TheMowingMonk
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So me and my partner roll up on a call to a nursing home. pt's chief complaint of elevated temp x 2 days with no relief after to 650mg doses of tylenol . I go into the room and start assessing the pt while my partner got started on the paperwork. the pt was in bad shape, temp of 103, bad parkinsons, bed sores all over the place, NG tube, on dyalysis, etc. after talking to my pt even though he was in bad shape he was still A&Ox3 and responsive to questions and could talk. So while im grabbing a BP my partner walks in an sees the large pressure sore on the side of the pts face (which the pt was unaware of) and my partner thinking the pt is totally out of it point at the guys face and says "eww what is that on his face the looks gross" and preceeds to turn around and walk out of the room causing my pt to freak out looking at me wondering what was on his face. after calming him down and explaining about the pressure sore we get him on the gurney, only then does my partner realize the pt is pretty with it after my pt preceeded to chew my partner out for scaring him which is what i found amusing, might have been more funny to be there, but it was interesting. moral of the story, never assume anything!