Vignette From Tonight In the ER, Part Deux…


Intentional Overdose Patient:
“I feel fine, really. I want to go home.”

Ambulance Driver: (gently, but firmly) “Not gonna happen, dear.”

IOP: “But the pills didn’t even have an effect on me!”

AD: “Oh really? While I was feeding a small garden hose down your nose and into your stomach, and then pumping the pill fragments out, you fell asleep.

IOP: “Oh.”

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