It seems like sedating the patient is just one of the last things they do, I dunno why, I was just going by experience, but I don't understand the theory. I was gonna ask my sister Lydia, the nurse, even called her up to ask her, but she was working on a paper that's due tomorrow (today, now), she had completed 4 out of 7 pages and sounded very tired. I think they don't like wrestling people around that can fend for themselves, nor do they want goofy people acting up, so you aren't going to get pain medication in the emergency room unless they are going to do surgery, even then you won't get it until you're put in pre-op, but once you're admitted to a floor and are in a bed, that's when they give you the pain medication. I'll remember to ask my sister the next time I call her.
Suffice it to say, it's for their convenience, not yours. |
