Comments by "B Bodziak" (@B_Bodziak) on "Roland S. Martin"
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I had a seizure and when I came to in the ICU, I fought with the nurses and kept trying to grab the ventilator's big tube out of my mouth. They ended up putting plastic mittens on my hands, but as soon as the room nurse turned her back away, I grabbed at the vent tube and IVs. They finally strapped my arms to the bed -- at the time, my legs were temporarily paralyzed from the injury caused during the seizure) I had no idea where I was or what was happening for quite a while. I remember going in and out of consciousness, and even though I've never neen a fighter -- I don't even raise my voice when I get angry. I cannot believe neither of those paramedics even questioned why he was being removed from the ambulance. They would have been aware that the 911 call was for someone having a seizure and since "possible seizure" is the 3rd highest reason for ambulance calls, they would have been trained to easily recognize the symptoms, including the possibility of the patient being resistant when regaining consciousness. Resistance to remaining still is very prevalent in seizure of longer durations, and this man's was an extended seizure as he was still unconscious when they arrived and it started while he at drive-thru window. I cannot wrap my head around putting someone unconscious into an ambulance, tasing hm FIVE times and thinking that instead of going on to the hospital, it'd be better to take and book him into jail ... But, not before giving him one last taser for a total of SIX.
It's quite telling that out of everyone professional that interacted with him, only the Burger King employee did the right thing.
Wow. Just wow.
With my seizure, I spent 15 days in the hospital, and I made a point to tell every doc and nurse I encountered during my admission, that they need a policy to tell every patient who regains consciousness in the hospital should IMMEDIATELY be informed of where they are and, if possible, to tell the patient briefly how they got there. I also wrote e-mails to the administration with this suggestion.
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