re: Patient Arrested Outside Hospital Accused Of Trying To Steal IV He Was Hooked Up To

I saw this story on the news recently.

Not that I've looked much into the story, but I can't seem to figure out exactly how far away from the hospital was the pt when this all went down.

There's a difference between having off the floor orders and heading down to the hospital cafeteria/just outside the hospital doors etc vs walking down a few blocks away from the hospital.

You occasionally have pts who try to leave with their IV in place(easy drug access). So certainly can be a concern if someone is walking a ways from the hospital with an IV pole and IV access.