I met my patient for this coming Friday's clinical last week.
He's my age, which really kind of hit home with me. I've never taken care of a person my age. We are only a few days apart.
In December, he was smoking marijuana and took some benzodiazapines and opiates all together. I can't remember what exactly, but the lethal combination put him in full cardiac arrest. His mom found him and he was taken immediately to the hospital. He was able to be revived, but the lack of oxygen to his brain during cardiac arrest left him with permenant brain injury. No one is certain whether or not he'll walk or talk again. He has made remarkable progress thus far, but he will never be the same young man he was before.
I think this semester is going to be interesting indeed.
Oh, Im sure the more time that goes by, and the more patients you have to deal with, the more interesting things will get for you.....just dont forget to keep us followers posted on the juicy ones...
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