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vickylou
vickylou

My daughter is a manager of a residential care home for people with mental health problems.

I called in to see her today, and whilst I was there one of the residents had a huge seizure as a result of withdrawal from alcohol. He bit has tongue and ascites burst and blood everywhere. She had tried to get his GP out earlier in the day, but he refused to come and give him Librium as it was a waste of his time and resources.

Blood and gore don't bother me, but this looked like a scene from a horror story. She then phoned for an ambulance and was told there was a long wait as they were busy and it wasn't urgent!!

She asked me to go with her as she was short staffed and we called a taxi. The first taxi took one look and drove off, next one took us to A&E, which was full mostly with drunken english fans.

Four hours later, he was seen by triage nurse who suggested she took him back as he was drunk and there was nothing they could do. She explained he wasn't drunk, but was suffering from withdrawal and had a seizure and needed medication like Librium ASAP. She was then told to contact his GP or out of hours service. Out of hours had told her to go to A&E!! Unbelievable.

Three hours later, his tongue was very reluctantly stitched. To get the Librium she was told to contact alcohol services who would have to assess him. He has wernicke-korsakoff syndrome ( will let RHGB explain that!) and is way to far gone for alcohol services.

Nearly 8 hours later, a junior doctor said he was apauled by the treatment the man had received, but he couldn't do anything due to hospital protocol, and said the kindest thing for him, would be to buy some vodka to help with the withdrawals, but don't give him the bottle. Monitor how much he has, not too much so as he gets drunk, but it would hopefully act like medication and reduce the risk of another seizure until she can get him to the surgery in the morning.

As we left A&E the waiting room was empty, the drunken football fans who were fighting outside and needed the police to sort them out,

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  • Paper_fairy
    Paper_fairy vickylou

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    Vicky your experience of this poor man made me cry. I am shocked and appalled by this and thank God there are nurses like you and your daughter to help this tragic dear man. Blessings and gratitude to you and your lovely daughter 😪 😡 Xxxxxxx
  • richard89308
    richard89308 vickylou

    Posted

    bit of an ordeal for you vickylou.  It was good that he finally had his tongue stitched.  They do bleed a lot because they are a sensory organ with lots of nerves and blood feeding them.  Well done for hanging about and helping.
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