One Phone Call

We got advance notice from our night supervisor that a direct admit was going to be brought to our floor from the county jail.  The patient was a gentleman in his late fifties with a history of alcohol abuse.  As they wheeled him in, the EMTS and the patient were just howling with laughter.

The patient explained that, “Well, I got arrested for drunk driving again, and I sure the hell didn’t want to spend the night in that smelly jail, so when I got my one phone call, I called 911 and told ‘em I was having chest pain.  And here I am!”

By Doris Therman, RN