Question about sick line in maximum security area

We run nursing sick call by ourselves with an officer (or two, or three) in the seg unit. They have the inmate come to the sick-call room (which looks like an oversized closet). He is in shackles attached to the concrete floor. I do a complete assessment and make my decisions from there. We have an EKG machine in there so we can even do EKGs if the situation warrants it.

If a physician/NP is warranted, they will come over to the seg unit. It is usually something the nurse can treat.

It is different in different facilities but basically what Firene said. Nurses do sick call in the seg units.

Routine sick call is conducted in the segregation unit by the nurses. If there is something that requires a physician's attention, the inmate will be scheduled for an appointment with the physician at a time when there are no inmates from other units scheduled. Any inmates waiting in the infirmary clinic must be from the same custody level.