[60Gunner]

Emergency Nursing Ping. Brace yourselves.

[FormerACLUmember]

Hillary has precisely the opposite condition: looks alive but has a stone-cold heart.

[TChris]

To quote someone famous: Just... Damn.

[EternalHope]

Very interesting.

Thanks for posting.

[genefromjersey]

Interesting story !

[steveo]

AMAZING. Let me know when your book is coming out...

[FormerACLUmember]

My guess is that the heroin killed this demented young addict, while the co-administered overdose of cocaine kept her heart beating after the rest of her poisoned body was rigor mortis rotting away.

[American Quilter]

Amazing story. And what an idiot the patient was, dying young and completely unnecessarily. Life is such a precious gift, and she threw it away with both hands.

[keat]

Great writing, very gripping. You've got a gift.

[redgolum]

WOW! I have heard of things like this in stories, but not in real life.

[Gay State Conservative]

Your post brings back memories (most,but not all of them unpleasant) of my 20 year stint in a major hospital's ER. I'm very,very glad I don't do that any more.

[r9etb]

Unbelievable is right....

[redpoll]

You, sir, are one hell of a storyteller. I mean that with the highest respect. Save this one for the ages somewhere.

[DejaJude]

I just keep thinking of Poe's, "The Tell-Tale Heart". Maybe he actually saw something like this.

[thegreatbeast]

Creepy, very creepy.

[Wage Slave]

Wow. Add me to your ping list, ok? I'm an ex NICU nurse and love war stories. I've done CPR on a corpse with rigor mortis, too, but the heart was definitely not beating. (You're quite a writer, too.)

[SittinYonder]

Wow. That was very interesting and riveting. Thanks for taking the time to post all that. Makes me glad I don't use heroin.

[mtbopfuyn]

The Tell-Tale Heart

[DumpsterDiver]

If you please, I'd also like to be added to your ping list.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

The medics were bringing in a 32-year-old female who had been complaining of shortness of breath and general malaise for the last few days. She happened to have also been smoking cocaine and shooting black tar heroin all day

Hmm. Gee, do you think there might be some sort of causal connection here?

[KarlInOhio]

Facinating story.

I just read your home page and I hurt myself laughing.

[Malacoda]

Good God. I'm going to have zombie junkie nightmares tonight. That was right out of "Night of the Living Dead."

Did I mention that I added you to my list of people in my prayers every night? I couldn't do what you do and remain sane. God bless you.

And boy, are you a vivid writer.

[RobFromGa]

thanks for telling the story, it was fascinating...

[null and void]

Damm. Lividity and a pulse? How?

[NonValueAdded]

Fascinating stuff ... thanks for your well-written report.

[null and void]

The diminishing number of assault victims, alcohol-related injuries, suicide attempts, and panic attacks coming to the ER indicated that visiting relatives were now leaving town.

LOL!

[IslandJeff]

Ping or Freepmail me if you get the autopsy!

[Theresawithanh]

Wow, an absolutely riveting tale! Please keep on posting your experiences here, love to read them.

[Eepsy]

Dang, when's that book coming?

[GreenLanternCorps]

Wow, I have a friend who is an ER doctor. I'm going to send this to him tonight!

[Wingy]

I'd like to know what the autopsy showed. Any plans for an update?

[bamabaseballmom]

Thanks for the ping. Very interesting!

[Chickensoup]

When are you going to write a book.

[jrp]

Druggy loser, very likely on welfare, snorting and shooting up our tax dollars. And all those talented and dedicated people and expensive equipment working to revive her worthless carcass. What a total waste all around.

[G Larry]

BUMP!

[Responsibility2nd]

Excellant story.

Someone (Libertarian) wanna tell me again why drugs should be legal?

Every Libertarian and other pro-drug legalization nutwad should witness what you ER guys do!

[JOAT]

Wow. Your writing skills are superb. That is an amazing story.

[NoLibZone]

Please add me to your ping list as the spouse of a Trauma Nurse in California.

I gave him your fascinating and well written story.

[Chode]

When we finally got a rectal temperature, it was 31.4 degrees Centigrade (88.5 F). Her limbs were ice-cold. Her chest x-ray revealed that her lungs were completely obliterated with blood. We were never able to obtain a blood pressure through any means including palpation or Doppler. The respiratory therapist drew a syringe of thick, nearly black blood from the patient’s femoral artery for an arterial blood gas assessment. We also obtained a blood sample for a blood glucose reading...

Her blood glucose was zero. Her blood pH was 6.1 (far beyond compatibility with life). Her serum creatinine was 3.9, which was far beyond normal. Her hematocrit was 7 percent (normal range for a female is 36 to 46 percent). A Foley catheter was inserted, with no urine output. I ordered a urinary bladder scan, which revealed no urine in the patient’s bladder. The woman’s kidneys were gone.

all the while, her limbs continued to stiffen at awkward angles. Blood was going nowhere. Her vital organs had long ago ceased to function. Her pupils were blown and her eyes were fogged over. She had no metabolic activity. This woman was dead.

given all that... WHY would you try to restart her heart???

[knews_hound]

BTTT

[WIladyconservative]

I learn so much here on FR!!

Thanks for posting.

[Lazamataz]

Good L-rd.

Drugs suck.

[rabidralph]

I bet Dr. House would have saved her :-)

You should write a book. I was riveted from the first paragraph, anticipating what the story would be about. I'm sorry your patient died but I enjoyed the retelling and you do have a way with words.

[DejaJude]

PS
I meant to tell you that you are a first rate story teller.

[Grandma Pam]

Please add me to your ping list. Your stories are gripping, and you are an excellent writer.

[Interesting Times]

An amazing event, skilfully chronicled. Thanks...

[La Enchiladita]

Fascinating account, extremely well-written.

Is the last sentence true? Did you really do that?

[Teacher317]

ping

[ADemocratNoMore]

Please add me to your ping list. You are a fine writer and I too look forward to your book. Thank you.

[alfa6]

Okay that does it...

Please add me to your ping list.

and a lift of the alfa6 lid to you as well :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}