Patients

Saw a man with HIV and a CD4 count of 8, he was not going to live much longer :/


[trauma patient comes in, young lady screaming her head off to stop trying to kill her]
"whats your name honey" -charge nurse
"JESUS CHRIST!!!"
[charge nurse turns around. She calmly tells the nurse writing the chart] "Jesus, last name christ"

Lastly, the power of narcotic addiction:
-lady came in at 2am with 'cuts' on her fingers asking for pain meds. we gave her 2 norco and sent her home...she was obviously drug seeking.
-lady proceeded to lay in the parking lot in front of the hospital and got brought in by EMS
-lady demanded Dilaudid. we said no. she angrily left yelling and screaming.
[2 hours later--at aprox 4am]
-trauma alert, auto vs pedestrian. a lady had thrown herself in front of a car on the freeway on-ramp.
-lady comes in on the backboard. we notice...its the same lady.
-lady really wanted Dilaudid. lady also has multiple fractures including in her T spine.
-lady is now paralyzed.