Monday, February 06, 2006

Drug Seeker?

Two calls. A syncopal episode and a person feeling dizzy. While at the hospital I got the chance to ask a nurse about the guy we brought in a couple weeks ago -- the young heart transplant patient with the diagnosed dissecting aneurysm who was experiencing sudden tearing back pain, and who was extremely anxious. The nurse said he was very squirelly with the doctors. They called the other hospital in town and found out he had been there the night before. They felt he was drug seeking. He ended up walking out of the ED and taking a cab to a third hospital. Going back and reading my entry about the patient, I can seek the drug behaviour. I'm guessing maybe he got hooked on pain meds post surgery.