haha, I did this myself literally last week, had this verbatim conversation standing outside the patients room with the door open. "Hey, what's the BP of the patient in room 3?" "53" "What's the systolic?" "53" "No, like....it's something over 53, what's the something?" "That is the something, it's 53 over 22" "Wait WHAT!?" *quickly looks into room* "Are we putting out an emergency call? Are they dying?" "No, patients been like this all night, just IV fluids and escalate if it drops below 45 or they lose consciousness" "Oh sugar, they're awake and can hear me?" "Probably" "Right, I'm going to check on the other side of the ward then"
Managed to get my basal vagus nerve pricked during allergy testing where they give you like 50 shots of allergens. The doc kept saying something about if I'm a runner because even after 10 minutes and a mask of o2. My hr was down in the 30s. And I was talking apparently bit I didn't come round till my hr was back in the 40s
I was heading to the hospital this morning and the paramedic took my temperature, frowned, took it again, frowned again, and went "huh." Always reassuring
whenever my mom is checking on my mouth/throat (like if i have strep or when i got my wisdom teeth out) she would look in there with a flashlight and go “UH.” in an alarmed tone of voice, and then keep looking. WHAT??? always drove me insane cause i couldn’t see in there myself
My only experience in an ambulance was as a badly concussed third grader. I was fading in and out of consciousness, intermittently crying from the worst headache in my life, and fighting the nasal cannula. I remember the EMTs commenting on how he could tell when I was unconscious because my crying wavered off and debated what kind of stuffed animal I might like best. One of them wrapped a teddy bear’s head with gauze and a bandaid with hand drawn smiley faces on the inside of its elbow. I remember clinging to that bear, pressing its belly against my face to block out the light, and telling the EMTs via talking to the bear what I was feeling. The bear is still with me.
@@allaussietraveller9879I think the questioner was asking you, how did you get a severe concussion. Other than landing on your head, what caused you to land on your head?
@@F25Xanatos I had a family following on my bumper transporting code 3, I had called dispatch to ask them to call the caller back and tell them to back off and do the speed limit or we will slow and risk their family members life.
I've had the 'drive faster' situation happen to me a couple times the other way around. I was driving the ambulance when suddenly my partner sticks her head through the little window and very calmly tells me, to put on the sirens and go faster. Poor patient still heard her
I have, unfortunately, heard most of these. My personal favorite is when the doc didn't realize the door was still partly open right before my emergency chest tube and told a nurse "If they survive this, I'm getting a lottery ticket."
@@sherryxia8362 They are stressed out till the moon and need to let it out. As long as it's not degrading or disgusting, it's fine. I think they should just make really sure that the patient can't hear them.
Been there. Said that. Still say some of those. My favorite is still when a patient tells me "This is my first time in an ambulance". I reply with "Mine too".
@@norbertfleck812 not always. My dad had to be shocked while wide awake because they apparently didn't have the drug they needed on board to at least make him sleepy. Said it's like being kicked by 10 horses. VT doesn't mean unconscious.
@@Flashygrrl Usually you use the defilibrator to get the heart out of a state of ventricular fibrillation - which means that the patient is deeply unconscious.
@@norbertfleck812 and yet, here I am telling you that my dad was awake. They LITERALLY make implants that do this same thing and can go in with a pacemaker and if you check comments there's another story about how a dude was awake when his went off.
I remember I had all my toes amputated and a two weeks later came back for a check up and my doctor that did the surgery pulled off the bandages and she gets this huge smile "This is the best work I've ever done" she about had tears in her eyes. Now that was something I definitely enjoyed hearing/seeing.
Not my business but, when you say "had all your toes amputated" do you mean as the result of an accident and the surgeon tidied up afterwards or that they amputated them? Also, did it effect your balance? Thanks.
I got that from the surgeon who fixed my arm up! What really made him grin was watching me in the one-week followup touch all my fingers with my thumb, one by one, with ease. The surgery had been done to repair bone that shattered right up against a major nerve, and they had to literally pull the nerve out of the way to do it. Some nerve damage would have been extremely likely. I would've been lucky to have *temporary* damage. And this fucker was SO GOOD that I came away with NONE, even a week out. PT for the joints took a while, but to this day there are zero nerve problems in that hand--and as an avid artist and knitter that's the most important thing to me.
I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance after a car accident once. At one point, I looked to the EMT and said "Am I going to survive?" He gently touched my arm and said. "Kid.....you're going to be fine. Wanna know why? Cause you have me" Even though I was concussed and disoriented, I could tell he thought I was about to die. Edit: For some reason, I left out the last part of the story which made me originally post it. After that interaction, the EMT yelled "Gary! Go faster!"
"You're gonna be just fine, we're gonna get you home" is what they tell all the goners because, hey, what's the point in stressing you out for your last 2 minutes alive?
Way back when I was still an EMT student, a patient gave me one of my most valuable pieces of advise. "Ma'am, you did a really good job but you might want to refrain from saying the word "oops" in front of the patient in the future". That phrase stayed with me through my entire career.
I recently passed the EMS test last year, and I'm waiting to be called up for it. Is there any other things I should watch out for when I get in for training?
Recently my mom's been cutting my hair because of corona and I can totally relate to your patient. It's a constant stream of "oops", "oh no", "uh-oh" etc. The haircut always ends up being fine but man is it nerve-racking.
Reminds me of my first time in an ambulance. I was getting transferred from an ER to the ICU of a different hospital (long story) and the two guys who got me there told so many awesome jokes! They had me cracking up for the full 20 minute ride. They joked about traffic, how smooth the call was going, all of it. There was a good mix of light and dark humor that day. One thing I remember in particular is that my dad (who they’d met) was following the ambulance in his car. At one point the paramedic looked out the window and said “Hey look! I think I see your dad!” It really cheered my 16 year old self up to see my father one car behind us, following with such dedication that he changed lanes every time the ambulance did. They took such good care of me-thanks for the reminder!
I was in the ambulance, having a horrific reaction to a wasp sting, and the 40 minute drive to the nearest hospital was done very quickly. The young man in the back with me, kept saying "More light! more lights!" and I wondered why the lights weren't flashing enough. It was code for DRIVE FASTER! I made everyone brownies later on for saving my life.
I regularly say things like "oh shit" "fuck" or sometimes "uh oh" but its because my body hurts all over or i kept fiddling with something or dropped what i needed one millimetre to the left of where i wanted to drop it
It's probably one of those environments when you need to train yourself to say something like oops-a-daisy. Who would say something like oops-a-daisy when you've done something serious like given them an accidental overdose?
@@Competitive_Antagonist That would honestly be worse. I can understand an "Oh shit" "Well, fuck" or "damnit" but "Oops-a-daisy" is gonna make me panic, because that sounds exactly like someone trying to cover up that they've really screwed the pooch.
2 1/2 weeks ago: I felt Lousy. The kind where you know deep down that something is WRONG. Went to my doctor, the nurses started taking vitals, and suddenly everyone was very excited and an ambulance was called. My heart rate was 30. In the truck, it dipped to 22. The paramedic was freaked out- 'At that rate, you should be nearly comatose, but you're awake, talking to me, and making sense!'He said the guys back at the bay were never going to believe him. (_I_ flipped out when he put on the pads for the AED/ It was a 3 block trip to ER- and that was when I realized that I was in Real Trouble.)
@@icantthinkofaname4723 Yeah, that's really annoying, because after that happens, they change to shaking you awake every 3 hrs to make sure you're not in a coma !! 😩 NOT a restful hospital stay ☹️
This is an example of someone not saying those things. When my mother was giving birth to my younger brother, she asked, "So at what stage of the birth do all the nurses come in?" The response was, "This is pretty standard, we only bring in more people if there's serious complications." My mother paused and was like, "Well, why didn't anyone tell me that the first time? No wonder it's less painful."
My EMT instructor, talking about bleeding: "There's two kinds of bleeding: internal and external. Internal is easier to clean up, but way worse. External is the sexier kind, but makes cleaning a bitch."
@@RafaelMunizYT if you wash blood it's still there. You need black light to see it if you do not clean it up properly with chemicals. If it's internal you don't have to do the extra stuff, besides the blood isnt all over the place in the room.
Whenever a medic admits there will be "a little pain", you know it's going to be bad. If they outright say it's gonna hurt, prepare yourself for the worst pain of your life.
I was in a bad motorcycle crash and had 1 lacerated lung and one filling with blood, they had to aspirate my lung and oh, my God. Adrenaline and shock is a wonderful thing lmao, I didn't feel it at all.
Got a cyst removed from my lower back pain killers did jackshit ended up high on pain killers and ate 2 burgers and ate the lettuce like it was in a straw
The moment of this for me was when I was in high school and my at the time undiagnosed tachycardia kicked in hard. My teacher sent me to the nurse after he saw me practically slumped over my desk and as pale as a sheet. School nurse, a no-nonsense, terse, "don't waste my time unless you're dying" type, saw me and took my pulse. I knew things were really bad when she got real quiet, turned to the other nurse, and said "I can't even get a proper count, it's beating too fast." Thirty minutes later I'm in the hospital with a 200+ heartbeat and they had to forcefully restart my heart.
I once had a nurse practitioner who had a trainee doing something for me when I went to the hospital. I was the patient and in borderline sepsis, so I don’t remember details as my brain was pretty toxin-filled, but the nurse said something to the effect of, “I could do [procedure they were about to perform on me] with my eyes closed,” to the trainee, and I said, “I don’t doubt your skills and I’m sure you could, but please don’t.” They both got a laugh and at least I was lucid enough to crack a dumb joke. How to tell the patient isn’t beyond saving 101, I guess
"Uh, how much blood can you lose before you die?" "I've never seen a bone stick out that much before!" "I thought you had the medical bag!" "What do you mean we don't have a spare tire?" "I said elevated, not escalated." "Do you think this qualifies as malpractice?"
"Can anyone give us a jump?" Our private ambulance rig had too small a generator and no spare battery, it would drain the battery dry when we ran lights and siren.
When I was 11, I fainted in class (low blood pressure). Since I was feeling worse after a few hours, my mom called an ambulance. The paramedics asked me if I was pregnant, had taken drugs or alcool (pretty standard procedure so far). They got me in the ambulance and then : "ok, now your mother's not thete so you can tell us the truth : are you pregnant or did you take any drugs or alcohol?". Ps: I get why they asked that, especially knowing that I was living in a problematic area, but it was funny to me in the moment because I was 11. Turns out I'm hypoglycemic, anemic and my blood pressure loves to randomly drop.
That....hearing that they ask 11 years old those questions is mind blowing 🤯 Your area is much worse than you think. You are used to it and it does not define you, but it surely tells me that you are much more powerful and resilient than you think you are 💪🥰😁😄🥳 You will go far in life and will have very happy, balanced life! 🥰 I wish you all the very best! ❤
@@SatumainenOlento thank you ❤️ Honestly, even though it was shocking, better safe than sorry. If I had said yes, the whole thing would've needed a very different handling so at least they were careful enough to rule out those issues. They were also super fun and really helped me (I have a hospital phobia). I have family working in that hospital and I know how hard their job can be. Even at the time, I understood that these questions were necessary for my well being and others. 🤗
Nah I had to get a vaccine and they asked in front of my dad R u pregnant I mean I wasn't but who tf would say yes in front 9f thier parent huh Send the parent out and then they'll tell the truth not 8n front of them
"drive faster" is BY FAR the scariest when i was a kid (6 ish yrs old) I almost died because i got stung by a bee and i didnt know i had an allergy. i almost suffocated, and even tho it wasnt a Medic, my mum screamed at my dad to drive faster because i was passing out. scared the living hell out of me to the point i still remember it now, 14 years later 😂
lol in 8th grade I got in a baseball accident where my collar bone was broken, I shattered my eye socket, jaw and popped my left eye out but fortunately the retina stayed attached. The EMS guys come running over and one nearly passed out when I asked if it was normal to be able to see the grass and the sky at the same time. And then my dad almost had to take my spot in that ambulance cuz they thought he was going to have a heart attack. Good times
@@Kamenriderbuster2022 A fastball or bat to the side of the head would do it. This is one reason why players wear helmets when they go up to bat. A MLB pitcher can throw a 93MPH fastball on average and speeds exceeding 100MPH have been recorded. A baseball at that kind of speed can easily cause skull fractures and concussions.
I remeber the one time I was in a gnarly car accident, I was able to walk away from it and the other driver too. The EMT is checking me over and all that fun stuff and askes if I need to go to the hospital. I reply with "No no Im alright, my brother is on his way and I live just over there" the EMT is satisfied with that answer and says "Well remember, if you feel off in any way or need to go to the hospital you can always just call us." And I shit you not, I look at him and the officer and say stupidly. "What number do I call?" He gives me a hesitant glance before pointing to the Very large and very obvious red numbers printed on the side of the ambulance cab. 911. Never have I felt more moronic in my life.
I actually had a similar incident at work, we had an employee collapse, and I turned to a manager and told them "Call an ambulance." and they looked at me dead serious, panic in their face and asked "Whats the number???"
Had I been the medic on scene, I would have insisted at that point you get a ride to the hospital "just in case". Altered mental status is a HUGE red flag. Hopefully you did get checked out. And it sounds like you were fine, all said and done.
@@chloskyskies4399 yeah lol. I was in a crash on my moped with a car and broke my pinkie, and I went to urgent care because we couldn’t find the emergency room. It was a really complicated fracture, and unknown at the time to be twisted on top of everything else. He first numbed me a bit and then attempted to set it back in place, which failed and still hurt like heck. Then he attempted to stabilize and wrap my hand, which is what he said he hadn’t done since Med school. It felt like it too. Thing was unbearably painful for the next day or two until I reached the orthopedic surgeon’s office and they re-wrapped it. Biggest sigh of relief I ever made.
For months, I has terrible panic attacks that would land me in the ER. the reason being that they had very strong physical side effects (which was normal considering that they were caused by a later identified physical ailment and not mental anguish). I knew I had to go, because they seemed serious, but had even myself started feeling stupid about it. So one day I drag muself barely alive to the ER and tell the doctor ‘Look, its probably nothing. But this time it feels really weird, I feel like the life has gone out of me, and I am barely there’. She took my vitals and said - ‘Well, that seems to be correct mostly, since your BP is around 30-40.’ I got an IV and was fine about 30mins later.
The one time I was in an ambulance was quite an experience. The paramedics had to google my condition. I know that sounds ridiculous but they were fully trained and made sure that I was okay. I also got "That is a lot of blood" on the same trip which is always great to hear.
On the one hand, it implies that they were pulling a Hail Mary play and had no idea if it would work or not. On the other hand, it does indeed imply that their crazy plan to save your life worked.
Are you referring to when they look like they are holding back tears? It's like there's thinking "Ok we have to pull it together or this person is F...ed."
I was having a pelvic ultrasound once. I had a cyst on my ovary, and when the tech pressed on it to measure it, it ruptured. Violently. His face turned white as a sheet, he moved the wand over my belly a bit, then very quietly said, "Excuse me..." and walked quickly to the door. As soon as he cleared the door we heard him take off running like his life depended on it. Turns out I was his first patient with this experience and he thought I was dying. We had a pretty good giggle about it once he realized I was ok, but he made sure to get someone in to be sure I was ok!
I'll never forget the look on the EMT's face when I told him they decided not to give me hearing protection for my helicopter ride to Portsmouth. I've never heard anything so painfully loud for so long, literally could not hear myself scream.lmao
#13 - I was in the back of an ambulance being transported from an ER to a different hospital because the first hospital was out of ICU beds. There was an ice storm happening and flyovers on the highways were all closed. The driver said, "I don’t know how to get to [new hospital] if I’m not on the freeway." I had to talk him through it without being able to see the road, since I was strapped to a gurney. Turned out the guy was new to town and didn’t know his way around that part of town. (This was back before GPS was a thing.)
I work as registration in the ER. I grab demographic info, emergency contacts, insurance etc. When verifying emergency contacts, I ALWAYS ask "and what's your relationship?"
I remember being 13 with a dislocated knee that was so badly twisted I couldn't move my toes. The nearest hospital was 45 minutes away. Paramedics took a short cut, stopped, then I heard the driver say. "Uh-oh." Not something you want to hear. There was construction on the first short cut, then they got lost on the second short cut. I'm 37. That's a ride I'll never forget.
I'm always happy to be the practice patient for students/trainees. They have to learn somehow, and as someone who has been suck since birth I'm pretty used to many medical things so I can stay calm if they stuff up. Just yesterday I had one oractice taking patient histories, and last week I had a student insert my cannula. She had a bit of trouble and, upon seeing a lot of blood coming out, started to panic. I assured her I was fine and acted calm, so she was able to calm down and finish the job. If I expect to be given medical care, and at a good standard, then just like paying taxes I should help students learn (far better me than someone very anxious about procedures)
I heard something similar to that while I was cleaning the kitchen at my VFD, I just thought "oh dear sweet lord what now" and kept cleaning, still don't know what worked, but the Captain was in an "interesting mood" for a while and the rookie wasn't allowed to roam unattended.
Mine was: Paramedic 1: "Do you want to be sedated for the drive?" Paramedic 2: "We're gonna be driving for nearly 2 hours and he's got substance induced psychosis. Just do it." Me couple steps away from panic attack: "I'd rather not, if I have an actual choice and I promise to behave myself." Paramedic 1: "Should we strap him in at least?" Paramedic 2 looks at me: "You gonna try and jump out the ambulance or attack us?" Me: "No, that'd be a massive inconvenience to you and it'd probably ruin your day." And so they didn't sedate me or strap me in and I silently read all the warnings and instructions on the inside of the ambulance and occasionally asked questions about the instruments.
@@simonenoli4418 There are lots of rural places in the US (I’m assuming US)... Often you’ll have an easier time taking a heli or plane if there’s one available, but that’s super dependent on the weather and how much the copay on their insurance is (for Idaho, it’s $100/year for your whole household, no deductible - most people who do outdoors stuff have it)
@@israel963 Exactly, i live in the Appalachian mountains and we are far from help........So yeah an ambulance would take at least an hour or more to get to us......
My favourite still has to be when I went to the ER for an unrelated injury and as they were doing the standard triage they said “what did you have family history of again?” “Uh haemophilia, heart problems, …” “Yeah we’re gonna get you to see Dr Smith our cardiologist on call” Turns out walking from the bus to the hospital plus severe hospital anxiety produces a blood pressure and heart rate that can ring alarm bells; thankfully I’d calmed down enough by the time they did the ECG and my other issue was fine.
The medical transport people were very cool to me when I needed them multiple times last summer after a severe heatstroke put me into rhabdomyolysis and subsequent liver and kidney failure. Especially loved the young lady who saw my fiancé I was talking about come into the room; she stood behind him, pointed at him and winked at me while fanning herself and mouthing “he’s cute” 😂 bless those people and everyone who helped me come back from cardiac arrest and total paralysis. I fully recovered and recently found out I’m expecting ❤ now that’s a great job! Taking me back from the dead, getting me walking again, and healthy enough to sustain a pregnancy! My physical therapists and the nice young lady who cleaned my room are both invited to my baby shower! I’d invite the whole hospital (well multiple hospitals) if I could! Thank you everybody in the medical field!
@Nick Johnson This is how modern humans express appreciation for a certain humorous phrase they liked. Humans often do this verbally as well- it's not exclusive electro-silicon computers. Welcome to earth stranger! Did you get here with faster than light travel? Please don't judge humanity too harshly. Also, do you happen to know how do do some terraforming? We've been accidentally terraforming for a couple hundred years and we've accidentally started messing up the climates on our planet. Can you help us?
My favorite EMT response was "Ma'am, he can't be having a heart attack, he's too young-holy shit, he's having a heart attack. Get him in the van!" It was completely hilarious. Context: had a heart attack when I was 17 due to a combination of stress and something I caught at an airport. EMT's thought I pulled something until I was hooked up to the EKG.
@@Smokie1523 Technically, yes and no. Yes in that it was directly caused by the air travel, but the doctors thought it was caused by a virus I picked up at one of the airports and the immense stress I was going through at the time. At least, the doctors guessed as much since they couldn't find what supposedly caused it in my body at the time.
You're never to young for medical problems, they should have known that. Yeah, pointless freak outs are annoying, but it's better than having your kid _die_ because you or emergency response don't believe them.
@@nullpoint3346 They were hooking him up and discovered the problem so, sounds like they still did their jobs just fine. I’ve been on the patient end myself of a similar story. That’s why training always has you going through the motions, so things that seem unlikely get caught.
My mom's been a laboratory assistant for some 30+ years. One of her chief duties is taking blood and other samples from people for testing, and she's very good at it. When yet again she had managed to handle a customer without a hitch they commented how they hardly felt a thing, and mom answered "You want me to jab you again? I can make sure you feel it, so you don't miss out on the experience."
Was in the ER earlier this year with heart palpitations that were up to 250BPM or more...well before they told me how fast it was going I started to get the vibe that things were a little off because 1. it was during Covid and about 10 people were in the room with me at one point, 2. one of them wanted to confirm I was as young as my info said (mid 20's), and 3. the woman taking my pulse by holding my wrist looked up to the man reading my EKG who confirmed "yeah, it's really going that fast." Anyway I had SVT and needed a heart ablation but it's all good now!
Yep, when I’ve had an asthma attack and they had to call the advanced team. The doctor who comes with the advanced team drove in the back of the ambulance with me along with a few others. It was quite cramped but then they were like - blue lights and sirens now. I was like uh oh. 😅
better: my partners said "the helo is too far out, have them meet us halfway at lz1 (the hospital pad)... we arrived just as they were sitting the bird down
This happened to an old mate of mine. Windshield through his throat. Lived to tell the tail. Even when “they’re not listening”, “they’re listening”. Keep you mouth shut and your brain in the game medics
I said that once to a hospice patient 🤭,we must remember just because they’re old & dying,they can still hear you.I felt so bad the second it came out my mouth🤦♀️.
Heh that's what the docs said when I had a brain abcess. That was 23 years ago and I'm ok! But seriously please don't tell patients that, even if they're a 12 year old on the verge of passing out.
The scariest thing I’ve ever had a doctor say to me was in an ambulance. It was something along the lines of, “Uh… What- That’s odd… Um. I don’t… Hey, drive faster!” I almost died that day. If the doctor doesn’t even know, then it’s time to say your prayers.
An EMT legit asked me if I was breathing. A slip of the tongue, combining 'do you have pain' and 'is breathing difficult?' In Korean. For context I took 19800mg acetaminophen in one go and I told the EMT that. Yeah.... and not only did I survive, I didnt have any complications whatsoever except a tear inside my cheeks from the friend who called the ambulance slapping me
Anything over 1000mg at a time is a problem and the maximum dosages are 4000mg in Any given period wow you massively overdosed I hope you are feeling better now.
@@santeriairaksinen398 class 3 is non-emergent, don't know what the original poster meant but if you fail to rig-check/resupply, you deserve the shit you get.
I was on stars air ambulance and one of the people said " We are coming in for a landing, it will shake and rumble but that's normal, don't panic......unless we all scream AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! then it's OK, go ahead and panic!
One time when I was having a deadly allergic reaction, the EMT pair says "yea this is the 2nd guy's first day, so everything about theory is still in memory" And somehow it calmed me down too.
I had the variation on #3 "Turn on the lights" said to the driver after I'd already been in the ambulance with them driving me from the middle of nowhere for like half an hour. It wasn't until much later that I found out from my friend who was in the ambulance with me that they did that because I had a severe head injury and had started answering the cognition questions wrong...in my memory of it I'm saying the current date AGAIN since they've asked 12 times but apparently I started sayiing my birth date instead and they were NOT close. But hey 10 staples and 8 years later and a wicked scar is all it is now, glad they got me to the hospital safely.
A paramedic once said to me "how the f*ck are you awake????" My pulse had dropped to 30 bpm and i was looking as white as a ghost according to that paramedic. I was completely concious throughout the entire ride to the hospital, dont ask me how because i really dont know EDIT: ok i should give context, i am taking heart medication and for some reason the meds stopped working completely from one day to the next. to this day no doctor could tell me what happened there. they just put me on different meds and i've been fine ever since :)
Went in for eye surgery and ended up getting a pacemaker a few hours later when I arrived at the hospital I already had my eye dilated and a wristband for the first surgery which never happened all the nurses and doctor was freaking out but I felt find considering my blood pressure was 254 over 112 and pulse was 34
Had this crazy rash on my arm a couple years ago. It started on my wrist and was up to my shoulder 6 hours later, you could see it spreading slowly before your eyes. Welts were popping up then turning into sores, was pretty gross...so my bf took me to the ER. We get to the doctor, he's looking at it and watching it spread and (to my horror) just says "well that's interesting" with a confused and intrigued expression.
@@human-tk2fo It turned out I had an allergic reaction to my new leather couch. I didn't even know leather allergies existed before that. The rash from it was just really weird and it turned out the doctor hadn't seen an allergic reaction manifest like it before. Doctor gave me a steroid injection and a cream. The reaction stopped spreading almost immediately. Despite spreading rapidly over 8 hours, it took like 3 or 4 days to completely go away. Still, his initial response made me think I might be the next "Monsters Inside Me" case (totally freaked me out).
I will be honest. I shouldnt had, but I did laught at the doctor's reaction with that saying XD Im sorry and I know it most had been horroriable for you in the ER, so your comment getting a like from in hopes to make up for it. On the good side, at least you know what caused the rash (Read the replied comments)
@@electrikrainb0w444 Thank you for sharing your story with us! What human body is capable of is fascinating. Did the allergy go away and never returned or did you have to throw all your leather stuff away / donate it?
I'm sad to have ridden in an ambulance 3 times in the last year. Once was due to fainting and the others were because of stroke symptoms. The first two rides, the paramedics were sympathetic. This last ride, I got "Are the SURE you can't move your left side? We're going to entertain an entire stroke team for you." Made me feel terrible about calling. I have severe chronic migraines and "hemiplegic" migraines, but am also increased stroke risk.
@@JoshSweetvale I suppose if this happened in the US the invoice bears the risk of causing another stroke, so it's nice they ask befure financially ruining you. If, however, it happened in a country with a good health system, you'd just be
I called an ambulance under Dr. orders about a week ago. Left side weakness, confusion and nausea. I felt really bad about it as I was sure I was not having a stroke, but it could been something what they call mini-strokes TIA ? It still needed to be checked out! Those hemiplectic migraines are really scary! My Mom has them. If I was you, I would not give F what people think, because you can never be sure! I did get bs diagnosis that this could be caused by nerves trapped in my neck. But at least I got follow-up appoitment so after 3months we can see about getting a more correct diagnosis.
was transferred from a small town hospital to a city hospital an hour away via ambulance years ago, experienced a 12, followed shortly by a 7. i had an infection in my leg, but the cause was as of yet unknown and it was rapidly getting worse, in the ambulance they gave me antibiotics to help. the guy in charge explained to the training medic that i was very allergic to penicillin, and needed something different. The trainee found one he believed was safe, asked the senior, who agreed it should be okay, and they hooked it up to an IV going into my arm. however as it turns out it was still somewhat penicillin. causing my arm to start turning black. when they realized what was happening they didn't panic, but calmly switched me to something different and gave me something to calm the allergic reaction. honestly, that was probably the best part of that day. i had lost full use of my right leg, and was in more pain than i could imagine from the infection, but for a moment i could just stare in a morbid fascination as my own arm turned black before me. plus, i'm certain it was good training for the new guy. best way to learn is to make mistakes, and i was never worried as there was a fully trained guy in there with him, and i was on my way to a hospital. couldn't really get much safer. i still have no hesitation on saying yes when asked if i'm okay with a trainee working on me, they gotta learn somewhere
I was having a pelvic ultrasound once. I had a cyst on my ovary, and when the tech pressed on it to measure it, it ruptured. Violently. His face turned white as a sheet, he moved the wand over my belly a bit, then very quietly said, "Excuse me..." and walked quickly to the door. As soon as he cleared the door we heard him take off running like his life depended on it. Turns out I was his first patient with this experience and he thought I was dying. We had a pretty good giggle about it once he realized I was ok, but he made sure to get someone in to be sure I was ok!
@@4everSunshineGirl Yes... It was painful without anyone touching it. Pressing down with the ultrasound wand was very painful, and when the cyst ruptured it was pretty unpleasant.
@@LaynieFingers I had a friend in nursing school who said she could pop them by pushing on her belly. And also feel the ooze. I haven't thought about PCOS the same after that...👀👀
When my Mom was giving birth to me, the student doctor in the room said, "Isn't that kind of a lot of blood?" He got *that look* from the doctor delivering me. Edit: Yes, I have an amazing memory. Mother didn't tell me this. Nope, I remembered. Definitely.
@@sophieb3216 Doctors can play games. You guys are talking about PHYSICIANS. A doctor is a person with a doctorate/phd/whatever. So in theory, that is possible. In this case, the gacha guy is a lie.
Actually, I have a funny story that happened during my high school graduation. I got an infection in my hand, and I was prescribed medication for it. Next couple days my legs started to swell up, it was the big day for me to graduate, and I wanted to just go to the ER after having already go through the ceremony, but this was right around covid and my town decided to lock the ER down, so I got redirected over to the Health Center who had me go through a Urinalysis. They immediately freaked out, thinking it's a new strain of covid or something. Turns out, my kidneys were failing from an allergic reaction to Sulfa that was in my medication. It was only THEN that I was cleared to go to the ER. Never mind the swollen legs the size of a Giga Chad on leg day or possibly a new strain of a deadly virus. Actual organ failure is what it took. 2020 was a mess, so I don't really blame any of the medical professionals. The scare alone made me think it was my time anyway, just like I've thought so many other times due to separate medical incidents. I was okay with it this time around. Fortunately, I'm here, so all is well. In the Airforce now, and that medical debt is still being a bitch to my dad.
Why are you defending a nation that treated and still treats you so poorly? Is it because it's the only way you're sure you're going to pay back that money? Find a way out of there
@Anankin12 I joined the Airforce because I didn't know what to do with myself, and I wanted an upgrade in my lifestyle. It had nothing to do with how screwed up specific systems like the medical industry is. It had much more to do with the fact that I got tired of being so helpless that I stood up and made a decision, no matter if it's wrong or right; what mattered was that I just did something. It feels great so far, I get room and board, free insurance, and I can pay back my Dad, who's the kindest person I know.
I was talking to a patient a few days after he was in a truck accident. He told me after the wreck he heard a voice from someone that actually seen his crash and came running to assist (not ems) say ,"Boy that sucker is dead". That's when he knew he was in trouble! He made a full recovery.
Slightly different but I like to freak out the student anesthetists by saying and emotional "goodbye!" and putting a hand dramatically to my forehead just as I can feel myself passing out. Done that a few times now. No idea what the reaction is but I'm sure it's priceless.
I was put under anesthesia to fix my arm after i dislocated and broke it when i was 10. I managed to wake up halfway through to hear "dammit, adam! That's not even supposed to bend! How the hell did you even do that?!?!?" And then they turned to see me awake and traumatized, and then i passed out. Still remember that to this day.
@@howardbaxter2514 you and me both. Setting an arm would be on the good end of the spectrum though. Waking up while they are cutting you open and staying awake through the whole procedure without being able to move ore speak is one of my biggest fears. And yes it has happened before,it's rare but it does happen.
EMT: "Don't bother driving to the ER, just head straight to the morgue." Driver: "Another D.O.A.?" EMT: "Yup." Patient: "What?!" EMT: "Shhh...just relax, the ride will be over soon..."
I was waiting for a gastroscopy after an ambulance with gastrointestinal bleeding and the nurse who was waiting with me said "you know, people with that type of bleeding often die. Like, so fast we can't even do much" and I was like what's wrong with you, honey, you don't say that kind of thing to a patient on a gurney
This guy always cracks me up. And as a retired medic in the armed forces and retired civilian EMT and firefighter I totally get where he is coming from.
I remember when I got a really really bad burn. The EMT asked my pain level near the worst of it, and I said how the worst part of it actually didn’t hurt, and that I assumed it was my adrenaline. He went “well actually, the worst burns are the ones you can’t feel, because that means it’s burned the nerves so severely that only the external edges of the wound are typically felt. Really nasty burns like that...man, they’re BAD!”. Then he noticed my 😳 face and went “or it’s probably adrenaline! Definitely could he adrenaline!” really quickly, realizing that that probably wasn’t the best moment to inform me of that fact, followed up by a “sorry about that”.
Was it the adrenaline? I only got a second degree burn on my right hand and I still don’t have all the sensation back nearly a decade later. It’s made not hurting myself a hell of a lot harder when I can slice it open to the muscles before actually feeling anything.
That sounds like the sort of thing I would do 🤦♀️"Ah, yes, let me enlighten you to this really cool related medical fact!! 😁 No, wait, uhhh 😬 I'm sure it's fine..."
You just showed me why I should never be an EMT, I repeatedly got in trouble for telling the patients too much, and none of them were dealing with anything "major"
Number 8 happened to my teachers daughter while giving birth. The last thing she saw before passing out was the doctor panic flipping through a medical book. She’s fine now yay
Best thing I ever heard from an anesthetist (about to sedate a patient with known Hx of substance misuse) - said with great and lovely respect - "now sir, this is going to feel just like when you shoot up."
“Damn I always mix up left and right” “Alrighty sir hold on tight” “I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE” “Can I get some assistance ASAP?” “I am not supposed to be here but I’ll make it work don’t worry ma’am” “No of course this isn’t a defibrillator now close your eyes”
I'm left-handed, so I often DO mix up the 4-leads, putting RA on left arm and whatnot. The only other one I've said is asking for assistance, and that's because my patient coded. (We lost that one. 😢)
I have a friend who is a tattoo artist, has both of his legs and arms fully tattoed and he once was asking for some mosquito repellent spray because he was anoyed by mosquito bites😂
@@jorggamingcr409 Tbf you don't know where that mosquito has been, could be carrying diseases, while those needles were likely sterilized. Plus you don't get a cool tattoo out of a mosquito bite
My dad lost a bunch of blood due to a ruptured stomach ulcer coupled with blood thinners. The EMTs looked at him for a long moment and then, deadpan, said, “sir you are very grey”.
My daughter (10yo) recently fell off a motorized scooter and had forgotten her helmet. She lost consciousness and we called an ambulance. The scariest part of that ride was hearing the paramedic in the back w us say "hit the sirens and punch it" when she started becoming more mentally altered and her head started to flop. She's doing great now
Ah, the story from when i was shot while walking to my classes at Penn State (random gang shootout, wrong place, wrong time) "Shit, this guy is in my class." "So?" "Well i mean, i never knew someone who died before." SMACK. All in all pretty damn funny, since i was hit in the calf by a ricochet, and in no way at risk of death. The experienced EMT slapping the back of his head was a riot. As a note. Getting shot didnt hurt that bad. I honestly didnt realize i had been hit until someone pointed it out to me. I thought i just hit my calf while diving for cover. Second time getting shot, i thought someone punched me in the shoulder. Getting stabbed was the second worst pain of my life.
I was in anaphylaxis a few times but this particular time I could tell I was getting worse and the paramedic began saying “God just get us there. I need her to be alive when we get there.” That sets a little panic in!
@@ambar_flames "God" is watching over us? Why not add leprechauns and unicorns to the list? Good thing there is no "God" because based on what people believe he/she/it is responsible for, that would make them the biggest c*nt EVER to have existed. Religion is the root of all evil.
@@slayerdagamer465 TBH a few orphanages full of priests and nuns who used violence and fear to ensure all the kids were disciplined "in the eyes of God and JC". Children like me who would be caned if we even dared ask such questions as "how did Noah get 2 koalas when Australia was unknown to the biblical world then?". Now as an adult between recalling my childhood, and seeing how so many are killed in the name of a god, I just associate religion with violence, terror and mind games.
With my second child I was 9.5-sh cm in labor when I finally went to the hospital. There wasn’t a Dr. available on duty and the nurse, while I was pushing because labor began, said out loud, to herself mind you, “you can do this, it’s your first time”! I did curse at my husband, unfortunately, and told him to demand another nurse. Everything happened so quickly but needed up well. Ilaria, our daughter did have a Brocken collar bone but is a healthy, soon-to-be, seventeen year old with a lovely future:) long story short; you don’t want to hear “those words”! 😊
I once went to the hospital for a diagnosis, and at first one doctor greeted me and checked me out, then murmured something about "huh, unusual..." and called his colleagues, then had a whole ass medical discussion in front of me, while one of them started to check out my fingernails and asked me questions about my liver, without giving me any context. Fair to say I was terrified lmao.
"I have no idea what to do here." *Unintelligible/confused muttering* "What happens if I do this?" "I don't remember being taught to deal with this in medical school" "C'mon google, you have reception so act like it"
I am *so* glad you guys showed up when I was presenting after having had a car wreck, was dehydrated, and a mild concussion. I'm completely convinced you saved my life!
When I was in the ER for a concussion and potential Carbon monoxide poisoning, the nurse evaluating me in the exam room shone a flashlight in my eyes, said something like, "Oh my", and then rushed out to get me an hospital band to let me stay for "observation" until the doctor arrived in the morning. A few hours later, another nurse took my vitals and when she was just outside the door said, "Yeah, I saw that. Wow." 10/10 would stay again, was a little horrifying tho 🤣🤣🤣
