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[MEME] not everyone needs narcan

[MEME] not everyone needs narcan

Posted Aug 12, 2019, 10:17 PM UTC

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Broken_castorPGY5•

We used to have “Trauma Abductions.” It was when a person was “found down” and intubated for combativeness, probably because of their TBI.

In reality, it was usually a homeless dude who’d had a little to drink and was peacefully sleeping it off under a bench.

They would be extubated in the AM, given a sandwich, a sorta apology, and allowed to leave at their leisure.

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PGY0PGY1•

Our hospital gets a lot of these as transfers. It’s stupidly obvious the patient was intubated so they could be turfed to us for “higher level of care”.

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Broken_castorPGY5•

Tube & Turf.

That is a dick move.

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ConfusedPsychiatristPGY2•

omg this is incredible

i laughed so hard

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Division_JPGY3•
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