14 yr old and catheter
Amongst the calls of wrecks and alarms of the night.
A request for assistance. A 14 yr old, drunk, semi-conscious, vomiting.
I arrive wondering how I beat the medics.
The 14 year old went to park with 3 friends. Two others showed up and take 14 yr oldt off with a bottle. 14 yr old comes back and is not well with alcohol. The 3 brought them to a house, not knowing what to do with the intoxicated boy.
They put him into the tub. To allow for the vomiting and keep him in one place.
Pick him up and strap him to gurney. I call the mom from the hospital, come get your son.
Medical staff ask for extra hands to hold 14 yr old down. I volunteer. Why not be helpful?
-why does he need to be held down?
"We are going to put the catheter in and he won't like it"
"EIEIEIEYARRAHRHGHG" says the 14 year old. in goes the tube
nurse "most men don't like having a tube shoved up there pee pee"
-I thought they just pumped your stomach and second isn't there a better term than pee pee?
nurse "nope, we only pump stomachs if they seem poisoned. he is just drunk off his arse. second I got a thousand names for the penis, none of them medical. you just get that sense of humor working here."
The moral of the story... if you drink to much (and your a guy) expect the tube.
A request for assistance. A 14 yr old, drunk, semi-conscious, vomiting.
I arrive wondering how I beat the medics.
The 14 year old went to park with 3 friends. Two others showed up and take 14 yr oldt off with a bottle. 14 yr old comes back and is not well with alcohol. The 3 brought them to a house, not knowing what to do with the intoxicated boy.
They put him into the tub. To allow for the vomiting and keep him in one place.
Pick him up and strap him to gurney. I call the mom from the hospital, come get your son.
Medical staff ask for extra hands to hold 14 yr old down. I volunteer. Why not be helpful?
-why does he need to be held down?
"We are going to put the catheter in and he won't like it"
"EIEIEIEYARRAHRHGHG" says the 14 year old. in goes the tube
nurse "most men don't like having a tube shoved up there pee pee"
-I thought they just pumped your stomach and second isn't there a better term than pee pee?
nurse "nope, we only pump stomachs if they seem poisoned. he is just drunk off his arse. second I got a thousand names for the penis, none of them medical. you just get that sense of humor working here."
The moral of the story... if you drink to much (and your a guy) expect the tube.
posted by deputydog at 5:38 PM
6 Comments:
*That* should be the video shown in health classes in jr high & high school.
i wish i had a video of the whole event. to show the glamour
I suppose it would be bad form for an officer to whip out a video camera and start shooting footage in the ER though.
...but it would be a good accompaniment to the post. :)
I agree with Jade - *that* might keep some people from getting in that state.
mom works for DA office.
also the ER nurses have a more warped sense of humor than cops.
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