Comments on: Showing Restraint

By: nursesareweak

nursesareweak — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:31:49 +0000

If you tried to restrain me I would knock you out

By: Liz Tarner

Liz Tarner — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:50:25 +0000

I found your story disturbing–especially the beginning. The beginning and ending were not conducive to respecting a person’s rights. My brother has been tied up in the intensive care unit for seven weeks. Please read the Anderson code of ethics for restraining patients and ultimately a paternalistic approach.

By: I hate hospitals

I hate hospitals — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:57:24 +0000

I hope there is a special hell reserved for you, full of wrist and ankle bracelets, mittens, tubes and first year med students.

By: Peter Pachelbel

Peter Pachelbel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:22:46 +0000

I’ll finish the story.

But first let me tell ya this.

If you ever get me and I have to be intubated you might want to keep me sedated because I’ll be sitting up and looking at the pulse oximeter, the IV pump, the ECG machine, the Suction machine, the Blue Tubing that connects to the vent, and everything else.

Well anyway, After you have extubated yourself, the vent alarm protests.

Your pulse oximeter goes off in the key of C Major.

beep beepbeep beep beep beep

You start desatting.

OH NO

HELP.

He’s extubated himself.

Get the tube down his throat.

I need an ambu bag.

Can someone restrain him and SEDATE HIM?

The tube is put back in after you are lightly sedated and you are restrained.

A few hours later you wake up very very little.

You hear someone talking to you.

Hello Sir.

You have a tube down your throat to help you breathe. You cannot speak. When you start breathing on your own we’ll take the tube out.

You wake up more and more.

You start trying to move your hands to pull the ET or Endotracheal tube out.

OH NO

You cannot.

BRAVO

This time they calmy tell you why you are restrained and you are given a light sedative.

THE END.

Good story.

Tell me what ya think about my ending.

By: dane

dane — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:15:26 +0000

my mother has mittens on with the tube down her throat and seems to be wide awake and is serverly frustrated i feel so bad for her how do they tell when they could pull the tube out

By: joseph r. haag

joseph r. haag — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:04:50 +0000

this is very interesting reading, but also sends chills up the spine. while reading this, i half expected rod serling to appear. i am extremely claustrophobic and what you described has to be a vision of my own “personal hell” i would rather be in a cemetery six feet under ground than have to experience what you described.

By: Da Goddess

Da Goddess — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:19:27 +0000

What a great explanation of restraints!

Geena, you never cease to amaze me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:25:47 +0000

I just wanted to tell you that i really appreciate what you write :) It’s always interesting and very informative … Thank you :)

By: K

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:21:28 +0000

That is some chilling s***.