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A recent comment made me curious. What's the longest you've had to stay on scene to try to convince your patient they needed to be transported? What made you so concerned? And were you successful?
I'll start. Mine was 3.5 hours. We had a gentleman in his mid 90s who was sharp as a tack, lived alone, completely independent, and very healthy. I think his only history was BPH that was well-managed.
He began having progressive weakness over the last week, which culminated in a fall (what we were dispatched for, no injuries). Once we sat him up, he was unable to stand or even bear his weight with assistance. He was adamant about not being transported, stating that he would rather just crawl around his house.
It took 3.5 hours of convincing, ultimately ending in an Emergency Detention (5150 hold for some of you) due to him stating he would shoot himself if he ever lost his independence, and a .45 was found under his pillow.
Luckily, we saw the patient later that shift and he ended up thanking us for bringing him in and apologized for being so stubborn. Ended up being an easily treated infection.
I'll start. Mine was 3.5 hours. We had a gentleman in his mid 90s who was sharp as a tack, lived alone, completely independent, and very healthy. I think his only history was BPH that was well-managed.
He began having progressive weakness over the last week, which culminated in a fall (what we were dispatched for, no injuries). Once we sat him up, he was unable to stand or even bear his weight with assistance. He was adamant about not being transported, stating that he would rather just crawl around his house.
It took 3.5 hours of convincing, ultimately ending in an Emergency Detention (5150 hold for some of you) due to him stating he would shoot himself if he ever lost his independence, and a .45 was found under his pillow.
Luckily, we saw the patient later that shift and he ended up thanking us for bringing him in and apologized for being so stubborn. Ended up being an easily treated infection.
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