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A few weeks ago my husband went to ER and had to spend the night, having dementia they said he would probably have sun downers which personally I had never noticed. During the afternoon he tried to take out his IV, he already took off his blood pressure and oxygen which was not a big deal. I left for an hour and when I came back he was restrained and had a camera in his room because he kept trying to take the IV out and he had a heart monitor on. I was horrified he kept saying to me please take it off, he finally got it off the nurses came running and put it back on with him fighting the whole way, he said to them don’t do that what did I ever do to you? I was heart broken and finally asked if they could give him some medication which they did. I then went home for a couple of hours and called the hospital every hour. The nurses said he had calmed down and was going to the bathroom every two hours I am sure he figured that out? When I arrived at 6am the restraints were off. I felt they were very aggressive and NEVER will I ever allow that to happen again. The thing was the next day the doctor felt it was not wise to give him the stress test so we didn’t even have to stay overnight. I am eternally thankful that he didn’t remember this. I forgot to mention the awful bruising on his wrists.

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@jeanadair123 I’m so sorry for your experience. The night my LO was assaulted, I had forgotten what medication had been used to calm her during prior ED visits and the staff apparently didn’t bother to check. The medicine that calms her is Ativan …now I’ll never forget it.