Can home visits for home medical emergency are dangerous? Can you send out small doctors at night? Why the doctor is sometimes uneasy?
There was, for example, the home visit last week. Shabby Building, fifth floor, the apartment door ajar. No response from inside. Chaos, disorder and decay already in the hallway of the apartment. Empty two-liter bottles of wine anywhere. Really everywhere. Filthy dishes piled up in the kitchen. Half empty pizza boxes. Moldy carpets. The powerful Russian was delirious in the next room. But before the doctor took care of him, he searched the rest of the apartment. Ready for anything, there was still lurking could.
There was, for example, the Fixer couple with the dog. Dilapidated apartment without furniture. Cold, old tobacco smoke. Greasy, hazy windows. He was seriously ill and on withdrawal. Wanted to benzodiazepines. The two were brash and demanding than the doctor did not believe them. Wanted to see for myself what was in the suitcase. Had the prescription forms certainly like to put in themselves. Like a scuffle would have ended? Had been threatened with infected needles? For example, there were
repeatedly southern men who wanted to spray their malaise but only got good advice. They do not understand. The were already demanding. Especially if they also ten have to pay €. For example, there are
repeatedly called on members of nursing care, which the doctor can not do the favor of hospitalization.
And there are always large dogs, dilapidated buildings, dark corridors, dissatisfied patients or relatives, violent alcoholic.
sure, the rescue service will always put dangerous situations on highways, construction sites, in factories. But the primary care emergency service is accessible for alone. Down the street waiting for a taxi driver. And a doctor's bag filled to the brim, which form thick binder with recipes and practice fees collected could one day Desires awaken.
Yes, home visits can be dangerous. Yes, small doctors are vulnerable at night.
The doctor takes the following precautions: Always light with you. Always remember the way back. Never follow a request to take off their shoes at the door. Never enter a dwelling in which a larger dog is moving freely.
But above all, be sure to do the right thing.
