Originally Posted by
TXagogo
I can see it someday in the hospital records:
Medical Impression: Mr. Jones is a 55yo male undergoing concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy for metatstatic adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Social History: Patient is now on disability after having worked as a TSA screener for approximately 20 years.
Nurse #1: "Hey Betty - did you see this? Mr. Jones used to work for the TSA. I wonder if those X-ray machines had anything to do with this? Oh by the way, can you give him his morphine?"
Nurse #2 - "TSA? Hmmm. Yeah sure Laura I'll give him his morphine when I get back from lunch. He can wait."
Horrible, but you never know what kind of payback people are capable of.
Primum non nocere, regardless of who the patient is.