(another attention-grabbing title...) I thought I'd drop by since I've been lazy about updating. Nothing really new...the only recent memorable call we had was a patient that we were called for as having an allergic reaction. Now this could be anything from a little rash to a person not breathing. On our arrival the patient is sitting in a chair with his tongue sticking staight out and a large knot on his neck that looks like a tight muscle. He can barely talk but all vital are good. These symptoms are typical of someone having an adverse reaction to compazine or thorazine but family swears he does not take any of those meds. Later found out he was on Haldol which will also give these kind of symptoms....Any way, his back started to spasm in the truck so I tried to massage the knot out, which seemed to help.
Later we took another patient in and went to check on him and he looked great (An injection of Cogentin counteracts these symptoms). He was so bad originally that my partner thought he was mentally/physically retarded!.
So both he and his family thanked us...especially for rubbing his back. I looked around and said "Don't you tell people I give massages in the back of my truck!!!" We all laughed and we were on our way again.
So maybe the story was more amusing to me then anyone else but it was kind of funny.
