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You know the patient is going bad when their PA pressure is higher than their blood pressure (Pt quickly coded and died)
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an attending internist walks in the room, looks at the patient, walks back out to the nurses' station and asks, "what's mrs. brown's code status?" :redlight:(it was the first time this particular physician from the hospitalist group had seen her).
jess
that happened last weekend. this doc was covering for the attending and she came in @ change of shift. walks in to the room and comes right out asking what's miss so&so's code status? do we have a # for the next of kin? :uhoh21: my very first reaction was who is this asking questions followed very swiftly by jumping to action. the patient was gone in a few short hours.
merellis2009
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You know the patient is going bad when on the elevator ride to the unit, he turns to his wife and says "I'm sorry honey. I'm dying. I love you..." then proceeds to go unresponsive... IN THE ELEVATOR!