While working in the ER I saw allot of illegal and dangerous behavior by many staff when it comes to management of agressive loud mouth drunks. At one hospital the staff was sick of the guys mouth so they restrained him and locked him out of sight and sound in the coffee room. Everything was fine untill he kicked over the large aluminum coffee container and it smashed against the floor then the security guards ran in and worked him over and the female nurse got a few wacks in to.
Another time I was attending to a pt. when my 2 male Nurse partners wheel in a male drunk restrained to the gurny with a pillow case balled up and taped into his mouth as a gag. And the Nurse was holding him down by his hair. The Pt. I ws taking care of asked me why that pt. was gaged. I mentioned to my partner to get the gag out of his mouth he might puke and aspirate his response to me mind your **&%^$## business!
I went to my Charge Nurse and mentioned it to her "I didn't see anything" she was hiding out in the Radio room to avoid involvement. Why people do stupid things like this I will never know? They risk injuring the pt. or killing the patient and also put anyone else who witnessed it at risk for not reporting it! they coulda just put a mask over his mouth and let him yell.
I have heard from co workers) but not witnessed that an ER doc sutured the earlobeds of a drunk to a gurney because he was offeneded the drunk cussed him out constantly and the Doc ws som religous freak to.
I've worked ER for 22 years in a large city and never had anyone do this. If they're spitting and trying to hurt you, we restrain and put a mask on them. I've heard the sutured the ears to the bed story too... may be true but I doubt it.
Jerry 75
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I have heard from co workers) but not witnessed that an ER doc sutured the earlobeds of a drunk to a gurney because he was offeneded the drunk cussed him out constantly and the Doc ws som religous freak to.