Thursday, March 06, 2008

ED shift was comparatively uneventful today, unlike my other shifts. Funny how there were two overdoses today. One with BDZ, alcohol and marijuana and who surprisingly wasn't dying from respiratory depression. He actually walked all the way to the hospital through the gardens, could talk pretty well too. Complete opposite of what I had imagined he would have been like. C/o a sucky life (wants to see PES but was denied by the service itself lol) and feeling tingly and weird all over (surprise surprise....). Had pretty bad folliculitis as well and kept asking for blood tests done for them (he said he bathed everyday... but I could smell him though). The other was a lady who came in comatose who had overdosed on fluoxetine, paracetamol and alcohol. Or so it was suspected. Not sure how those three can actually konk someone out that badly though, cos' she wasn't responding to any stimuli except pain. She had to be intubated. When the specialist turned to me and said you can do the cricoid, I actually panicked for a moment thinking that he had mistaken me for a TI (or someone higher up the food chain) for I thought I was supposed to cut something. Lol. Turned out I had to just push it down on that point so that I closed off her oesophagus while my supervising doctor intubated her.

R was put down for an ED shift tonight as well (I made him do it so that he can walk me home after). But seeing how slow it was he decided not to do it tonight. But he came back in the end to get me as well. For that I'm really grateful. Maybe after my acute weekend I'll make something for him (if I don't die from exhaustion as M said of Shaman!). ^^!

Mumiaks and Nana, and my two loyal devotees, worm and ball, I might be at the hospital until late tomorrow, but I've no idea what time I'm finishing. So I might or might not come online. Will post here to update though. Muaksies. I love you four.

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