so i get this patient out of the ICU s/p MVC with multiple rib fractures. the guy is 70 years old and was driving his car when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle/passed out/basically has no idea what happened.
fortunately, this is why social work notes were created.
turns out that grandpa likes some percocet for his arthritis (don't even get me started on primaries overprescribing pain meds), and ran out. so he did what most people would do (NOT) and bought a bunch of pills off "some guy" in a bar.
so after the crashing is done and the patient is in the ED, the unmarked bottle of pills comes out. pharmacy looks them up and turns out that grandpa got himself 4mg Dilaudid tabs. WHY DO 4MG DILAUDID TABS EVEN EXIST?? to be abused, that's why.
he ended up taking "some" (aka ODing on narcs) and then getting behind the wheel.
on the plus side, he probably didn't feel a thing when he slammed himself into a tree.
on the minus side, he now has 10 broken ribs and his dilaudid was confiscated.
on the plus plus side, he now gets to take oxycodone AND oxycontin.
STOP BUYING PILLS OFF STRANGERS IN BARS.
that will be all for today.
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