a curious conversation

i type for a living and sometimes you overhear some of the strangest things when the dictator forgets to turn off the dictation machine before he/she answers a phone call - or speaks with other staffers.
this particular one was by one of the foreigner ppl that i type and it was not only strange - but actually kinda scary.

phone rings (really cool middle eastern ringtone too) -

dictator answers: "hey. hi. starting about 9:00? okay. that will be great. wonderful. great, thanks man. (pause-listening)
say again? he's dead. he's dead. yeh. you think he's sedated? i don't think he's sedated. i don't think he's sedated. ask the nurse. i don't think he's sedated. probably. just be careful to see if you don't have any sedation running over there or hanging on the other patient. yeh, if you don't see any sedation running then i think he's dead. he's got propofol running over there? okay. yeh, yeh, yeh. just make sure you have the correct medication list with the patient that is running before you come down. ask the nurse. maybe just run it to sedation, but i think he's dead."

so, one has to question with what? 8-12 years of higher education and they still can't tell if a person is dead or sedated? yikes!