So I have seen some gross and wild things from being a nurse. Weirder ones now that I am an ER nurse but this next patient tops them all. I had a patient that came in with testicular pain. Which if this is a sudden pain make the patient Emergent because the chance they might be twisted. Which can lead to many severe problems. So I mark him Emergent and rush him to the next open room. We proceed to get more info on him. Apparently this gentleman of 50 some years old has been suffering from erectile dysfunction. Because he was so frustrated he decided to try to cut his nuts off. Right down the seam. Looks pretty close to the picture above. You could see his testicles because he cut the sack wide open. We rushed and got the male doctor. Who mind you is also a coroner. (More stories on him later) He walks in and says dear lord and walks right back out. Tells the head nurse who is also male to get some wet dressing applied immediately while the surgeon is being called. The Male nurse is doing this pee pee and kick in the nuts groin dance while being instructed on the dressing needed. The doctor is still looking a little green while trying to tell the surgeon what this patient has done. Wild…and is it weird that I wasn’t grossed out? I was like cool. While the male population looked at me in their various shades of green. What? I didn’t say I didn’t feel bad for him…I did at least shoot him up full of Morphine.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Filet-o-nuts
So I have seen some gross and wild things from being a nurse. Weirder ones now that I am an ER nurse but this next patient tops them all. I had a patient that came in with testicular pain. Which if this is a sudden pain make the patient Emergent because the chance they might be twisted. Which can lead to many severe problems. So I mark him Emergent and rush him to the next open room. We proceed to get more info on him. Apparently this gentleman of 50 some years old has been suffering from erectile dysfunction. Because he was so frustrated he decided to try to cut his nuts off. Right down the seam. Looks pretty close to the picture above. You could see his testicles because he cut the sack wide open. We rushed and got the male doctor. Who mind you is also a coroner. (More stories on him later) He walks in and says dear lord and walks right back out. Tells the head nurse who is also male to get some wet dressing applied immediately while the surgeon is being called. The Male nurse is doing this pee pee and kick in the nuts groin dance while being instructed on the dressing needed. The doctor is still looking a little green while trying to tell the surgeon what this patient has done. Wild…and is it weird that I wasn’t grossed out? I was like cool. While the male population looked at me in their various shades of green. What? I didn’t say I didn’t feel bad for him…I did at least shoot him up full of Morphine.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
What did you swallow?
So when i was a nurse student we got to observe in surgery. And the day I got to go was amazing.
Male pt from correctional facility, object blocking cardiac spinchter (stomach for non nurses)
Was unable to remove by way of mouth ie. EGD due to rough edges may cause GI bleed
I got to see Breathing tube placement which was cool and then a NG tube that went into stomach to make sure that excess blood was sucked out.
We got to witness being cut thru the layers of the stomach...he made about a 9 cm cut. and one by one he pulled out 5 tobacco can lids.. holy crap...before he sewed up the pt. we got to see the small intestines...that was wicked...
I ended up having the patient on Med surge rounds later that week...i had to ask...while he was handcuffed to the bed...how in the world did he get those lids down...he stated that he rolled them up and tied them with toilet paper...and when the stomach acid hit the toilet paper they expanded...
I found out that alot of inmates do this to get a vacation from the joint...damn and i was complaining that some of my vacations suck
Male pt from correctional facility, object blocking cardiac spinchter (stomach for non nurses)
Was unable to remove by way of mouth ie. EGD due to rough edges may cause GI bleed
I got to see Breathing tube placement which was cool and then a NG tube that went into stomach to make sure that excess blood was sucked out.
We got to witness being cut thru the layers of the stomach...he made about a 9 cm cut. and one by one he pulled out 5 tobacco can lids.. holy crap...before he sewed up the pt. we got to see the small intestines...that was wicked...
I ended up having the patient on Med surge rounds later that week...i had to ask...while he was handcuffed to the bed...how in the world did he get those lids down...he stated that he rolled them up and tied them with toilet paper...and when the stomach acid hit the toilet paper they expanded...
I found out that alot of inmates do this to get a vacation from the joint...damn and i was complaining that some of my vacations suck
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