Tori

So I worked that job for six years. And to this day, the patient I'm going to tell you about is probably the most wild patient I've ever seen. So this man, a middle-aged guy, he was an ex-con who was beaten head with a hammer. Oh. When the swelling is really bad in the brain, the surgeons will take off a piece of their skull to let the brain swell and heal because otherwise it'll herniate.

So usually when that happens, we see it all the time, take off usually a front piece, a side piece. If the person's walking around or doing therapy, they must have this helmet on at all times, obviously, because if they are to fall and hit their head, there's nothing protecting their soft, squishy brain.

So usually when that happens, we see it all the time, take off usually a front piece, a side piece. If the person's walking around or doing therapy, they must have this helmet on at all times, obviously, because if they are to fall and hit their head, there's nothing protecting their soft, squishy brain.

So usually when that happens, we see it all the time, take off usually a front piece, a side piece. If the person's walking around or doing therapy, they must have this helmet on at all times, obviously, because if they are to fall and hit their head, there's nothing protecting their soft, squishy brain.

So this man in particular, just the location of his injury was the back of his head, kind of on like the nape of his neck.

So this man in particular, just the location of his injury was the back of his head, kind of on like the nape of his neck.

So this man in particular, just the location of his injury was the back of his head, kind of on like the nape of his neck.

because it was at the very back part of his head and because he was so wild and agitated he had to wear this helmet for 24 hours a day seven days a week in bed kind of picture like a hockey helmet that's hard foam trigger warning we have to restrain heavily a ton of our patients that might bother some people it's for their safety it's for our safety it's temporary they have tubes they can pull out they have such varied levels of awareness of what's going on they just rip everything out they

because it was at the very back part of his head and because he was so wild and agitated he had to wear this helmet for 24 hours a day seven days a week in bed kind of picture like a hockey helmet that's hard foam trigger warning we have to restrain heavily a ton of our patients that might bother some people it's for their safety it's for our safety it's temporary they have tubes they can pull out they have such varied levels of awareness of what's going on they just rip everything out they

because it was at the very back part of his head and because he was so wild and agitated he had to wear this helmet for 24 hours a day seven days a week in bed kind of picture like a hockey helmet that's hard foam trigger warning we have to restrain heavily a ton of our patients that might bother some people it's for their safety it's for our safety it's temporary they have tubes they can pull out they have such varied levels of awareness of what's going on they just rip everything out they

can and do hurt themselves all the time. So this man was also heavily restrained, depending on the level of their injury and kind of where they are in their recovery. You can't rationalize with them. You can't reason with them. They can't speak when they can speak. Their first and only words are always, fuck you. Uh-huh. That was the case of this man.

can and do hurt themselves all the time. So this man was also heavily restrained, depending on the level of their injury and kind of where they are in their recovery. You can't rationalize with them. You can't reason with them. They can't speak when they can speak. Their first and only words are always, fuck you. Uh-huh. That was the case of this man.

can and do hurt themselves all the time. So this man was also heavily restrained, depending on the level of their injury and kind of where they are in their recovery. You can't rationalize with them. You can't reason with them. They can't speak when they can speak. Their first and only words are always, fuck you. Uh-huh. That was the case of this man.

So he was in what we would call seven point restraints. So he had a belt around his waist. He had this piece of fabric that kind of comes up like a diaper that attaches to the waist and it keeps him from sliding down in bed, getting strangled by it. Seen that before. He had both of his wrists restrained, both of his ankles restrained to the bed.

So he was in what we would call seven point restraints. So he had a belt around his waist. He had this piece of fabric that kind of comes up like a diaper that attaches to the waist and it keeps him from sliding down in bed, getting strangled by it. Seen that before. He had both of his wrists restrained, both of his ankles restrained to the bed.

So he was in what we would call seven point restraints. So he had a belt around his waist. He had this piece of fabric that kind of comes up like a diaper that attaches to the waist and it keeps him from sliding down in bed, getting strangled by it. Seen that before. He had both of his wrists restrained, both of his ankles restrained to the bed.

And then he was so wild and head butting that he had a chest strap on. And we have to have the bed elevated a little bit because when they're getting tube fed, if they're laying flat, it can put them at risk of choking. So he had the head of the bed up and we had the chest strap there. Also, this man had what we call posy mitts on.

And then he was so wild and head butting that he had a chest strap on. And we have to have the bed elevated a little bit because when they're getting tube fed, if they're laying flat, it can put them at risk of choking. So he had the head of the bed up and we had the chest strap there. Also, this man had what we call posy mitts on.

And then he was so wild and head butting that he had a chest strap on. And we have to have the bed elevated a little bit because when they're getting tube fed, if they're laying flat, it can put them at risk of choking. So he had the head of the bed up and we had the chest strap there. Also, this man had what we call posy mitts on.

So picture giant puffy oven mitts that are like velcroed to their hands. They can't grab or squeeze or scratch or anything. So it's just like boxing. That's the first part is the visualization of this is how this poor man lived for weeks. Oh, wow. He put three separate people on injury leave while being that level of restraint from kicking, punching.