Ok people, I require your help! I did a job a few weeks back that I want to write about. First though, I want some options from you lot!
"44 year old male, chest pain, suicidal, verbally aggressive, police requested"
That was the information that I had. I chose not to wait for police because I was feeling particularly bolshy on this particular day!
The patients brother met us outside the flat and gave us a run down on his past medical history. The highlights included paranoid schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations, psychotic outbursts and OCD. Today he is extremely agitated. Despite all of the above, we enter the property without the police.
I swung open the bedroom door. The patient was standing in the middle of the room. He stares at me. He slowly starts walking towards me.
"Get out of my fucking flat or I'll throw you out of the fucking window, I mean it. Fuck off."
He says this whilst raising his fists.
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So! What I want to know is, what would you do? What should I have done? What are your thoughts on the situation I find myself in? I welcome the views of everyone! Ambulance staff, police, mental health working, nurses or anyone who wants to share what they'd do! Please comment!!
Thanks, Ella x