One of my sillier patients

[Cliffy]

As someone who has had albuterol reactions in the past after two puffs – oh, man, that poor bastard.

–Cliffy

[Gazelle]

Thank you for taking some time away from licking and slithering all over the hull to regale us, dear Qadgop..

Laughing out loud in my cube, Gazelle

[Badge]

It’s nice to hear that these guys don’t get any smarter after we ship them in, Qadgop!

Thanks for a great story!

[NurseCarmen]

Why do stupid criminals rely so often on lists?

[bughunter]

*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan *
It’s hard to kill yourself with an albuterol inhaler if you’re young and healthy. Sort of like trying to commit suicide by using a week’s worth of nicotine patches and two pots of coffee

So you’re saying that if you have asthma, then a good home remedy is smoking 14 packs of Marlboro Lights and drinking 24 cups of coffee?

Cool!

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

*Originally posted by Enola Straight *
** Taking into consideration the patients are convicted prisoners and you anonymized their identities, is it unethical to violate Doctor/Patient Confidentiality in posting this thread? **

I don’t see how. I’ve followed standard anonymization procedures for both printed and electronic (HIPAA) media. I myself am anonymized, which is usually not even the case. The facts have been adjusted enough so that even if you did discover exactly who I am and where I work, you’d have over 8000 potential candidate patients to choose from. If you armed yourself with legal writs based on open-law records and spent weeks combing the records available to you, you’d still lack access to the patients’ actual medical records, their disciplinary records, etc. Good luck.

This doesn’t come anywhere near breaching doctor/patient confidentiality.

[Enola_Straight]

Okie-doke.

[Guinastasia]

*Originally posted by Enola Straight *
**Not to ruin the mood of the thread, but…

Taking into consideration the patients are convicted prisoners and you anonymized their identities, is it unethical to violate Doctor/Patient Confidentiality in posting this thread? **

HE didn’t use names, just told us about a patient.

When I was in therapy, my counselor often used examples of other patients in my condition, who experienced the same sorts of things.

[WordMan]

Too damn funny. Thanks QtM!

[noname]

The To-Do-List was really funny. Thanks QtM

[Shodan]

Number #6 has obviously read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Prisoners.

Was any of the to-do list checked off?

Too funny.

Regards,
Shodan

[Ferret_Herder]

*Originally posted by Ca3799 *
frogmarch?

In case this wasn’t already explained - I assume this is the odd shuffling walk that prisoners do when handcuffed and in legirons.

[js_africanus]

*Originally posted by GMRyujin *
**This proves it! **

I love the job description for comedians that the authors offer:

We then compared [the subjects’] ratings [of jokes] with those provided by a panel of experts, namely, professional comedians who make their living by recognizing what is funny and reporting it to their audiences

Heh, heh.
(Italics added.)

[singular1]

*Originally posted by bughunter *
**So you’re saying that if you have asthma, then a good home remedy is smoking 14 packs of Marlboro Lights and drinking 24 cups of coffee?

Cool! **

Actually, the hot coffee will help. Mr. singular has severe asthma attacks, and the first line of defense is very hot, strong tea. The hot liquid helps to open up the pipes.

In the interest of fighting ignorance, y’know…

[muldoonthief]

*Originally posted by Ferret Herder *
**In case this wasn’t already explained - I assume this is the odd shuffling walk that prisoners do when handcuffed and in legirons. **

I assumed the same, but looked it up on www.dictionary.com anyway. Definition 2 is quite amusing and fits the tone of the story as well:

frogmarch
v 1: march a person against his will by any method 2: carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person