Air Max 2010's

A part of one of my closets

Last night in the Emergency Room we were swamped.
We received medic after medic with patients complaining of  chest pain, trouble breathing, seizures and suicide attempts.Several of the patients in the waiting room were currently vomiting into their emesis basins, others had their bodies shrewn out over the lobby furnature, ill and uncomfortable enough to neglect self dignity and modesty. I noted a female 13 weeks pregnant with twins was experiencing heavy vaginal bleeding. An  active miscarriage was evident. Just then, I heard our ambulance radio alarm with another medic encoding. This patient was assigned to me before arrival. I was instructed to prepare the trauma bay for a pt in acute respiratory distress. Being the primary nurse in situations such as this is challenging, yet rewarding. I immediately called pharmacy to stand by in the event of a Code Blue, as well as respiratory therapy due to the fact that the medics en route  report my patient's blood oxygen level is below 50% out of 100%. I delegate other nurses and techs to start additional IV's,get an EKG and connect monitoring equiptment. Before long my patient was stabilizing and arrangements were being made for me to transfer the patient to another hospital in the area. As I scurried around collecting paperwork and supplies to manage my patient's care, I could hear a biligerant young man screaming out violently. I purposefully walked past the glass sliding door of his room to sneek a closer peak. This intoxicated gentleman had been involved in an alceration and was bloodied from head to toe. He was uttering out curse words, swearing at who ever walked by, threatening us, and demanding us not to touch him and to leave him alone. Eventually physical restraints were ordered for the patient. In my mind, the first thing I noticed about this patient were the yellow and gray, brand new Air Max 2010's on his feet, splattered with blood. Gosh darn those were nice sneakers