Embarrassing Medical Student Blunders

[coreytayloris]

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One of my friends messaged me last night. Said he had stomach pain all day, which had started the night before as a light cramp. Went to the chemist adn the pharmacist gave him buscopan.

I told him it sounded like gastritis, should head to the doc and he could give him something stronger ( an omeprazole or something)

anyway just found out there he's after being taken in for appendectomy.
FML.

MS3 btw

:cry:

 

[45408]

I wouldn't sweat it. Appendicitis often starts out with a pretty vague presentation and progressively becomes easier to diagnose.

 

[Geebeejay]

This is not a medical blunder, but this was REALLY REALLY bad....there was an elderly jewish gentleman who was also a rabbi, and he had a nondescript marking on the front of his arm with numbers on it. Probably just trying to make light conversation, the medical student mentions it during his PE. He says "Cool tattoo, what does it mean?" It was a holocaust branding.

The nurse and I knew beforehand that he was a holocaust victim, but apparently the med student did not. The gentleman didn't reply, and gave a sort of weird look, and moved on, but we quickly made an excuse to get the med student out of the room, told him what it was, and someone else took over care for the patient. I felt pretty bad for the med student, because I can understand how he didn't know, but it was pretty embarrassing and just bad in general.

 

[ManBroDude]

This is not a medical blunder, but this was REALLY REALLY bad....there was an elderly jewish gentleman who was also a rabbi, and he had a nondescript marking on the front of his arm with numbers on it. Probably just trying to make light conversation, the medical student mentions it during his PE. He says "Cool tattoo, what does it mean?" It was a holocaust branding.

The nurse and I knew beforehand that he was a holocaust victim, but apparently the med student did not. The gentleman didn't reply, and gave a sort of weird look, and moved on, but we quickly made an excuse to get the med student out of the room, told him what it was, and someone else took over care for the patient. I felt pretty bad for the med student, because I can understand how he didn't know, but it was pretty embarrassing and just bad in general.

That's cringe-worthy.

 

[munchymanRX]

That's cringe-worthy.

In only another generation or two, the holocaust will be as far from people's minds as the civil war is from ours today. It's sad, but it's not surprising that a young medical student could overlook such detail.

Want to cringe even more? People born in 2000 will be entering high school next year.

 

[notbobtrustme]

In only another generation or two, the holocaust will be as far from people's minds as the civil war is from ours today. It's sad, but it's not surprising that a young medical student could overlook such detail.

Want to cringe even more? People born in 2000 will be entering high school next year.

**** my mind is still blown that kids born in 1990 can drink.

 

[CuttingCorneas]

**** my mind is still blown that kids born in 1990 can drink.

That was like...almost two years ago, brah

 

[SpecterGT260]

That was like...almost two years ago, brah

That they were born? Ya I no mang

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[SpecterGT260]

This is not a medical blunder, but this was REALLY REALLY bad....there was an elderly jewish gentleman who was also a rabbi, and he had a nondescript marking on the front of his arm with numbers on it. Probably just trying to make light conversation, the medical student mentions it during his PE. He says "Cool tattoo, what does it mean?" It was a holocaust branding.

The nurse and I knew beforehand that he was a holocaust victim, but apparently the med student did not. The gentleman didn't reply, and gave a sort of weird look, and moved on, but we quickly made an excuse to get the med student out of the room, told him what it was, and someone else took over care for the patient. I felt pretty bad for the med student, because I can understand how he didn't know, but it was pretty embarrassing and just bad in general.

Ouuuch... 🙁

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[tiedyeddog]

One of my friends messaged me last night. Said he had stomach pain all day, which had started the night before as a light cramp. Went to the chemist adn the pharmacist gave him buscopan.

I told him it sounded like gastritis, should head to the doc and he could give him something stronger ( an omeprazole or something)

anyway just found out there he's after being taken in for appendectomy.
FML.

MS3 btw

:cry:

You guys have chemists that are somehow involved in patient care? Do they look like this:

 

[EndersRebutal]

You guys have chemists that are somehow involved in patient care? Do they look like this:

This looks like one of Doc Browns ancestors. Lol.