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A little bit of background for this scenario I was faced with, while off duty.
Chris, who is my friends brother is on my msn. He has some medical conditions, including depression and anxiety. His parents recently divorced a couple of years ago and ever since then he has been on a downward spiral. No school for 2 years, leaves the house once in a few months, has no more friends but online ones, and can get Very violent at times. Recently, his father kicked him out because Chris went of a rampage almost committed suicide and hurt his father. He went back to school at the beginning of September, he had an anxiety attack on Tuesday.
Now for the scenario: I was relaxing with my girlfriend last night and on EMTlife for fun when I got a msn message from him. This is what it said. "mitch, MITCH!" i replied and he said "is it bad to have norvasc 30, 17 prozac and 3 advil?" So I of course told him it was very dangerous and that he needed to tell his mom and call 9-11 to go to the hospital. He refused saying he didn't want anyone to know and have to go live with foster parents. I told him again that he was at serious risk and needed to see a doctor ASAP. He then told me he was going to go lay down. I told him I was calling 9-11, and he said "no your not calling anyone!" Then it hit me. He just moved, I don't know where he lives, and his mother just got re married so I don't know the last name or phone number. So here is a teenager, who could possibly be over dosing right then and there and I have no way to get an ambulance to his house! I called his dad, but no answer. I started to get worried knowing his hx of attempted suicides. He moved out of town, and hasn't been to a hospital or clinic here in town that I know of.
So my question for all of you, what do you do in this situation?!?!
It turns out that another medic I have on my msn knows the family, called his mother and told her to call 9-11. So if it wasn't for him, I don't know what I could have done. Called dispatch and told them the name of the kid and let dispatch, EMS, and police figure out his address or keep trying family?
Any info would be great.. and has there been anyone on here in a similar situation?
Chris, who is my friends brother is on my msn. He has some medical conditions, including depression and anxiety. His parents recently divorced a couple of years ago and ever since then he has been on a downward spiral. No school for 2 years, leaves the house once in a few months, has no more friends but online ones, and can get Very violent at times. Recently, his father kicked him out because Chris went of a rampage almost committed suicide and hurt his father. He went back to school at the beginning of September, he had an anxiety attack on Tuesday.
Now for the scenario: I was relaxing with my girlfriend last night and on EMTlife for fun when I got a msn message from him. This is what it said. "mitch, MITCH!" i replied and he said "is it bad to have norvasc 30, 17 prozac and 3 advil?" So I of course told him it was very dangerous and that he needed to tell his mom and call 9-11 to go to the hospital. He refused saying he didn't want anyone to know and have to go live with foster parents. I told him again that he was at serious risk and needed to see a doctor ASAP. He then told me he was going to go lay down. I told him I was calling 9-11, and he said "no your not calling anyone!" Then it hit me. He just moved, I don't know where he lives, and his mother just got re married so I don't know the last name or phone number. So here is a teenager, who could possibly be over dosing right then and there and I have no way to get an ambulance to his house! I called his dad, but no answer. I started to get worried knowing his hx of attempted suicides. He moved out of town, and hasn't been to a hospital or clinic here in town that I know of.
So my question for all of you, what do you do in this situation?!?!
It turns out that another medic I have on my msn knows the family, called his mother and told her to call 9-11. So if it wasn't for him, I don't know what I could have done. Called dispatch and told them the name of the kid and let dispatch, EMS, and police figure out his address or keep trying family?
Any info would be great.. and has there been anyone on here in a similar situation?