chuckman
08-20-11, 08:14
I have been doing medical stuff for a bit over 20 years now, in many forms. I don't get the "I have seen it all" attitude because once I think that, God has a way of making me humble. Here is an example from last weekend:
70-something year-old woman presenting with pneumonia and a UTI. No acute distress, VS all good, labs good except for nast urine and a bit of a WBC count around 11. Few medical problems, only on a couple meds, no allergies.
Doc wants rocephin. I have given rocephin like, I dunno, a million times. I start the rocephin, walk out. I get 10 steps and her daughter says "Mom ain't looking so good." I go back, she is red, wet, writhing, says she is going to die. Then she does. Anaphylaxis from hell, she arrests. We code her for, oh, 5-10 minutes, get her back. Fast forward three days, she is discharged from the hospital.
Moral of the story...I do not care of you are a first responder, EMTP, RN, medic, corpsman, doc or surgeon, what we do has consequences, no matter how inconsequential it appears. Pay attention, remain humble, don't say "I have seen it all," because you haven't.
70-something year-old woman presenting with pneumonia and a UTI. No acute distress, VS all good, labs good except for nast urine and a bit of a WBC count around 11. Few medical problems, only on a couple meds, no allergies.
Doc wants rocephin. I have given rocephin like, I dunno, a million times. I start the rocephin, walk out. I get 10 steps and her daughter says "Mom ain't looking so good." I go back, she is red, wet, writhing, says she is going to die. Then she does. Anaphylaxis from hell, she arrests. We code her for, oh, 5-10 minutes, get her back. Fast forward three days, she is discharged from the hospital.
Moral of the story...I do not care of you are a first responder, EMTP, RN, medic, corpsman, doc or surgeon, what we do has consequences, no matter how inconsequential it appears. Pay attention, remain humble, don't say "I have seen it all," because you haven't.