Patients that are hospitalized because of a dare...

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How many of you nurses took care of a pt hospitalized due to a dare?? If so what's your story...I took care of a patient that ruptured his esophagus because a friend dared him to swallow a shrimp whole. Unfortunately, the man died a couple days after surgery. Has anyone seen bizarre cases like this one?:confused:

Specializes in Cardiac Nursing, ICU.

Hey TXstudentRN,

I have to say that I don't watch grey's anatomy so, the thread didn't come from the season finale...though the season finale seems interesting. I do watch House...not that this matters. I was just curious...it seems that people don't think and in my patient's case it eventually cost him his life.:(

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Specializes in Cardiac Nursing, ICU.

LOL, that's funny...talk about sister payback!!!

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Specializes in neuro, ICU/CCU, tropical medicine.
I have to say that I don't watch grey's anatomy so, the thread didn't come from the season finale...though the season finale seems interesting. I do watch House...not that this matters.

I used to work with a couple of nurses who went down to California to play nurses on an episode of 'ER.' One of them got hired on as a consultant. Interestingly enough, there was an episode in which a patient fell through the ceiling - that had occurred a week or so before at the hosptial where we worked.

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