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He was obviously delirious from the pain meds and the head injury, but he was very nice still.
I left him in the care of my coworker for my lunch.
He said he needed the bathroom!
Idk how the fuck he pulled his own chest tubes out.
Removing them always makes me cringe, let alone do it to myself.
He was put back to bed, this time in the ICU, and got some more sedation.
The happiest, most delirious patient I ever had.
What a bloody trooper."
“We had a college student come into the ER and had a wonderful case of appendicitis.
He needed to get surgery ASAP as surgery is way easier and safer if done before it ruptures.
The kid luckily came back about 10 hours later after it ruptured.
u/I_AM_A_BOOK
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She had always had an allergy and knew her reactions were getting worse.
“She told us she comes from a patriarchal culture, and her father made this amazing seafood soup.
Fast forward a few years, when I took a course in nursing and joined that ER.
I saw a familiar bloated face.
Doc performed a tracheotomy at the bedside and she went to the ICU.
u/MonsterHunterRelias
4.
“We had a mom in the NICU who would constantly kiss her premature baby on the mouth.
Several nurses educated her about why thats not safe for the baby and thankfully documented their teachings.
She still continued to kiss the baby right on the mouth.
The baby was almost ready to go home by this time but got extremely sick.
Their organs are right there keep the damn cone on!
I dont care how ‘sad’ Luna is with it on.
Then they yell at me because it costs money to sedate and re-suture an animal.”
u/chandeliercat
6.
The doctor says: ‘Don’t ride your bicycle for six weeks.’
Patient hears: ‘Don’t ride your bicycle until you feel you might.’
u/Scrappy_Larue
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He was on the parking ramp, and parking costs $20/day.
He came back by ambulance in full arrest (no pulse) and died.
“My grandpa is the patient.
He’s told, ‘Come straight back if you have any chest pain.’
He then had two more minor strokes.
He was paralyzed in his left arm and right foot.
He ended up havingBroca’s Aphasia.”
“He went from being a man nearing his 80s who was old school.
He went from that to living in a care home and being unable to talk.
Has he lost his stubbornness?
u/Arlessa
9.
I went into anaphylactic shock not even 10 minutes later.
“I was an assistant manager of a group home.
We had a resident who had epilepsy and was also very reclusive.
He would get agitated if we entered his room or knocked on the door.
However, the policy said he had to be checked on every 30 minutes because of his seizure risk.
That wasn’t being done, so I discussed this with the manager.
Now I’m older and a little smarter.
Rest in peace, D. Gone but not forgotten.”
u/notreallylucy
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“A patient was supposed to have starved for eight hours for her morning scheduled breast surgery.
How he kept his leg, I have no idea; he had so many complications.”
u/fpotenza
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I can still see well, but I could have avoided getting unclear stripes in my field of vision.
u/fjuckthisshit
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He didn’t want to wear them and had the right to refuse so we couldn’t force him.
Frequently, I went to a patient’s home for a shortness of breath call.
She was always smoking while receiving supplemental oxygen, which is quite dangerous.
I told her to stop doing it.
He ate the entire box.
We did CPR and got him back.
He had some underlying lung issues, so we never could get him weaned off the ventilator.
