Allowing transferred patients to drive self

I had a case tonight i wanted to ask yall about. On my shift tonight, i had a patient who happened to be a floor nurse at my hospital. He was sp gsw to chest with hemo/pneumo and liver injury. He was exlap'ed at a local trauma center with chest tubes and went home 2 weeks ago. Came to hospital to work tonight and was sent home for low volume on floors. Decided to come to ED due to drainage at chest tube site. Also had pleuritic cp and mildly tachy. Got a Ct angio which shows loculated... Allowing transferred patients to drive self
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Source Type: forums