Working as a nurse I watched firsthand the change in number of incidents compared to waxing or waning moons and the full moon phenomenon. Especially in emergency medicine where the increase in admissions and odd behaviours of some patients increased 10 fold with the fullness of the moon!
One particular night after doing rounds on a surgical ward in the dark with our flashlights, we received a phone call from security saying a patient had reported a fire in her room. We immediately sped into action, fire extinguisher in hand, running down to the room where the fire reportedly was. We entered the room quickly checking the patient, who was asleep, and every corner of the room, but no fire. We returned to a quick round then back to the nurses station to continue our paperwork. Within 10 minutes we received another phone call from security issuing the same information from the same room! We asked them to check their switchboard while dashing again to the room as described. Again no fire...patient asleep...we moved the phone away from the bed, checked it, checked everything and all was okay. Not to repeat myself, but I must as we received a 3rd call and now we were really spooked.
One particular night after doing rounds on a surgical ward in the dark with our flashlights, we received a phone call from security saying a patient had reported a fire in her room. We immediately sped into action, fire extinguisher in hand, running down to the room where the fire reportedly was. We entered the room quickly checking the patient, who was asleep, and every corner of the room, but no fire. We returned to a quick round then back to the nurses station to continue our paperwork. Within 10 minutes we received another phone call from security issuing the same information from the same room! We asked them to check their switchboard while dashing again to the room as described. Again no fire...patient asleep...we moved the phone away from the bed, checked it, checked everything and all was okay. Not to repeat myself, but I must as we received a 3rd call and now we were really spooked.
There's nothing like wandering around a hospital ward in the dark with just flashlights checking bodies for movement or absence of ! Patients find it frustrating, nurses find it spooky because no one looks "well" under the glow of a flashlight! As we rounded the opposite side of the ward there was a sign! A poopie line exiting the exact opposite room from the room the calls were supposedly coming from. The bed rails were up ..bed empty...following a streaky trail we found our patient scooting around the corner on her bottom! She told us there was a fire in her room and she was escaping! Somehow the phone system had switched the line over in a mirror image of the ward!? It took quite some time to convince our athletic patient that there was no fire and exhausted after we cleaned her up, she finally agreed to return to bed and stay there. We unhooked her phone and checked her every
15 min till she slept. I don't know how the lines got switched but it was one of the spookiest night shifts I ever worked! Blame it on the moon!!!
15 min till she slept. I don't know how the lines got switched but it was one of the spookiest night shifts I ever worked! Blame it on the moon!!!
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