banzaipanda: A reddit repost of a crazy medical story

[Kadarin]

...that is hilariously written and thus deserves distribution here IMO. Warning: it's gross.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/c...rsesredditors_what_has_been_your_most/c5o66p2

OR Nurse here. This is kind of a long one...

I was taking call one night, and woke up at two in the morning for a "general surgery" call. Pretty vague, but at the time, I lived in a town that had large populations of young military guys and avid meth users, so late-night emergencies were common.

Got to the hospital, where a few more details awaited me -- "Perirectal abscess." For the uninitiated, this means that somewhere in the immediate vicinity of the asshole, there was a pocket of pus that needed draining. Needless to say our entire crew was less than thrilled.

I went down to the Emergency Room to transport the patient, and the only thing the ER nurse said as she handed me the chart was "Have fun with this one." Amongst healthcare professionals, vague statements like that are a bad sign.

 

[z1ggy]

Must... Not... Click...

 

[vi edit]

That was awesome.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Epic

My goal in life is to be like that surgeon. Not phased by shit.

 

[smackababy]

Eh, I'm sure it was bad, but that kind of stuff doesn't bother me. It could have been worse, they could have gotten that shit in their mouth.

 

[disappoint]

I'm clicking, but before I do, I'm taking an anti-emetic.

 

[Ns1]

tl;dr Don't shoot IV drugs into your taint.

Teaser:

Spoiler

Here's this one guy, in blue surgical garb, standing nearly ankle deep in lumps of dead tissue, fecal matter, and several liters of syrupy infection. He was performing surgery in the swamps of Dagobah, except the swamps had just come out of this woman's ass and there was no Yoda.

 

[leeland]

marked

 

[Drako]

That was gross. :|

 

[irishScott]

Eh, I'm sure it was bad, but that kind of stuff doesn't bother me. It could have been worse, they could have gotten that shit in their mouth.

I imagine the smell would get you. Tactile and intellectual disgust are relatively easy to control, scent is a whole other ballgame.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Good read. Surgeon dude is awesome.

 

[Mark R]

If only they had had access to a CT scanner. Then there would have been no surprise when they got to the OR.

 

[SunnyD]

That was fucking awesome. Spinner of some awesome yarn nurses are.

Spoiler

Oh god! I just threw up in my mask!!!

 

[Jeff7]

Yes, I'll just stick to working with inanimate and inorganic objects, thank you.