So I survived the glucose patient last night, only to have another
situation the next evening when I arrived. Once again in the middle of
report, the techs yelled for a nurse. As I ran into the room, I saw the
patient laying flat on his back vomiting. I quickly helped the techs,
turn him onto his side, and raised the head of the bed. When I went to
grab the suction, I discovered there was no suction set up. I quickly
had a tech run to get the necessary supplies. As I was waiting, I
noticed the smell of the vomit. It was stool smelling. That was not
good at all.
The MD and Rapid Response quickly reappeared
(apparently they had just left the patients room, and found him to be
stable). They quickly changed their diagnosis to a perforated bowel in
need of emergent surgery. He quickly left for the OR and the shift
returned to it's normal pace.
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