Best reason to go into anesthesia...

[RT2MD]

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So... I just did my "sensitive exams" yesterday. This included:
1) Male G/U exam with prostate exam
2) Pelvic exam, including speculum and bimanual exam

Now I want to go into anesthesia more than ever... 😀

 

[PMPMD]

Being at the head of the bed has its advantages. Although, my wife is an OB/Gyn resident and she is completely grossed out by mouth goobers from extubation.

 

[pgg]

So... I just did my "sensitive exams" yesterday. This included:
1) Male G/U exam with prostate exam
2) Pelvic exam, including speculum and bimanual exam

Now I want to go into anesthesia more than ever... 😀

Pelvics, ick.

One of several reasons I asked for an all-male Marine infantry unit when the Navy came to extract its first pound of flesh ...

 

[scudrunner]

So... I just did my "sensitive exams" yesterday. This included:
1) Male G/U exam with prostate exam
2) Pelvic exam, including speculum and bimanual exam

Now I want to go into anesthesia more than ever... 😀

Yup, I remember doing those on our standardized patients early in our second year. During my first pelvic exam, the speculum fell apart... in vivo. It was pretty funny. I took it as a sign that I was not to pursue any specialty requiring pelvic exams.

 

[PistolPete]

Totally agree with OP. Pelvics suck. My 6 weeks of ObGyn were absolute torture.

 

[cowbydoc]

As a med student doing our first practice pelvics they told us to tell the patient what we were doing when we doing it. So my nervous buddy then tells the patient "I am going to come inside you now" during his exam. Fortunately the patient just started laughing at my now red faced friend.

 

[RemyMcswain]

As a med student doing our first practice pelvics they told us to tell the patient what we were doing when we doing it. So my nervous buddy then tells the patient "I am going to come inside you now" during his exam. Fortunately the patient just started laughing at my now red faced friend.

That is amazing

 

[sevoflurane]

As a med student doing our first practice pelvics they told us to tell the patient what we were doing when we doing it. So my nervous buddy then tells the patient "I am going to come inside you now" during his exam. Fortunately the patient just started laughing at my now red faced friend.

I hope I don't offend anybody, but.....

 

[Gas you down]

We had to do ours in pairs. I'll never forget the look on her face (other MS) as she looked at me, dying of embarrassment while this guy talked her through a rather long rectal exam

 

[RT2MD]

As a med student doing our first practice pelvics they told us to tell the patient what we were doing when we doing it. So my nervous buddy then tells the patient "I am going to come inside you now" during his exam. Fortunately the patient just started laughing at my now red faced friend.

🤣

And I thought it was bad when, during the breast exam, I was palpating the axillary lymph nodes (from inferior to superior) and I said "I'm just going to feel up..." I knew that I was toast as those words came out, it was all I could do to get the rest of it out "... your side for lymph nodes..." The only female student in my group started laughing and stated that using the words "feel up" is probably not a good idea. 😀

 

[Depakote]

One of my better moments of 3rd year. Very early on... Surgery rotation.

My (off-service) intern and I were in the ED and there was a patient that required a rectal for his admit. I'd never done one (yup, that early in 3rd year). So this was going to be my one to "see" before I "do". So, we tell the patient what's going on, he's naturally thrilled about the prospect, but understands.

So, we've got everything setup, door closed etc. We're just getting started 😉 when there's one of those knocks as the door is opening (you know the type, "I'm knocking but I'm still coming in") and the nurse pops into the room.

She appears...

It's my intern-> 😱 <-the dude bent over the table mid-rectal
Me->

and the nurse->

...who quickly excused herself.

Good times.

 

[BigRedder]

As a med student doing our first practice pelvics they told us to tell the patient what we were doing when we doing it. So my nervous buddy then tells the patient "I am going to come inside you now" during his exam. Fortunately the patient just started laughing at my now red faced friend.

Omg haven't laughed that hard in weeks. Thanks for that.

 

[cfdavid]

So, I'm in a large, busy, inner-city ER as an MS3 on surgery.

Need to do a rectal. The woman is black, so there was very little "contrast" down there.

It's me and the 2nd year gen surgery resident (another dude), so we ask a nurse to come in. She's really cute, very young, and looking a tad uncomfortable herself.....

So, I go in, and do a "full sweep" (since the resident wanted me to feel for any "bogginess" and hemorrhoids. It was not really bright in the room and, again, because of her skin color, it was difficult to "delineate" the anatomy from the awkward position I was in....

I'm "in there" and suddenly feel this sense of absolute dread. Oh sh.t. I'm not in the right "hole".....

Not knowing what to say, I blurt out, "ah, I'm not in the right "spot"".

****NO joke, the patient states "oh, I thought so, because it felt too good to be in my butt"..........😱😱:

Not knowing, again, what exactly to say to that gem, I again blurt out "you should have said something sooner"......

By this time, I'm literally sweating with embarassment. The hot young nurse is beet red, the resident is trying to hold it together, and here I am suddenly feeling a sense of guilt for 1) violating this woman and 2) BLAMING THE VICTIM with my "you should have said something sooner" comment....

Oh, man, that was a classic.....

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

My favorite awkward moments were pre-med school, when I was an EMT on a college campus. While on-call would run practice scenarios for the underclassmen.

1) Pt hypoglycemic, student wants to give oral glucose but knows he needs to do a quick mental status exam to see if they can tolerate PO, so he asks "Is it OK if I squirt something in your mouth?"

2) Pt complaining of vaginal pain. Student wants to ask the sexual history questions, but tries to ease into it, leads off with "So, do you have a boyfriend...?" The simulated patient responds without hesitation: "are you asking me on a date?"