Reply To: working the night shift

i’m not convinced on the dirty needle. i would think if this was a drug thing/dirty needle, why is it by the thigh/hip? if he was trying to use drugs, he would need to be near a vein. if a reg drug abuser came in w/ an abscess on the AC area, its kinda obvious where he got the infection. his blood culture came back MRSA+ but that doesnt tell us if the mrsa was there and decided to plant itself near the hip or the hip became infected then spread the mrsa. if its the latter, we still dont know how the mrsa got to the hip area. if was blood borne first, the mrsa could have entered from any cut or wound. the prob is the kid is a HORRIBLE historian. has a hard time differentiating between past and present. getting info from him (or mom) is not easy.

another thing, the kids parents are petrified of him and constanty baby him. from my observations of them dealing w/ him, HE controls them. no limits, no boundries etc. hes just as rude to his mother as he is to me, the nurses and docs.

so the drug seeker did not need to be tied down physically or chemically. once security gave him 2 choices he decided to let us treat him, but only the IV meds. i think he was discharged/left AMA soon after we left for the day. good riddance to him

personally i think what makes the field fun is that nothing is predictable. and there will never be a shortage of stupid ppl in the world so we are always in demand