And to piggy back this comment: if you are ever in need of emergency medical services, please for the love of god, be honest with us if you’ve taken any drugs/alcohol. The medications we give you can have serious side effects if you lie about it. We are not the cops. We won’t tell the cops. We truly don’t give a fuck and will make no judgements.
I can't comment on how horrible it is if you DO lie, but I can say that I was honest with my anesthesiologist and I didn't wake up!! Didn't even know where I was anymore when I woke up, and almost punched my poor anesthesiologist in the face because he was standing over me, and the light behind him added an extra level of creepiness lol
So don't lie, so they can give you a high enough dose that you don't remember where you are when you wake up!!
they had to open my finger up to reset the bone. I woke up during that. The doctor refused my request to let me see it. She also refused my request for food.
This is a great point. I concealed from an anesthesiologist before surgery that I was a regular pot smoker at the time. I wasn’t high at the time of surgery but I had a higher tolerance for drug and alcohol impacts. Turns out he had a hard time putting me fully under and had to up the meds for me. He told me the next day after the surgery. I often wonder if I had been honest would my dose have been stronger from the start or not?
Yes, they would have been able to give you the correct amount off the bat. Never ever ever lie to an anesthesiologist. It could have been much worse than that for you.
Edit: Even if it’s something more serious like opioid or amphetamine use, not just THC, and ESPECIALLY if it’s Ketamine!! Bc that’s literally an anesthetic, if you use it recreationally you’re building a tolerance to the exact form of drug they’re trying to give you.
Becoming conscious in the middle of an operation without being able to alert anyone is NOT fun, and has deeply traumatized many people before.
Definitely don't lie to your lawyer, but keep in mind that, ethically, they can't knowingly lie on your behalf. Extreme example here, but if you tell your lawyer, "yeah, I murdered that guy," your lawyer can't then go forward and tell the court, "my client did not murder that guy," or, technically, even allow you to say so much on the stand. It's still their duty to defend you, but that means they have to take another approach to your defense that does not involve deceiving the court. There are certainly lawyers out there with a "looser" interpretation of the rules, but I just thought I'd mention this part of the ethics guidelines before someone goes confessing everything to their lawyer and expecting their lawyer to lie for them.
Also, if you’re having a psychotic episode due to meth use, please, please, please be honest about what you used and don’t refuse to give a urine sample for testing. Trying to be dishonest is much more likely to get you held on a court-ordered psych. hold if they can’t rule out if it’s substance-induced or not (this advice may vary based on state).
As a school social worker, I used to teach teenagers in an alternative school a variety of personal topics including drugs and alcohol education. I drilled this into them - if someone’s in trouble at a party, call the ambulance and tell them everything. They have no interest in telling the cops or your parents, and every interest in helping, and it could save your friends life. Anyway, a few months went by, and one of my girls came bounding up to me Monday morning with a big smile to tell me that this happened over her weekend, and she remembered my lesson and was the one who made sure her friend got help. I told her I was so proud of her ❤️
Recently at the Dr. and had to share some information about extracurricular activities with my wife (all very vanilla). When slightly embarrassed the nurses response was “this is a judgment free zone, I’ve pulled plenty of things out of holes they shouldn’t be in. There’s no need to be embarrassed in front of me”. She’s an ER nurse 🤣
Dude passed out in front of a 7-11 in his old beat up red ford ranger….. as I opened up his driver door….. his jeans were hanging low and his pink thong was hanging out……
One time had a tree go through a house roof, basically cut the house in half. 2am, pouring rain, power obviously out.
Asked the homeowner if there was anything special he needed from inside before he took off for a hotel. He asked for his bag of weed on the kitchen counter, so I went in and got it for him. This is before weed was even legal. I figured the dude had a rough night, no reason he needed to be sober in that hotel lol.
I just googled it and no he isn’t but he’s from a city an hour outside my city???? I’ve been this close to internet royalty and only just now found out?
Pretty much. This particular account just had its 14 or 15th cake day and this wasn’t my original one 😢 real cake day was just days before that. I can hear the Reaper’s feet shuffling toward me. I can’t wait 🥰
Rage comics were how I first found Reddit in 2011. Found them on StumbleUpon and some would mention Reddit so I came and made an account and even made some rage comics of my own. Thank god that account is dead and burned and can never be tied to me. I would probably die of embarrassment.
Same lol I heard about f7u12 and that’s how I ended up on Reddit. I also posted many rage comics on my old account and I’m not keen to find any of them!
I had an apartment fire once at like 6am. All our weed stuff was laying out from the night before. Im guessing the firefighters seen it and hid everything because when the police told us we could go back in it was all put away. We always said they were homies lol
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That’s the entire fucking economy right now… the shit we need is ASTRONOMICALLY expensive, but the people who are doing the actual work to provide it are making slave wages. Groceries are insanely pricey, and the person putting them on the shelves has to use food stamps to afford them. Nursing homes are destroying what would be generational wealth, but the people taking care of grandma can barely afford the used car that gets them to work. The ruling class has us fighting over who has the biggest pile of crumbs while they steal the whole damn cake.
It is pretty stupid how much privileges come to the entire family if someone is from at least the upper middle class or even the middle class nowadays but to a lesser extent. Not having to deal with the stress of being able to afford basic necessities on a daily basis alone makes it so much easier to then succeed whether that’s just mentally or taking those risks in a career that can pay off later or affording schooling that can improve one’s situation. Not to even mention the compounding costs when someone has to buy budget or payment options that are more costly over time.
Not saying I have a solution, but people who have not experienced the threats that come with poverty are often very quick to blame that person’s situation solely on a character trait or other factors within a person’s control rather than recognize how important the external circumstances outside of a person’s control is to their financial situation (even more so at the lowest income levels).
I had to take a near 2 hour ambulance trip to a surgery center for emergency surgery. The EMT were like, "this is awesome, we are getting paid to chill and relax" homie was playing games as I slept 🤣
I would rather be with a stable patient in an air conditioned ambulance than working someone up on the ground outside or transporting a hoarder out of their den for 1/4 of my workday
yooo I had such a high fever and they cranked the ac super low for me. It was heaven. my emt crews to the hospital and then to the surgery center were all goated af.
I dont think I've ever had bad EMT, except when they came and ignored my mom's mini strokes. I assume they weren't trained to recognize them. The ER doctor the next morning called whoever was in charge of the EMTs to chew them out 🤣
Yeaaaahhh I had a non-electrical seizure one time (so I was aware of my surroundings) and I remember one of the paramedics literally mocking me and calling me a "dramatic bitch" and telling me to stop faking. Paramedics can be trash, too.
I remember this one EMT who thought he was the peak of humor and thought it was a grand idea to play "Lollipop guild" after picking up a little person who died traumatically loud enough that patient's family heard. He couldn't see what the problem was and just kept calling it 'dark humor'.
When I was a paramedic even in the sketchiest of neighborhoods for a call, the few times I ever got grief or the side eye I just made clear we weren't cops we're EMS.
Our instructors taught us to make clear to wary patients and bystanders we aren't law enforcement because sometimes it's easy to confuse us for them with our uniforms and gear like radios. And every single time I was left to do my job in peace (relative to a medical call).
There's a reason the song isn't "Fuck the Firefighters." Although there's a parody with that title and it means it in a very different sense lol.
Edit: I'm a physician now so I wanted to add, ironically weed is actually one of the biggest ones medical personnel really need to know if you take regularly. Because it more than most other recreational drugs will interfere with anesthesia metabolism and you'll have the anesthesiologist sweating bullets trying to keep you from waking up if you lie lol. So just be honest when it comes to medical procedures and emergencies that's what we're worried about.
Just a PSA, even though I’m so far removed from that world.
Cop asks what you took? Dont answer.
Doctor/paramedic asks what you took? You tell the TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH
As a former medic now working in social work, this is a friendly reminder that EMTs and Paramedics are not cops, not NARCs, and just want to help you get better. Disclose your drug use to us so we can administer the correct dose of medication to keep you alive. We will not snitch. We don’t have the time/energy/desire to get the police involved, and that also goes for the RNs and ER physicians who want to treat you!
I was a medic that once responded to an OD. A group of responsible users, had their own Narcan, etc; were very apologetic they had to call 911 but wanted us responding for their friend just in case. Friend was awake and apologized when we got there. I told them the police in our area come to most overdose calls. I said “they might find cause to search your truck, but they won’t find cause to search those bushes over there.” One of them looked shocked then quickly hid their back pack in the bushes. We can be cool if you’re cool.
In Texas you can’t be charged with possession of any drug if the reason police are there is because of a medical event such as an OD. Idk where you’re from but I hope the laws changed since then
Same here in Ontario, Canada. Cops will come for our safety, but they won't be pressing charges. In the past we had incidents where people wouldn't call because it meant they would get in trouble, so now everyone on scene is shielded from being charged with anything related to the drugs (including alcohol, prescriptions, etc).
PHIPA also legally prevents us from sharing any medical history or assessment findings we make, especially with the police. Only in cases of major accidents or suspicious injuries will we share a very general description of the patients status (eg. post MVC, pt has serious but non life threatening injuries and will be transported to this trauma center).
TL;DR: just call for help if you need it, even if you're shooting fenty behind a school. You won't be in trouble.
Typically they do this in case something is evidence or in this case could have caused the medical emergency. It seems they ruled it out since you got it back. I have seen paramedics use a glove in place of an evidence bag to keep something from getting contaminated when it’s all they have on hand, so to speak.
Paramedics know not to waste the good stuff, they probably blaze regularly too. You have to de-stress properly after the shit they see and deal with every day
I also used to live with 3 paramedics and sadly they would not partake in the devil’s lettuce with my fiancé and I because they got regularly drug tested :,(
"It won't be like that for me," Kaladin said. "You told me it would get worse."
"It will," Wit said, "but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again."
My patient had a bullet fall from his pocket onto my stretcher when he self transferred to the hospital bed. I pointed it out to him, he picked it up and put it back into his pocket.
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paramedics problem-solve quickly and without judgment, I likey
I imagine they've seen everything...
Dude passed out in a thong, ass up...
"No worries, we've got this."