So the other night at work we admitted a trauma patient that was hit by a car. He was crossing the street against a light and got hit by a car traveling approximately 30 mph.
The patient looked like you would expect him to look. Blood, bruises, swollen facial features, dirt... the whole nine yards! The patient's main injury was a femur fracture. You know... the long bone in your thigh. It's connected to the hip bone and the knee bone (a la the children's song). The thing about this bone... it is an essential part of your skeleton and you need it to stand up under your own power.
This brainiac of a patient was ready to leave AMA (Against Medical Advice). This patient was trying his best to climb out of bed, he refused all pain medication (wtf?), and he was going to leave the hospital (for reasons unknown).
Besides being a complete moron, I was in awe at this patients ability to move as much as he did without pain medications (I have a good feeling he had his own brand of meds on board). His freakin' femur bone was in 2 pieces!!!
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