My favorite "dude on PCP story, from
Weird Nursing Tales :
There are many different types of restraints available to the, ahem, medical professional:
A) The traditional leather restraint, now falling out of favor, since leather is damn hard to clean, and does not conform to OSHA standards for blood-borne pathogens.
B) The new hard plastic restraints, same design as the leather one, but easier to clean. Every time I see them, brings a nostalgic tear to my eye. Gone are the days when one could say: "I think he/she/it needs the leathers."
C) A pre-packaged, single-use restraint, which is made of foam-padding, and skimpy-looking straps.
Side Bar: I once applied this type of restraint on a person who had just taken PCP. During the ride up to the hospital, I kept whispering in his ear that he had killed his entire family. Since he was rather disoriented, and probably couldn't see straight, and was restrained, I figured he would be no problem.
We arrived at the hospital, wheeled the patient into the ER lobby. He was still restrained to the stretcher. He came to, and the ten minute 'whisper' session I had with him finally connected. With a roar, he rocked back-n-forth, until the stretcher tipped over, he got to his feet, with the stretcher still tied to him, and ran out of the ER and down the street. He then noticed the flimsy restraints on his arms, and snapped them off with a shrug. The stretcher fell away from him, and with another load roar, he ran away, howling into the night.