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Mammography + pap smear on a 300 pound woman. The smell alone almost made me sick and I was standing 5 feet away in the corner of the room. I'm still not sure why I agreed to see that.
Mammography + pap smear on a 300 pound woman. The smell alone almost made me sick and I was standing 5 feet away in the corner of the room. I'm still not sure why I agreed to see that.
I've got you all beat. Saw a gun shot wound to the penis.on my first day in trauma.
I've got you all beat. Saw a gun shot wound to the penis.on my first day in trauma.
I've got you all beat. Saw a gun shot wound to the penis.on my first day in trauma.
I saw a degloved penis a few months ago. Was gnarley. Poor kid got dragged by a train.
Going on 4chan doesn't count.
Anaerobic labial abscess FTW. It was at least the size of a D cell battery. Patient had to walk in with crutches as it was so large and inflamed.
The doc let me numb it and make the incision. I am pretty sure this was a self serving decision on their part.
A ~300 lb guy was lying on his bed. He was so heavy that he needed a chain pulley thing above his bed to reposition himself.
All of a sudden, he needed to take a crap. He was screaming for a nurse - "Nurse! Help! I've got diarrhea! Bedpan!"
I come rushing in, like a fool. He tells me to get a bedpan right away. I rush into his bathroom, grab the bedpan, and run back to his bed. He's pulling up on his chain pulley thingy, trying to get on his side so I can put the bedpan underneath him, but he can't get himself twisted all the way. So I push on his right buttock, like a fool, to try and turn his hip so I can wedge this bedpan underneath him.
And then it happened.
He exploded.
I was too late.
There was S*** everywhere.
Ugh. How do people let themselves go like that. I really need to buy one of these and donate it to a hospital.
I saw a degloved penis a few months ago. Was gnarley. Poor kid got dragged by a train.
Hello I am a NURSE STUDENT future MD.. in clinical few weeks ago i saw a quadriplegic patient with 3 unstageable ulcers... you can see the sacrum bone, adipose tissue.. they were around 8 cm in length... etc.. i went with the nurse to see the chart.. and the pics of the patient when he was admitted .. were unbelievable... the pics were a little too muchhhhh...
Decubitous? Who was responsible for his care?
Not the name, but their level of training: family, nurse, etc.
There's only so much you can do to prevent these....even though there ARE some nursing homes/rehabs that are known for terrible decub care, and terrible care in general.
worst one I saw tracked 32 cm I think it was. Also, her ostomy bag burst before her stay (why she checked in), and she ended up with intestinal contents all in her bed sores. Cleaning her was an absolute nightmare.
I saw a sixth month old go into cardiac arrest and pass away right in front of me. The mom was right next to me. One of the most devastating moments of my life, but it solidified my decision to go into pediatric trauma surgery.
I call BS....
Advanced Fournier's gangrene. 'Nuff said.
Call BS if you like. I am not a traditional pre-med. I rotated with medical director in the ER at the facility where I am faculty for the EHS program. I have done plenty of procedures...
Okay! An explanation was what I wanted; your statement makes a lot more sense now.
Honestly, you sounded like some sort of tool making up stories about how he did procedures during shadowing (its been heard before), thanks for the info.
Okay! An explanation was what I wanted; your statement makes a lot more sense now.
Honestly, you sounded like some sort of tool making up stories about how he did procedures during shadowing (its been heard before), thanks for the info.
No worries. I was probably a little touchy because I don't want to be lumped in with that crowd. In retrospect I could see why the comment sounded a bit off.
As long as you explain, people will usually give you the benefit of the doubt. I doubt many people would believe I've helped with a pelvic exam, until I tell them that it was on my wife, and the ob/gyn is a friend, and I didn't do anything actually dangerous/important.
No worries. I was probably a little touchy because I don't want to be lumped in with that crowd. In retrospect I could see why the comment sounded a bit off.
I am 100% positive the physician would not be the one stopping me from assisting with a pelvic on my wife! ; )
There is not way my wife would go for that! Awesome that you got that experience though...I just had to laugh a little, thinking of how my wife would react if we were in that situation.
Staph on a woman's labia - doesn't sound that bad but somehow the inflammation made it nearly irrecognizable. All red, swollen to 3x its normal size and an inflammed nodule looking thing that even made the Dr. scratch his head.
Better story of one of my friends... had to assist a nurse clean a woman's folds (she was over 350lb) that were full of yeast and maggots. I hope to never top that.
I wasn't shadowing, I work in the prison and probably the worst thing I saw so far was when an inmate hemorrhaged from his penis when he nicked his dorsal vein when attempting to put in a cock rock. It was like a crime scene.
I wasn't shadowing, I work in the prison and probably the worst thing I saw so far was when an inmate hemorrhaged from his penis when he nicked his dorsal vein when attempting to put in a cock rock. It was like a crime scene.