Code Brown: 3am ER Consult to Medicine

Author: quodlibet

Date: January 21, 2005

by quodlibet
1-21-05
A typical night on call in the Emergency Department. You are asked to assess an elderly lady in distress.
What medications are you on for your Super Serious Condition?
Well, dear, there's a red pill, a green pill, two little white pills, and a bunch of other pills.
Know any names? Have a list of your twenty medications?
No, of course not! You must know what they are.
Sadly, having seen six other people like this since 5pm, you probably know what they are.
Two laxatives, a water pill, a cholesterol pill, a blood pressure pill, two puffers, a blood thinner, and a sleeping pill.
Why, yes!