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.”