The Hand

This guy came into the hospital because his finger was infected which has spread to his hand. He could not bend the finger at all. Jake had the pleasure of lancing his finger, which meant cutting a new incision where Jake could squeeze out the puss. When Jake started the young mans blood pressure was around 110/64 and then the guy passed out (we didn't have salts or oxygen) and his blood pressure dropped to 80/40. Yikes!!! The nurse started a bag of fluids on him and I helped coach his breathing because he began hyperventilating. The guy was able to walk out of the hospital but did not return the following day to have the dressing changed...I think he was scared.