VFlutter
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I am writing this post about an experience I had last night; it was my first time ever being a patient. Let me start off my saying I am in now way trying to brag or anything I am actually very embarrassed and ashamed that this happened and of what my family and friends had to go through.My Mother had to get a call from the ER saying I was a patient and they couldnt give any information besides telling her I was unresponsive. Even more so that I was taken to the hospital I do clinicals at which does not reflect well on my character. But I still feel like it is worth sharing what happened and may help me piece together the details of what happened.
A little background: I rarely ever drink and when I do it is usually a few beers with friends watching a game; I would consider myself a “light weight” and never really get drunk. I have also been on a diet lately and have really cut down on what I have been eating. This particular day I worked a 12-hour shift and I only ate a light lunch and then did not eat anything else that day. We had planned to go out to dinner before the concert but that fell through so we just went straight to the concert.
I will keep the beginning of the story short because I really don’t remember anything after like 8:00 that night. It was my friend’s concert at a local bar so he got free drinks and we got a discount off our tab so we were all drinking a lot. At some point we decided to do shots of Bacardi 151 and I had multiple of those. My friends are not really helpful with what happened next, apparently I disappeared for a while and they could not find me (No clue of someone got more drinks or what). I vaguely remember sitting down and them brining me water. I then threw up a little and they wanted to take me to the bathroom. So one of them helped me up but then lost hold of me and I fell straight backwards and hit my head on the concrete floor. At that point I went unconscious/unresponsive and questionably seized. A friend who is a Nurse turned me to my side and they called 911. Apparently I was put on a spine board and rushed to the ER down the street.
The next thing I remember is waking up in the ER around 2-3 hours later. I was naked (They cut off my brand new $200 jeans, so much for that), immobilized with a C collar, and had bilateral 18g in my ACs. I was being wheeled into CT when I woke up. It was very frightening because at that point I had no idea where I was or why. I figured out I was in the hospital but not why. While I was in the trauma bay there was a gun shot victim next to me and I kept hearing them yell for blood and saying he was going to code and at first I couldn’t figure out if they were talking about me and started freaking out. After that I was in and out of consciousness and can remember talking to some nurses and doctors and answering questions. Apparently I was a little rude at times but to find humor in the situation it was a little funny. I kept telling them to “Clear my C spine, this collar is annoying”. Then asked “Can you hook a brother up with some Zofran”. And the gem of the night, when they asked me what the date was…. my response “Obviously July because this doctor is horrible”.
So when it was all done I spent about 6 hours in the ER getting various scans, tests, and lots of fluids. My BAC was .228 but no real injuries except for a concussion. My head is killing me right now. It was a frightening and embarrassing experience. I really regret what happened but I am thankful it wasn’t worse, Im glad they didn’t intubate me. Thanks for letting vent about this and taking the time to read this.
Moral of the story Bacardi 151 = bad idea
A little background: I rarely ever drink and when I do it is usually a few beers with friends watching a game; I would consider myself a “light weight” and never really get drunk. I have also been on a diet lately and have really cut down on what I have been eating. This particular day I worked a 12-hour shift and I only ate a light lunch and then did not eat anything else that day. We had planned to go out to dinner before the concert but that fell through so we just went straight to the concert.
I will keep the beginning of the story short because I really don’t remember anything after like 8:00 that night. It was my friend’s concert at a local bar so he got free drinks and we got a discount off our tab so we were all drinking a lot. At some point we decided to do shots of Bacardi 151 and I had multiple of those. My friends are not really helpful with what happened next, apparently I disappeared for a while and they could not find me (No clue of someone got more drinks or what). I vaguely remember sitting down and them brining me water. I then threw up a little and they wanted to take me to the bathroom. So one of them helped me up but then lost hold of me and I fell straight backwards and hit my head on the concrete floor. At that point I went unconscious/unresponsive and questionably seized. A friend who is a Nurse turned me to my side and they called 911. Apparently I was put on a spine board and rushed to the ER down the street.
The next thing I remember is waking up in the ER around 2-3 hours later. I was naked (They cut off my brand new $200 jeans, so much for that), immobilized with a C collar, and had bilateral 18g in my ACs. I was being wheeled into CT when I woke up. It was very frightening because at that point I had no idea where I was or why. I figured out I was in the hospital but not why. While I was in the trauma bay there was a gun shot victim next to me and I kept hearing them yell for blood and saying he was going to code and at first I couldn’t figure out if they were talking about me and started freaking out. After that I was in and out of consciousness and can remember talking to some nurses and doctors and answering questions. Apparently I was a little rude at times but to find humor in the situation it was a little funny. I kept telling them to “Clear my C spine, this collar is annoying”. Then asked “Can you hook a brother up with some Zofran”. And the gem of the night, when they asked me what the date was…. my response “Obviously July because this doctor is horrible”.
So when it was all done I spent about 6 hours in the ER getting various scans, tests, and lots of fluids. My BAC was .228 but no real injuries except for a concussion. My head is killing me right now. It was a frightening and embarrassing experience. I really regret what happened but I am thankful it wasn’t worse, Im glad they didn’t intubate me. Thanks for letting vent about this and taking the time to read this.
Moral of the story Bacardi 151 = bad idea
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