parents please talk to your teens

MrsMommaRN · Jun 24, 2008

thank you for stepping in. you are an angel.:heartbeat:saint::icon_hug::icon_hug:

scattycarrot, BSN, RN · Jun 24, 2008

Regarding the sats, if she was in the water she was probably cold, so I am sure the pulse ox read 22%. Obviously, they weren't 22% or she would have been dead a while!

Anyway, thats by the by, well done for stepping in. The ER I worked in last in the UK was full of young teens at the weekend. Anyone under 14 had to be admitted and seen by social prior to discharge.

SecondGenRN · Jun 24, 2008

I just want to encourage all you parents to please talk to your teens about drinking and alcohol poisoning. I talked to my 13 yr old (yeah I know they are starting so young these days.) Saturday after I got off work I joined my family and friends out at the lake to relax after a long day. People had been out there drinking all day. Well there apparently was a 14 yr old who drank to much (3 beers, 3 shots tequila and 1/4 bottle of vodka) thru the course of the day. The people who were trying to take care of were drunk and took her into the water to try to wake her up. They basically refused to call 911 because of the alcohol. I had to step in and assess her , barely awake, vomiting, sz activity and I yelled at my husband to put her in our vehicle(couldn' t get good reception on the cell) On the way her o2 sat was 22%. He held her in the back seat and talked to her and it came up on the way and we got her safely to the hospital so they could pump her stomach. And I had only gotten there 15 minutes before. She was so close to death. Not one of the adults out there kept her from drinking and not one saw the situation emerging. ( I almost got into a fight with one drunk lady over taking her to er.) So please, please please talk to your teens about the dangers of drinking. They think its all fun and games and don't think its dangerous and just want to join in the fun. But lives are stake......

Thanks for the advice... 13 is NOT too young to be talking to her. When I was in grade nine (14 years old) my friends and I decided to try alcohol and ended up with alcohol poisoning as well (obviously NOT my proudest moment!) We all ended up okay luckily, but I plan to discuss this type of thing with my daughter at a young age as well!

whodatnurse · Jun 24, 2008

When I volunteered as an EMT, I knew a couple of people who invested in their own 'jump bags'...and they had portable pulse ox devices. They just figured they were always happening upon 'situations' and that they might as well have some equipment readily at hand.

Some even had portable O2, which I'm not so sure is a good thing to be driving around with in the trunk of your car...

rjflyn, ASN, RN · Jun 24, 2008

I have been in the ER for 20 yrs and yes on occasion, a rare one at that we will NG for ETOH poisoning. More often its for the co-ingestion of drugs that they took for a suicide attempt. But were not doing those as often either most choose to take the charcoal on the few times we even give that.

On a side note I had a CE class put on by a pulse ox company rep. They are only accurate on warm digits, then only to about 70%. You start getting below that range vasoconstriction starts to effect the reading.

Rj

Drysolong · Jun 24, 2008

I just want to encourage all you parents to please talk to your teens about drinking and alcohol poisoning. I talked to my 13 yr old (yeah I know they are starting so young these days.) Saturday after I got off work I joined my family and friends out at the lake to relax after a long day. People had been out there drinking all day. Well there apparently was a 14 yr old who drank to much (3 beers, 3 shots tequila and 1/4 bottle of vodka) thru the course of the day. The people who were trying to take care of were drunk and took her into the water to try to wake her up. They basically refused to call 911 because of the alcohol. I had to step in and assess her , barely awake, vomiting, sz activity and I yelled at my husband to put her in our vehicle(couldn' t get good reception on the cell) On the way her o2 sat was 22%. He held her in the back seat and talked to her and it came up on the way and we got her safely to the hospital so they could pump her stomach. And I had only gotten there 15 minutes before. She was so close to death. Not one of the adults out there kept her from drinking and not one saw the situation emerging. ( I almost got into a fight with one drunk lady over taking her to er.) So please, please please talk to your teens about the dangers of drinking. They think its all fun and games and don't think its dangerous and just want to join in the fun. But lives are stake......

The title of this thread could be "Children and teens talk to your parents and other 'adults' in your life"

allnurses Guide · Jun 24, 2008

I'm working Hospice now and my bag has an O2 Sat monitor. My bag is always in my car.

I worked ER too and when you have a kid come in like that - you really don't know for sure WHAT they ingested.

My parents tell a story about me ingesting baby aspirin - I actually remember climbing up on the counter and getting the bottle and eating them. I loved that orange flavor. Anyway - they say I got my "stomach pumped" . . . not sure they exactly understood what happened.

Parents who let their kids drink drive me crazy . . . . :banghead:

steph

leslie :-D · Jun 24, 2008

Well there apparently was a 14 yr old who drank to much (3 beers, 3 shots tequila and 1/4 bottle of vodka) thru the course of the day. The people who were trying to take care of were drunk and took her into the water to try to wake her up. They basically refused to call 911 because of the alcohol.

tragically, much of this teen drinking is the result of what they witness at home.

my family and i recently went to a family wedding, where there was an open bar.

i scared the living crap out my teens, by just 'popping up' when they least expected:

grabbing their drinks to take a sip.

sadly, there are 'adults' who will obtain alcoholic drinks for these teens...

and this momma was ready to kill.

thankfully, they stuck with their cherished shirley temples and cokes.

gawd, i hate it when adults don't see the damage they are doing...

leslie

HM2VikingRN, RN · Jun 24, 2008

Definitely requires a neglect/abuse report to authorities.

The girl dodged a lethal bullet only through grace.

Thanks for intervening.

litbitblack, ASN, RN · Jun 24, 2008

Ok here is some clarification....I left work to go to lake so my bag was in my car with my pox. The girls parents apparently dropped her off at lake. This is a small town she is from they no everybody. The pox was taken a little while after she got out of water because these people laid her on a lawn chair and she was about to sieze. I don't know that they pumped her stomach I just know before I left the hospital I asked the mom how she was and she said they were pumping her stomach. Thats all I know. I do know the little hospital we were speeding to tried to tell me she needed to go to wichita falls (20 min away) because of her low o2 sat and I said (well you guys are going to have to airvac her then cause we are almost there) They had a big attitude. the little towns sheriff went out to the lake but of course all the adults said she helped herself and no one gave it to her. so I don't know....

mcs1505 · Jun 24, 2008

all the adults said she helped herself and no one gave it to her. so I don't know....

That's why they should watch their alcohol!!

I came home one afternoon to find my 18 yo sister having a pool party and one of her 21 yo friends had brought alcohol and was letting all of the underage kids drink. I let them have it, confiscated the rest of the alcohol, locked it in my car until they left and threatened to call the cops.

The girl who bought it asked if she could have it back when she left since she paid for it.

I laughed at her. :angryfire

LadyTiger44 · Jun 24, 2008

This is very sad. I was (well not lucky to not have him in my life) but to grow up with a drug addict dad, so in high school I never wanted to do these things. I did go through a rebellious stage kind of late-when I was 21, and did some things I am not proud of such as put my mom through hell for a few months; but I learned my lesson and snapped out of it. Drinking and drugs is very rampant in high school-so don't forget to talk to your teens about drugs! In my high school it was very common for kids to crush pain killers and snort them, alot of kids did pain killers to get high--and not the kids who you would think are "bad" kids--popular kids with parents who make alot of money. It leads very quick to addiction and people don't realize this. This past week a girl I graduated with who had a 3 y/o died of an accidental overdose-very sad. So please parents also talk to your kids about drugs--they are out there, and ALOT of high schoolers participate! There was also a group of high schoolers at my old school who were having a party with drinking, one girl left and got into a wreck, someone from the party found her--TOOK HER OUT OF THE CAR and back to the party and she almost died. She was in critical condition for a while, but I think she is doing ok now.

Good job for recognizing how close this girl was to death-maybe it taught her a lesson. It doesn't sound like she has very good role models-except in you! Hopefully this experience will shy her away from drinking.