During my noon appointment, everything was going fine when my client got violently ill, 45 minutes into our 60 minute session. After 20 minutes, and second trip to my bathroom, I had a cold cloth on his neck, trying to cool him off while he was nude, and I'm holding his head over my bathtub..
It was just so bad, that as soon as I could, I drove him over to Breckenridge Emergency Room. I hung around and waited until he was admitted and stable. It turned out to be food poisoning, most likely from his late breakfast (McDonalds). I've had food poisoning before, and if you've never had it, when it's bad, it's bad. All you want to do is die, almost preying for it, every 20 minutes! There's just nothing you can do.
I went home, and bleached out my bathroom. A few hours later, he called to tell me he was home and much better. He apologized for the mess, and to thank me for my kindness. He's just such a lovely man, I was so thankful he was okay and it wasn't a heart attack or something worse. I also have to admit, it also had me a bit shaken up after everything was over.
It got me wondering, if another Provider has faced a medical emergency during an appointment.
How did you handle it?