the door. Get out." -- direct quote.

When Sturdy Nurse texted to tell me about the last one, I remarked that it would have been funnier had the fingers read I HATE NAGAS, because who could hate a mythological snake creature?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Story 1 makes me in alarm. That is some seriously F'd up sh*t.

Story 2 makes me as well. SNORTING cinnamon? It makes me wince just thinking about it.

Story 3 makes me . But you have to admire the guy sticking to his convictions, however hateful or controversial they may be. Offered a choice between sticking to them and suffering, or going back on them and receiving treatment, he stuck to them.

[AlmightyALT]

Related to Story 3: Had a male pt come through the behavioral health center where I used to work. He was apparently racist and mysogynistic (sp) as women can 'only be nurses and can't ever be doctors'. He had to have his H&P done and threw a fit that called for serious medication and a strap down after our Asian H&P doc on call walked in. H&P cancelled for that night.

Repeat the next night when the FEMALE and INDIAN H&P doc on call walked in.

FINALLY got the H&P done the third night when the MALE and WHITE H&P doc on call came in specially for him. We made sure not to tell him that that doc was Jewish though.

He was shipped to state specialty psych hospital ASAP.

[Hanzoku]

I - That... is completely stupid if it was a prank. Given they had no way to know he'd walk through those leaves, it probably wasn't anything else. Hope he recovers OK.

II - What the... OK, the bath salts I understand because they're actually drugs marketed as bath salts. But... what's the cinnamon cut with? Also, ow indeed.

III - Still no respect, even for sticking to his convictions.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Quoth Hanzoku

I - That... is completely stupid if it was a prank. Given they had no way to know he'd walk through those leaves, it probably wasn't anything else. Hope he recovers OK.

III - Still no respect, even for sticking to his convictions.

I - It didn't necessarily target the victim that got hurt. It may just have been some heartless dick swapping the manhole cover for glass and disguising it just so severely hurt someone who happened to walk over it. Didn't matter who, just so long as someone fell into it.

III - Oh, don't get me wrong, I have no respect for racist misogynists. It's the 21st Century, have an open mind. But regardless, the guy stuck to his convictions.

[Sapphire Silk]

I've had obnoxious patients threaten to leave when I worked the ER.

My stock response was, "There's the door. Don't let it hit you in the ass on the way out."

I have no time for BS in the ER. I have too many patients who WANT my help.

[Crossbow]

I: Holy crap! I hope they find the jerks that did that. That's not a prank. Not even close.

II: Snorting cinnamon? Really? Wow. Wonder what the street value of my spice rack is.

[Sapphire Silk]

Don't try it with nutmeg. It will kill you. It's toxic if used as more than food flavoring.

[Primer]

Quoth AlmightyALT

...Had a male pt come through the behavioral health center where I used to work. ... He had to have his H&P done ...

I almost hate to ask, but what is H&P? Hernia and Prostate??

[XCashier]

Story 1: That is no "prank", that is just plain evil. I hope the patient recovers fully, and they find the who did that, give him a nice long prison sentence AND make him pay for the patient's hospital bills!

Story 2: Some people will do anything to get high, no matter how bloody stupid it is. I guess I just don't see the appeal.

Story 3: Stupid jerk. Sorry, I cannot sympathize with him at all. Anyone who insists on holding on to harmful, hateful ideas deserves what they get.