Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Cone of silence

I'm currently on night shift, which lasts for 14 hours.

So far, it's been quite constant, with patient after patient.

However, as the attending officer today, I have not had one patient talk to me.
  • Patient 1 was very intoxicated and slept en-route.
  • Patient 2 overdosed on Valium and slept en-route.
  • Patient 3 did not speak English, we had no interpreter and therefore we communicated by body language.
  • Patient 4 suffered from acute psychosis and refused to speak with me.
  • Patient 5 was again very intoxicated and slept en-route.
It definitely makes it challenging gathering a history but makes management easier! I'm not quite sure what I've done wrong...

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