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| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Hooo man! I am so proud of myself! Whenever something happens with the residents here that is beyond our scope of care, we have to send them to the hospital...but I hate calling paramedics because some of them can be dicks and they treat us like we're wasting their time. But I ALWAYS err on the side of caution, because how the do you explain to families when some goes wrong that you knew something was wrong but did nothing?
Anyway, so I sent a lady off tonight figuring she had a vasovagal response from having a huge in bowel movement. Which, in itself is not life threatening - but she has a recent history of stroke, so I wanted to be sure if her symptoms were just a vagal response or not.
I just got a call from the hospital and sure enough, they're admitting her because her sodium levels are super low. Low sodium levels can lead to episodes of syncope.
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Way to contribute to over population :mad:
Good work though :) |
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