Patient X comes in doubled over for a visit to the SU, with wifey in tow. (She was so sweet and found a wheelchair).
Patient has full set of vitals suggesting he was seriously in pain (high BP, heart rate, etc.) He's consistently doubled over no matter what you do. Doc takes him and works him up. Basically, he's got the back from hell and needs neurosurgery, but at Madison, you only get it on the schedule. Our doc's suggestion: take Patient X to ER at Washington, our sister hospital. Wifey listens and away he goes.
Twenty minutes later, patient shows up at ER, vitals taken, still looks the same.
Another twenty minutes later, ER docs discharge Mr. X. Doc notices in the notes, he got his Dilaudid and was on his way.
It just makes me scratch my head...
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