suicide precautions:dont threaten then complain

alittle enlightenment, when people come into the ER threatening suicide the hospital has a legal duty to prevent you from doing just that. patients are brought up to the unit on "suicide precautions" which means you have a babysitter (someone who is paid to sit and watch you do everything sleep, go to the bathroom, watch television,etc) and ALL  belongings get taken away from you. don't complain to me that you want your cell phone. not gonna happen. cant have it. ALL  belongings get taken away.i love the ones that come in and say "i didn't say i wanted to kill myself" OK, then ya we just get a babysitter for random people. no, you had to have said something that alerted the ER  staff you wanted to off yourself. so please be careful with what you say. or you might get something you don't want. including a psycho consult and maybe a placement in a facility in lockdown. and NO  you cant leave to go smoke a cigarette. the only thing you can do is lay in bed and watch tv. so dont