Dave
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had two patients swing at me. had to help tackle one of them in the ambulance bay.
the guys wife brought him in because she was concerned about some meds he had taken. technically, it was an overdose.
we didnt clear him fast enough for his liking and tried to leave. he couldnt leave until the doctor cleared him as it was an overdose. (a minor one, but an OD none the less. we can hold OD's till the doc says to let them go home) one of the security guards tried to slow him down till help arrived as he was a big boy and she wasnt going to tangle with him alone. i saw her going outside with him, so off i go to help.we are in the ambulance bay trying to convince him to go back in when things escalated quickly. he gave me a bit of a shove and took a swing at me. he missed, but knocked me a bit off balance. he then went and grabbed the security guard in a head lock and the tow of them went tumbling to the ground. i ran over and tried getting him off her. another nurse rushed in but he swatted her aside and she hit her head on the concrete wall in the ambulance bay. me and the security guard are wrestling with him when another security guard and 2 paramedics came rushing out. we finally managed to subdue him until the police arrived and were able to cuff him. cops had to hit him with the pepper spray which, by the way, doesnt taste too good. damn wind.
fortunately no staff got hurt. wet from rolling around in puddles trying to subdue him, but not hurt.
the three of us are pressing charges. turns out this guy has quite a long sheet on him. a "very bad guy" as one of the cops put it. we would have let him go and let the cops go find him, but once he swung at me and put the security guard in a headlock, all bets were off.
the day went downhill from there.
the guys wife brought him in because she was concerned about some meds he had taken. technically, it was an overdose.
we didnt clear him fast enough for his liking and tried to leave. he couldnt leave until the doctor cleared him as it was an overdose. (a minor one, but an OD none the less. we can hold OD's till the doc says to let them go home) one of the security guards tried to slow him down till help arrived as he was a big boy and she wasnt going to tangle with him alone. i saw her going outside with him, so off i go to help.we are in the ambulance bay trying to convince him to go back in when things escalated quickly. he gave me a bit of a shove and took a swing at me. he missed, but knocked me a bit off balance. he then went and grabbed the security guard in a head lock and the tow of them went tumbling to the ground. i ran over and tried getting him off her. another nurse rushed in but he swatted her aside and she hit her head on the concrete wall in the ambulance bay. me and the security guard are wrestling with him when another security guard and 2 paramedics came rushing out. we finally managed to subdue him until the police arrived and were able to cuff him. cops had to hit him with the pepper spray which, by the way, doesnt taste too good. damn wind.
fortunately no staff got hurt. wet from rolling around in puddles trying to subdue him, but not hurt.
the three of us are pressing charges. turns out this guy has quite a long sheet on him. a "very bad guy" as one of the cops put it. we would have let him go and let the cops go find him, but once he swung at me and put the security guard in a headlock, all bets were off.
the day went downhill from there.
