He went downhill fast."
And I was NOT expecting what they had to say… “I once worked as a security guard at a hospital.
The old man opened his door, stepped out, and stood up.”
“There were V-shaped cuts in his jeans that were absolutely blood-soaked from the knees down.
He asked for a wheelchair.
I ran and got him one.
Darndest thing I’ve ever seen!”
Norton, Yahoo
2.
“I worked as a school nurse in California.
Two boys were roughhousing during recess and bonked heads.
One of the boys developed a headache…unbeknownst to me.
It became progressively worse throughout the day.”
“He walked into my office in mid-afternoon, clutching his head and crying in pain.
He became incoherent and started projectile vomiting.
It turns out he had a brain bleed…he was flown to the hospital and had emergency surgery.
He recovered, and I have never been so terrified in my life.”
bittertoaster20
3.
“I was a new nurse during the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
Any accidental stick with a patient needle was enough for an all-out panic.”
Belinda, Facebook
4.
“I was an RN in the ER at a hospital in NYC.
A patient was brought in with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head.
“Everyone was talking loudly and excitedly.
Many hands all over the body.
While I was unwrapping the blanket she was wrapped in, I discovered the loaded gun they used.
witchyshark90
5.
“Had a nice older gentleman patient who was tachycardic, but all his labs were normal.
I was essentially degloving his foot.
It was so vile I couldn’t even get down more than a couple of inches.
It was raw flesh under those socks.
The wound odor was so strong I knew then that his feet were the source.
He probably hadn’t changed his socks in several months.
He ended up being admitted and given lots of antibiotics and wound care.
The memory of pulling down his socks will haunt me forever.”
u/SillyBonsai
6.
It looked like a scene fromDexter.”
nurseynurse
7.
“Not a nurse, but I work in the Emergency Department.
The patient came in and said he hadn’t pooped for a week.
The patient is put on a bed and scheduled for some throw in of scan.
All of a sudden starts feeling nauseated.
Patient then starts throwing up his feces.
The nurse attending and I run into the room.
u/Ilbkaro
8.
“ER RN here.
He went downhill fast.
The code lasted close to an hour.
He was bleeding too fast for any medications or fluids to keep his blood pressure up.
He was an athlete who lived healthily.
He had beautiful curly hair.
This made the death tragic in a way that you just don’t experience when an 80-year-old dies.
u/wolfbriar
9.
As he raises his arm to shoot the gang member, security tackled the guy and arrested him.”
Ted, Yahoo
10.
“We had a guy come into the ER from a nursing home.
By the time he got to us, he had eaten all 10 of his fingertips away.
The bone was definitely visible.
There was still flesh stuck in his teeth and on his sheets.
That’s a sight I won’t forget anytime soon.”
u/hauolihaole
11.
“Severely addicted heroin user admitted for sepsis and respiratory failure.
After 30 days intubated in the ICU, he finally died.”
u/newo48
12.
“Not me, but my grandmother used to work at the ER back in the sixties.
She saw some horrible stuff, but the worst she’s told me about was about a car mechanic.
“He’d been welding when the gas tube exploded.
Since he’s in a small hole with nowhere for the flames to go, they completely engulf him.
The only reason for them bringing him to the ER was to have a doctor legally pronounce him dead.
My grandmother saw his remains.
He had been crouching down, shielding his face with his arms when it exploded.
She could see his watch; it had melted into his flesh.
Otherwise, it was all just like a coal statue of a man.”
u/rean25
13.
“His face was smashed beyond recognition.
(I have no idea how the medics got him intubated in the field.)
We took him to the OR right away to decompress him.
After 2 cranial operations and 3 months in the hospital, he went home.”
u/YorkeFan
14.
I repeat, ALL UNITS, there may be another machine.'”
There was no secondary gear and no casualties.
But the bombers got away.
It was at a restaurant while a kid’s family birthday party was happening.”
Sarah Jane, Facebook
15.
He had a ‘cyst’ swollen on the back of his neck.”
“The guy was in agony.
3 local anesthetic injections later, the doctor attempted to lance the thing, and it moved.
It popped out without any problems and was huge when it was unraveled.
The hole in the marine’s neck was clean, amazingly.
A great example of a host.”
u/Tristania
16.
“Lab guy here.
“We worked on that kid for about 4 hours and finally got a weak pulse.
I left for the night before I knew the final disposition.
I am thankful I got to be part of that miracle.
Bif, Yahoo
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