deathbyopus

I have worked in the medical field for a while now. I've done my time in the trenches, almost 4 years, in an ER as a medic and come out with a lot of medical knowledge. The one great thing about being in this field is that everyday you learn something new. Here is something I learned at work one night.

When someone is about to have a procedure were they need to be put under sedation, they usually ask if the patient has any personal or family members with any psych issues. Even if the patient has none, they always ask about mom, dad, uncles....anyone.

Here's why, certain medications used for sedation can actually "awaken" dormant psychosis in a patient, because odds are if your family has issues, there is a chance you have issues too. It's weird to know that instead of you developing issues down the road, you could develop them when the medication kicked in.



Well, upon learning of this new tidbit, I remarked, "Man, that would be weird. Being put under and as soon as the meds kick in your screaming WHO ATE MY COOKIES AND WHERE IS MY BATH RUG!!!!"



There was a silence at the nurses station, followed by laughter. I had to excuse myself to conference room as I was laughing too hard. Yet another moment of enlightenment cut down by a moment of WTF.