The Original Kings of County - by kkelson - November 9, 2017
“He took all his medication,” you chuckle to yourself as you read the chief complaint on the board. “Man, isn’t that what we try to get all our patients to do?”
As you open up the patient’s chart, however, your smugness quickly turns to unease when you read through the triage note; “Per wife, patient took a whole month’s supply of his amlodipine.” Oh no. He took ALL his medication. Your grin melts as you see the vitals: bradycardic, mildly hypotensive..."
- Time to call poison control
- Mechanism
- Initial Management
- High-Dose Insulin
- The Kitchen Sink
- We have no idea what we’re doing