Last night I had a 39-year-old lady come in dressed in a pink bunny costume, who had decided to imbibe a 2 litre bottle of liquid marijuana ( which I have actually never heard of before) mix with Bacardi Breezer.
Needless to say she was completely out of it, drooling, head lolling about, with a lovely dose of vomit all over the place. Her poor friend who was with was completely embarrassed ( turns out, she is a nurse at another local hospital, and she was the one who called the ambulance). I guess if you are going to be doing things like mixing your vices and dressing up like a bunny; it would be a good call to be friends with a nurse!
Last night did seem to be the evening for mortified friends.
Later on, there was a gentleman in his mid-twenties brought in by ambulance, who also had decided to partake ( heavily ) in pre-Halloween celebrating. Him and a bunch of his office buddies had been out enjoying our local "Night of Lost Souls" parade and had tripped, fallen forward and hit his head on a bus stop bench.
He was a disaster; didn't want to keep his c-spine collar on, wanted to fight the ambulance crew and kept yelling about how afraid of needles he was. His poor ( more sober ) friend, kept apologizing profusely to all the staff, on his behalf; and kept repeating over and over "please tell me you have seen worse than this, man I'm sorry".
Although I am not working Halloween evening, I look forward to all the stories my fellow staff members will tell me. Although this is my first Halloween in emerg, I am told it is always an interesting night!
Needless to say she was completely out of it, drooling, head lolling about, with a lovely dose of vomit all over the place. Her poor friend who was with was completely embarrassed ( turns out, she is a nurse at another local hospital, and she was the one who called the ambulance). I guess if you are going to be doing things like mixing your vices and dressing up like a bunny; it would be a good call to be friends with a nurse!
Last night did seem to be the evening for mortified friends.
Later on, there was a gentleman in his mid-twenties brought in by ambulance, who also had decided to partake ( heavily ) in pre-Halloween celebrating. Him and a bunch of his office buddies had been out enjoying our local "Night of Lost Souls" parade and had tripped, fallen forward and hit his head on a bus stop bench.
He was a disaster; didn't want to keep his c-spine collar on, wanted to fight the ambulance crew and kept yelling about how afraid of needles he was. His poor ( more sober ) friend, kept apologizing profusely to all the staff, on his behalf; and kept repeating over and over "please tell me you have seen worse than this, man I'm sorry".
Although I am not working Halloween evening, I look forward to all the stories my fellow staff members will tell me. Although this is my first Halloween in emerg, I am told it is always an interesting night!
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