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Recently, I've been doing extra hours volunteering at a hospital. I am one of those people that all the bad things happen to; nevertheless, I have a ton of stories. I?m sure I?m not the only one so, I thought I would start a thread about these volunteer experiences. I'm sure there are some great volunteer stories
Here is my most recent one:
I was volunteering in the OR, and the surgery I was observing had just finished. While the Anestiologist was waking him, I brought in the patients gurney. Then I noticed the patient, a rather large man, was moving around a lot: trying to rip out the LMA. Being well experienced in these matters, I tried to help out by holding the patient?s body and left arm down. The anestiologist held the patients right arm down while he was pushing some med. The anestiologist muttered something to me, so I looked up just in time to see the patient?s right arm come free. The rest happened in slow motion. I saw a fist clinch, and then the fist grew closer and closer. I stood there like a deer stuck in the headlights. The fist eventually landed about 2 inches above my right eye. I staggered back, like I had just been hit by mike Tyson, until I landed on the gurney I had pushed in for the patient. I should have locked the gurney... it rolled back and hit the wall with a bang. Everyone laughed at me... I?m not sure how they got the patient to the recovery room-I didn't help because the ER doc was checking me out. I was ok and I helped the patient back to his room an hour later. Here is our conversation:
patient: What happened to you (a knot on my head)
premyo: You hit me when you woke up
patient: No I didn't
premyo: Yes, you did but..
patient: NO... Did I?
premyo: Yeah, but it's ok because I ripped out your catheter... just kidding, it happens, just as long as you don't hit me now we're ok..
Here is my most recent one:
I was volunteering in the OR, and the surgery I was observing had just finished. While the Anestiologist was waking him, I brought in the patients gurney. Then I noticed the patient, a rather large man, was moving around a lot: trying to rip out the LMA. Being well experienced in these matters, I tried to help out by holding the patient?s body and left arm down. The anestiologist held the patients right arm down while he was pushing some med. The anestiologist muttered something to me, so I looked up just in time to see the patient?s right arm come free. The rest happened in slow motion. I saw a fist clinch, and then the fist grew closer and closer. I stood there like a deer stuck in the headlights. The fist eventually landed about 2 inches above my right eye. I staggered back, like I had just been hit by mike Tyson, until I landed on the gurney I had pushed in for the patient. I should have locked the gurney... it rolled back and hit the wall with a bang. Everyone laughed at me... I?m not sure how they got the patient to the recovery room-I didn't help because the ER doc was checking me out. I was ok and I helped the patient back to his room an hour later. Here is our conversation:
patient: What happened to you (a knot on my head)
premyo: You hit me when you woke up
patient: No I didn't
premyo: Yes, you did but..
patient: NO... Did I?
premyo: Yeah, but it's ok because I ripped out your catheter... just kidding, it happens, just as long as you don't hit me now we're ok..