Worst thing you've seen a medstudent do

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Originally Posted by Rendar5

What's with the kissing up to med students attitude in a thread where we're trying to tell funny stories? It's like a total non-sequitar.

Because the kissing up to students is just a ruse - the real intention is to flame an EM thread.

To the med students out there: generally when you switch shifts with someone you also have to let the clerkship director know first.

Fine, I'll bite. Not the dumbest thing possible, but I've foley cathed a vagina before . . .

Asked the nurse why urine wasn't coming out . . .

Hey, at least it wasn't the anus . . . Just saying.

I could have sworn it was the urethra Good thing it was in the OR.

Originally Posted by bad virus

Fine, I'll bite. Not the dumbest thing possible, but I've foley cathed a vagina before . . .

Asked the nurse why urine wasn't coming out . . .

Hey, at least it wasn't the anus . . . Just saying.

I could have sworn it was the urethra Good thing it was in the OR.

Was it because the urethra was not visible? I've had to do speculum assisted folies because the urethra is in the area where you would expect the cervix (older/bigger patients usually).

Originally Posted by EM2BE

Was it because the urethra was not visible? I've had to do speculum assisted folies because the urethra is in the area where you would expect the cervix (older/bigger patients usually).

Spot on . . . It was my first one and the nurses thought it would be funny for me to try it on a nice lady w/ a bmi of around 40. We all got a nice laugh at the end.

Originally Posted by bad virus

Fine, I'll bite. Not the dumbest thing possible, but I've foley cathed a vagina before . . .

Well, I once, as a PGY3!, placed my index finger in an 84yo vagina after explaining I needed to get a stool sample to look for blood.

Just as I realized it, she notified me in a flat voice: "There's no stool in there."

(for the chaperone)

HH

I committed a huge foul intern year when I asked some dude, " who'd you bring with you, your mom?"

It was his girlfriend.

There is no coming back from that one. One of the most socially awkward moments of my life... I don't know what was wrong with me to make that seem like a good idea- there is no prize for guessing the correct relationship to the patient.

To add to the foley story- when I was a second year resident on trauma the intern went to put a foley in and got vagina instead. She asked me to come over bc she had fed it pretty far and got no urine. I told her she was in the wrong area, so she removes it (cottage cheese covered) and then went to retry for the urethra. Horrified, I said, "um...you're gonna need to start over." ... Then I remembered asking that one guy if his girlfriend was his mom and stopped judging.

More if I think of any

Originally Posted by Rendar5

What's with the kissing up to med students attitude in a thread where we're trying to tell funny stories? It's like a total non-sequitar.

Trolls notwithstanding, the thread comes across as residents/attendings asserting intellectual superiority over medical students. Yes, there are some stories of egregious behavior here, but there are also a lot of examples of students' ignorance and inexperience (foley in vagina, communication breakdown, incomplete H&P). The latter examples kinda come off as petty criticisms in a thread entitled "worst thing you've seen a med student do."

Fell asleep doing the H&P..... sitting in the beside chair with his head laying on the bed

The patient didn't notice anything amiss because the patient was sleeping off a 4 day bender.

Originally Posted by b-real

Trolls notwithstanding, the thread comes across as residents/attendings asserting intellectual superiority over medical students. Yes, there are some stories of egregious behavior here, but there are also a lot of examples of students' ignorance and inexperience (foley in vagina, communication breakdown, incomplete H&P). The latter examples kinda come off as petty criticisms in a thread entitled "worst thing you've seen a med student do."

Disagree. I really am sorry you took anything other than a chuckle away from this thread. Unfortunately, you are not alone- as indicated by some earlier posts.

Gosh this thread is sad. I was enjoying reading some fun stories and remembering a few of my own. Even brought it up at work and shared a few laughs about the boy scout rectal, the rectal to tamponade a GI bleed and my own stupid girlfriend/mom confusion.

What's really REALLY getting old is that every few posts someone is complaining about this or that aspect of the thread, and then it gets off topic. Additionally, as people post negative comments, others are hesitant to post their own funny stories because they're afraid someone will flame them. This happens on most fun threads on here and is the reason I lurked so long before posting.

Just my opinion. I read threads like this for a laugh and nothing more, but I'm pretty laid back. A lot of the stuff on here could have happened to anyone.

Originally Posted by StevieStud

Fell asleep doing the H&P..... sitting in the beside chair with his head laying on the bed

The patient didn't notice anything amiss because the patient was sleeping off a 4 day bender.

My neighbor in med school fell asleep in a pts room on our 3rd yr surgery rotation. It was a sweet older lady who felt bad that he was so tired, so she just let him sleep.

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