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Posted on 2/9/16 at 1:09 pm to John88
Delusional Parasitosis.
The patient thinks that they have bugs crawling underneath their skin. They think that the bugs will burrow to the surface, and will point out things like hangnails or irregular skin surfaces as proof the the bugs are coming through the skin. They will literally bring boxes of skin clippings, nails, felt, and anything else they found on their skin that for whatever reason they think is evidence of a body wide parasitic infection. It's a type of mania. You have to somehow convince the patient that it is all in their head, which is very difficult to do. I've only seen it once but apparently their presentation is pretty cookie cutter. I was amazed at how much "evidence" this guy had collected.
The patient thinks that they have bugs crawling underneath their skin. They think that the bugs will burrow to the surface, and will point out things like hangnails or irregular skin surfaces as proof the the bugs are coming through the skin. They will literally bring boxes of skin clippings, nails, felt, and anything else they found on their skin that for whatever reason they think is evidence of a body wide parasitic infection. It's a type of mania. You have to somehow convince the patient that it is all in their head, which is very difficult to do. I've only seen it once but apparently their presentation is pretty cookie cutter. I was amazed at how much "evidence" this guy had collected.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 1:37 pm to LSUcajun77
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All though my crew and I have saved people before the nurses and doctors are the real heroes.
You say this, but I have massive, massive respect for the first responders. You guys see worse stuff than we do in the ED. We don't see the ones who don't make it to the ED, but y'all do.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 1:45 pm to LSUcajun77
Was this in New Orleans?
Was your friends initials JS?
Was your friends initials JS?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 1:50 pm to Funky Tide 8
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These threads always fascinate me. I always wonder to myself, how would I handle being a first-responder, emt, nurse, doctor, etc.?
Not a first responder, but I had to give a family member CPR. You do what you have to do and think about it later.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:40 pm to Jim Rockford
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Not a first responder, but I had to give a family member CPR. You do what you have to do and think about it later.
Early in my career but in a code upstairs I code to precordial "thump" somebody. It actually WORKED like on TV. Guy woke up pushing the bag valve mask away asking what had happened.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:04 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:The thought of being the first responder in a code situation still scares the shite out of me. I'm not used to them yet.
These threads always fascinate me. I always wonder to myself, how would I handle being a first-responder, emt, nurse, doctor, etc.?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 5:02 pm to cwil177
Posted on 2/9/16 at 5:11 pm to John88
Everyone will know someone who told them of someone they knew who worked in an ER one night when a big nasty woman came in and had a potato stuck up her junk. Also, there will be the guy whose wife got her dildo stuck up his arse. Lets see if we get some original stories.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 5:17 pm to OweO
I was working the floor one time where a guy who came in had been poisoned. Adrenaline was the only thing keeping him alive. fricker shocked himself with the paddles to get his heart rate up, then injected an entire syringe of pure adrenaline into his thigh. He hurt a few people pretty bad, and we weren't able to help them
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 5:18 pm to OweO
I had a guy whose wife lost her dildo in her husband's arse . I was working Triage and this big body builder dude couldn't sit down . His wife preceded to tell me how he wanted it and It was a huge dildo . I was friction speechless . 
Posted on 2/10/16 at 5:33 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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then injected an entire syringe of pure adrenaline into his thigh.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 7:15 am to John88
This was during my 4th year...
Business man, well dressed with a family and 2 kids comes into the ER. While on a business trip earlier in the week he decided to insert one of the complimentary hotel pens into his urethra (presumably for sexual pleasure). All was fine and dandy until the pen slipped too far in and he could no longer retrieve it.
He spent 3 days trying to get the pen out before he realized he was fricked and had to tell his wife and go to the ER.
He is taken to surgery to remove the pen where we discover that the pen has perforated his bladder and colon. We have to do a colostomy on him.
What made the story even funnier was that they told their kids they were going to the hospital because mommy was sick. So they go to the hospital for a sick mommy and leave with daddy having a colostomy bag.
Business man, well dressed with a family and 2 kids comes into the ER. While on a business trip earlier in the week he decided to insert one of the complimentary hotel pens into his urethra (presumably for sexual pleasure). All was fine and dandy until the pen slipped too far in and he could no longer retrieve it.
He spent 3 days trying to get the pen out before he realized he was fricked and had to tell his wife and go to the ER.
He is taken to surgery to remove the pen where we discover that the pen has perforated his bladder and colon. We have to do a colostomy on him.
What made the story even funnier was that they told their kids they were going to the hospital because mommy was sick. So they go to the hospital for a sick mommy and leave with daddy having a colostomy bag.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 7:19 am to Funky Tide 8
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These threads always fascinate me. I always wonder to myself, how would I handle being a first-responder, emt, nurse, doctor, etc.?
Most people think they could do it but then shite hits the fan.
It takes a certain personality and a different critical thinking skill to do well.
This post was edited on 2/10/16 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 2/10/16 at 7:22 am to AUCE05
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You said you were a lawyer.
Pre-law, pre-med, what's the difference?
No Animal House fans I see
This post was edited on 2/10/16 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 2/10/16 at 5:06 pm to Ziggy
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Ziggy
Yes
Posted on 2/10/16 at 6:54 pm to LSUcajun77
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Thursday night I was on scene of what turned out to be my friend ejected from his truck
Were his initials JS?
Edit: Just saw the response. That sucks. I knew him too. Went to Rummel with him.
This post was edited on 2/10/16 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:28 pm to FrenchJoe
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FrenchJoe
Bet those nam stories are something
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