suturing, finally!

central line assist and suture placement= check. its gonna be a while until i get to actually do one but the more i see the better off i will be! [side note: that was the first time i have sutured human skin. very surprised that its taken this long!]

in the afternoon i went to the ER to admit a normal CP patient and when i got there, she was already being wheeled upstairs to her room. i went with her and the nurses into the elevator and right away i noticed how upset and sad the patient was. we got to the room and a CNA helped me translate with her. we started asking about her pain while she was crying. she then kept repeating that she couldnt stop sleeping and all she had been doing the last week was sleeping. then she let out that she had taken some pills. first, she said she took sleeping pills, then she admitted that she had been taking tylenol with codeine and ibuprofens by the handful. she admitted to taking 12 at once.

we went on to interview her about everything. her home life was terrible. she lived with her husband and 2 sons who verbally abuse her. she was severally depressed and could not stand being at home anymore. she really did have chest pain but it was more so from anxiety than anything else. she was so scared that we would not let her stay at the hospital overnight. after i convinced her that she was staying, she calmed down a bit but was still very tearful. we got a psych consult for her who gave her information on battered women's shelters and referred her to a counselor. thats about all we could do :/