Hi Everyone,
I posted a few weeks ago about how I was doing my clinicals at a Trauma Unit and had to clean and move a 600lb lady who had passed away due to complications brought on by her obesity. Some of you may have read my post but those of you who are new may want to find my post about this woman and read to understand the full story.
After my hospital clinicals I had to do my ambulance rides and at the end of my first shift my crew and I were dispatched to pick up another morbidly obese woman who was to be taken to a nearby dialysis center. When we got there I took her blood pressure and it was 50/22, I knew there was something wrong but we transported her anyhow because she needed fluid removed. Once we arrived at the dialysis center she became worse and I could tell her breathing was labored, her blood pressure continued dropping so the nurses had to administer medication which helped a little. We stayed for a good 2 hours to make sure we didn't have to transport her to a hospital. After that I hadn't heard anything but was curious what ended up happening because this lady was really cool. Her husband was the issue, he would bring her McDonald's EVERYDAY even when her doctor clearly advised against it. This man was healthy and even bragged to us about how he runs 12 miles daily and spends 2 hours on his Eliptical but for some reason I think he may have wanted to keep her like this. Like the first lady, this one was in her mid 50's and was close to 600lbs. I received a text today from one of the crew members letting me know she passed away a few days ago and her funeral was Friday.
This is a sad reality, obesity is killing people daily
RIP Rose