We received a call from a pizza place across the street from the hospital and they said a patient was there ordering a pizza in a gown with an IV pole and it was beeping.

@patriciatinkey2677

Жыл бұрын

I say, just put them in the oven for about 5 minutes. The beeping will stop & there will be 1 less stupid, entitled (I can do anything I want!), person messing up others! I'm really joking people...but finding it hard to "suffer fools lightly". Thanks so much, Steve!

@nelllee57

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 😂

@SraTacoMal

Жыл бұрын

Narcs.

@gamemoves2415

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@michelemiktus2312

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I can relate to Ben in this scene. I'd start a stressful day too by hiding inside the locker rooms while slowly devouring a random turkey sandwich 😂😂😂

@queen_calixta

2 жыл бұрын

fastest snack vanilla pudding and graham crackers 😂😂😂

@TheHamadanners

2 жыл бұрын

I go find the least used bathroom and take a nap on the toilet

@kayg7438

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHamadanners oh God lmao

@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ M

@astralsheepu7379

2 жыл бұрын

My equivalent working in a restaurant is standing in the walk in fridge for 15 minutes and just staring at the half thawed chicken for some semblance of peace after a rush has finally ended. Gives me the same vibes.

I just had a bit of my naivety stripped away. I only ever thought not letting patients leave with an IV was because of the risk of infection. Never even crossed my mind about how easy it would be for an addict to use one.

@rdb4996

Жыл бұрын

Same. Addiction is terrible 😟

@acwhit1593

Жыл бұрын

It is a real risk in all areas of the hospital

@bananabicycleseat6796

Жыл бұрын

Right?! I was thinking to myself "Wow, I didn't realize removing your own IV could be so dangerous" until I saw the part about drug addiction. Didn't realize they would call the police if you left with an IV in either.

@luke_fabis

Жыл бұрын

@@bananabicycleseat6796 Same reason they'd call the police if you had dementia and ran away. It's not that they're so salty about losing an IV that'd have been tossed into a biohazard bin anyway. But there's a huge safety risk and some serious liability there.

@blueblossom3384

Жыл бұрын

That's the first thing I thought of.

As if when they're so short staffed patients can run away they're going to care at all about the sexuality of their coworkers. I love these characters. I also vote for more from the EMT

@Teratoma.that.speaks

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed I think they should also call him Emmett

@magnusschaub4848

2 жыл бұрын

The emt needs a real fuckboy name :)

@kay1a100

2 жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 pls don't say stuff like this on this platform, yt is no place to talk about religion things can get heated quick

@haniayahahaha

2 жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 Can u not like i dont want to and i dont care

@tinkeramma

2 жыл бұрын

Unless those coworkers have snuck off on shift to express their sexuality without clothes, I can't see how it's relevant. When I went to the ER with pain that ended up in an emerging gallbladder removal, I didn't care if my male nurse was attracted to my female self. I cared that he made the pain stop.

We had an ER patient sneak out and then get hit by a car on the corner. Same EMS crew brought him in both times

@leorobin832

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@MimiNwabuokuMD

Жыл бұрын

I know it’s not funny but heaven forgive me, as I laughed way too hard at this. LMAO

@emixdarling

Жыл бұрын

oh my god this isn’t funny at all but the way i just full on cackled isn’t okay at alllllllll

@nancysmum

Жыл бұрын

I laughed and then felt like a horrible person.

@KikumaruXFuji

Жыл бұрын

A patient left one of the medical floors and got hit by a car. Brought to ER by EHS and it was found that he’s already admitted. Was going to find him a spot first to get checked out but while he’s waiting for a room clean, he was cursing and spitting at the EHS crew so we had them put him on a wheelchair and porter took him back to his floor.

I remember having a patient walk out not only with an IV but with the catheter and the Foley bag they found him three blocks away at the health food store and yes I ate his tray when he was gone

@DrWho160

2 жыл бұрын

Serves him right imo

@jemmmorrison8608

2 жыл бұрын

Does a catheter &/or Foley bag help drug users in some way too?

@LoveGames3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@jemmmorrison8608 No, those 2 things are for pee collection. If you go to the hospital and are deemed unable to go to the bathroom on your own, they insert a catheter and foley bag for collection.

@winstonairedale

2 жыл бұрын

@@jemmmorrison8608 nope a catheter goes in to your bladder and they brought up a balloon that keeps it in place so that means you could not take it out and if you did try to take it out you would be in a world of hurt but a lot of junkies like IVs because I can use as a porta shoot their heroin in their crystal meth and all the other crap because most druggies have no veins left to shoot your drugs up Soleil coming to the ER the hospital and get an IV and then their girlfriends or boyfriends take them outside to smoke and next thing you know they come back looking like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland with those big eyes that big smile I've seen all of it

@mke_gal

2 жыл бұрын

@@winstonairedale holy cow

I was a nurse for over 40 years. This Nurse/actor is the most right-on rep of how nurses work, get abused, handle other health workers/doctors than any others.

Digging the new paramedic character! Hope he makes some more appearances.

@firemedic6509

2 жыл бұрын

As an ER Paramedic I agree.

@adedow1333

2 жыл бұрын

Yes please!

@benverzijlbergen2968

2 жыл бұрын

Heh.. HOOHAH! Steve's paramedics are so loud and have no filter. Love it!

@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Ju

@sammiller6631

2 жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 why?

I'm probably the only nonmedical viewer, but im just loving all the medical stories in the comments. For some reason, the type of unity that his viewers have is so wholesome!

@GothicDragonX

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, you're not alone. Been loving this series especially since the pandemic in NYC started.

@kayg7438

2 жыл бұрын

@@GothicDragonX I’m also in NYC

@GothicDragonX

2 жыл бұрын

@@kayg7438 Awesome, what a coincidence 👍

@patriciatinkey2677

Жыл бұрын

No, everybody loves Steve's stuff! You don't have to be medical to get a kick out of his spot on, real life, humor.

@anndownsouth5070

Жыл бұрын

I'm not medical staff either, but have quite a bit of experience on the receiving end of it.

Ok so as a vet, our patients don't run into the danger of escaping with their IV (as they're secured in some way, a kennel, a stable, etc.). However, they do tend to pull it out. So at my workplace we invented this method of using a retractable dog leash which we connect to the horses' IV so they can at the same time lie down without pulling IVs out but also don't trip on it while they're standing 😁 different world, different problems and yet, listening to these videos, somehow people and animals seem quite similar. Thankfully, animals can't talk though. I'd take an angry cat over a homophobic guy or a summer teeth lady (bless her, I just couldn't work with humans) aany day 🥳🥳💗

@adedow1333

2 жыл бұрын

That's genius. Passing that along to my vet student husband

@rebekah4761

2 жыл бұрын

And the beauty of working with cats is they often have a shut off switch when you hold them like their momma does. I don't know if that technique is accepted at your job, but it works wonders when trying to work with a pet at home.

@ahorsfield94

2 жыл бұрын

@@adedow1333 awesome!! Just as a tip- you don't want the leash to fully retract (depending on the size of the horse) as this could pull the IV out too, so we pull it out to the appropriate length, so the horse can walk around, lie down and still not stumble over it or pull it out (takes a little practice and fiddling to figure it out but it's not too bad!) and then, so the leash can no retract back in but still be pulled further out if necessary, we stick a little bit of 3M tape around the bit where it we want it to stop. Does that make sense? 😅 and also we hang the whole IV drip+ leash from the ceiling so that they don't step on it. Hope it helps and good luck to your husband, I'm actually in my last year of being a student too 😄

@ahorsfield94

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebekah4761 well, yes, sometimes that works (we're not always allowed to do it , depending on the work place, although of course we always try to be gentle) but there are cats who could not care LESS about the magic switch and still go mad 😂 I have witnessed 5 people holding onto a cat (equipped with a leather glove and blankets) just to do a sonography. They can be wild 😂 but still better than humans IMO 😅

@bundlymagpie

2 жыл бұрын

Animals can't talk eh...what if u get a chatterbox sqwarky parrot? 😛

Killed it. I used to live in a particularly seedy part of SF (this was in about ‘93. Things weren’t as bad as they are now.) You’d see people with IV’s, sometimes still wearing their ID bracelet, and hospital socks, copping heroin/coke (speedball). Not unusual, unfortunately. What was really disturbing, tho, were the people that had PIC lines. That sh*t lets out at the heart, and putting filthy substances in it increases the risk of developing endocarditis. (Pic lines are anchored by a piece that’s sewn into the skin) Sometimes, they’d even return to the hospital by bus, after scoring. I knew a chick that had an abscess in her neck, from using veins there. (I paid to get her well, put her in a cab,and paid for it to get her to the hospital.) Seeing her a day later, wearing a hospital gown and buying dope, was both alarming and disappointing. I was using, but just chipping. I still had my jobs and a flat. Seeing things like this certainly helped me pull out of it. Addiction is a scary thing. And everyone thinks that they’ll be the exception to the rule, keeping it under control. No. No, you can’t. You have to get help. I did. I saw so many people lose not just everything, but also their health, and sometimes their life. If anyone is considering dabbling, I’ve got two things to say; one, you don’t want to learn hard lessons this way, and two, like good ole’ mother Regan said, just say no. Of course there’s more to it than that, but the spirit is right. That’s my babble for the day. Good one, Stevioe. You just don’t disappoint. And I appreciate your stuff. Makes me happy. Thank you!

@mecahunter7092

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you got the help you needed. May God continue to bless you my friend. 😊

@mamapetillo8675

2 жыл бұрын

@@mecahunter7092 letting someone help you, can be the hardest of the first steps. Takes humility and being honest with yourself and others. It can be painful, which is odd. I’m grateful for some truly good people that were there for me. It’s my hope that anyone that needs help, is able to access it. If others understood how hard it is to even ask, I believe there’d be less judgement. More success. And more love to go on and help others. Have a great day! 🌞🌺🌹🌼🌸🌻🐿

@JasonB808

2 жыл бұрын

The whole D.A.R.E program was a joke. No kid ever listened to it. Now more than ever young kids are pressured to do drugs because it makes them a dweeb and will be excluded from all the “fun” stuff the cool kids do. No fuzzy program is going to stop it.

@mamapetillo8675

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonB808 that’s something that never seems to change. And that’s no surprise; it’s human nature. The more you’re told “no”, the more curious you become. When the people telling you that it’s a no-no, that it’s “not cool”, are the absolute opposite of what you happen to respect or even like, there’s pretty much no chance that you’ll listen. And to be honest, it was fun! At first. If it wasn’t, no one would become addicted. Duh. Thing is, it becomes un-fun pretty quickly. I don’t know how many young women/girls I knew, that swore that they’d “never do That”, to get drugs (selling belongings, eventually selling more personal things), ended up doing just that. Even if it was on the serious down-low, and wasn’t being called what it was. When everything else is gone, you’ve either been cut off by family and friends, or cut them off out of embarrassment, and you’re sick and desperate, you will sell your damn soul, if need be. I’ve seen it over and over. It’s not real hard to make that jump, especially if it means getting high to forget about it afterwards. And that just makes it worse, because you need more and more dope to except the shame and embarrassment, and the pain and abuse. You need more just to exist; it ain’t fun anymore. I knew a girl whose mother would take her, when she was 9, to the farm worker’s camps to turn tricks. She was strung out, and started fixing her daughter just so they could make that scratch. I knew her when she was in program with me. She had 4 young, beautiful children. She was doing really well. She relapsed, list her kids, and just fell apart. I remember the last day I saw her; I was in a Latina transitional house. I wanted her to come out to give it a try. We went back and forth for a while. I ended up giving her money for bus fare and food, but never saw her show up there. About three weeks later, I heard that she’d jumped out of a car on the freeway. The most painful thing is getting clean, then relapsing. The pride just can’t take that kind of hit, sometimes. And starting over just seems impossible. Particularly when you’ve lost your children. Women go thru so much in addiction. It’s different than men. They’re judged so harshly because they often have children that suffer along with them, and they also often carry the shame of having had to turn tricks. I’m lucky for so many things. Most of all, becoming pregnant with my daughter. She was born when I was 32. Only kid I have. She saved me. I was happy to go into a residential program, and extra lucky that there was space for me. It’s been 20 years, and my daughter is still my life. She’s doing great, going to state Uni, working two jobs. I believe that I’ve taught her pretty well about the dangers of addiction. It runs in the family, on both sides. I had to bail on her father right away, cause he had no intention of quitting. Best thing I could have done. Unfortunately, like me, she had to grow up with no father. But as neither of us knew any different, (I did get the shit beat out of me by my mom’s boyfriends, tho), we don’t feel like we’ve missed anything. However, she knows that she can do things her own way. She also knows to tread carefully, because we have the nature/nurture thing going on thick and furious. We have to be cautious. Check out a short documentary called “Foo Foo Dust”. It’s on KZread. That’s my mom, and my little brother. I was in program when they were filming, otherwise I’d have likely run those ghouls off. They made their career off of my family, then left them hanging. The end isn’t really the end; they both went back to using. It’s hard to watch, but it’s life. And I’m glad that it’s at least been used to help train counselors, and as a deterrent for young people in danger of going over the edge. At least some good came of it. Again with the essay! Sorry. I just don’t get to talk about this stuff to anyone. I wanted to work with youth at risk, but ended up just taking care of myself and my daughter. If wish I had given something more back to help others. It just hurts so much to see people suffering over something that could be helped. Anyway. Have a good day, and take care♥️🌻🐿🌞

@ArabicLover101

2 жыл бұрын

@@mamapetillo8675 thanks! When I have kids in the future I’ll tell them this!

I was picking my Dad up after he had simple surgery. Nurse took out his IV to allow him to get dressed quickly while she gets a bandaid and his discharge papers to be signed. He was putting on his jacket because he was cold and I said 'wait. You can't put that on yet.' Another nurse came by and handed me the paperwork to sign said it was fine. I then told her he still had the IV port/needle catheter in his arm still. She went pale. We explained that he doesn't even take OTC pain meds, much less illegal stuff, so he's not the type to do that. She believed us but told us it could have been a huge issue if it was missed. After almost an hour of getting paperwork signed, the follow up, getting my car pulled up front and him wheeled to my car, the original nurse came running out, frantically telling the other nurse to not let him leave. I thought something was horribly wrong until she mentioned it. Dad showed her his arm to prove it was taken care of and she gave a huge sigh of relief. The nurse said she forgot to tell the other nurse to do so when she gave her the paperwork to give to me and just remembered.

@souldancersbyjennifer

Жыл бұрын

It's interesting you guys have such huge problems with drugs that this becomes such an issue. Back when I was 18, I was hospitalised for some skin infection during Chinese New Year. I got an IV on my hand and got permission from my doctor to leave the hospital to do some festive visitations. All with my IV on.

@GW-gz8jh

Жыл бұрын

@@souldancersbyjennifer we have a huge problem with lawsuits too which is why this is also a problem.

@OregonSingles

Жыл бұрын

@@souldancersbyjennifer Non-drug users wouldn't even equate having an IV or port set useful for us except not having to get new pokes and find good veins.

@thefezmancan

11 ай бұрын

yeah half the time you have to remind them to take it out. Its just so he doesnt try take it out and bleed out and make sure it clots before leaving.

@valeriewinter6217

5 ай бұрын

​@souldancersbyjennifer Same here. PPL usually get IV that can stay in your vein 2-3 days, go home with it, then return to hospital every day to receive another dose of their medication

I love the added irony of the lady with the sore throat phoning up to complain about her sore throat - probs not that sore is it love?

@carlablair9898

2 жыл бұрын

Tell her to suck on a Life Saver candy.

As a Paramedic I've been watching, enjoying and relating to all your content but now that we have our own character Im loving it even more xD

@darianbarber3763

9 ай бұрын

Always find the EMS responses comical

Oh sweet baby child. Austin is too pure for this world.

Lol, he saying stuff like 'after work' like they ain't gonna get conned into another double! Hahahaha!

Oh, dear goodness, all I can say is I hope that they ( meaning the hospital staff) when I had to go into the hospital deserve a lot more praise than people give them. I was in the ER, very sick, unbeknownst to me, how sick I was. Let's just say I had downplayed my illness for months due to being afraid of hospital bills and covid. Needless to say, what started as what I presumed was just Edema and Cellulitis (which it was, but there was more), turned into two blood transfusions, An endoscopy, Colonoscopy, MRI, CT scan, heart echo, and a battery of other tests. Turns out it was actually severe Anemia, PE, DVT, and intesive GERD. On top of the other stuff. While there I had the nicest nurses and staff and I always treated them with respect and kindness. I know their job is hard. We also had a code blue. I asked nicely to my nurses, "When a patient passes away do you guys feel, you know Sad? that you've lost a patient"? They told me honestly, yes, but they have to move on and shake it off because it's sadly part of their job. Another thing * sorry for so long* this just got me in my feels, is don't be the patient that's always pushing the buttons. I can tell you that the nurses get annoyed. How do I know? My room was across from the nurses station and trust me, I heard it all!

@downhomesunset

Жыл бұрын

It sucks that you in the USA have to pay-and that fact can cause people to not get healthcare when not getting it makes it worse!

@chemorn2020

Жыл бұрын

Glad your doing well now. ❤ Oh the things you must have heard next to an ER nurses station. We have our own sense of humor. 😂

@Pateetchka

Жыл бұрын

My dad was a nurse. They do get sad. Many things he'd seen and dealt with bothered him and he HAD to shake it off. That doesn't mean he was always able to.

@pcdeltalink036

11 ай бұрын

Honestly dealing with the passing of patients or hearing a bad diagnosis for them is why I knew I couldn’t be a nurse. I would get too emotionally tied up with the patients. So I work as a med lab tech (I analyze the blood that gets drawn). This way I can help patients but behind the scenes.

🤣🤣😂 SUMMER TEETH!!!! & THE FINAL 4 🤣😂!!! ✌🏽&❤

I left the medical field for a reason. Now binge watching your videos is making me miss it. I hate you a little for that, everything is so accurate. I'm actually missing the constant insanity of caregivers and patients, the bed bug outbreaks! That's not normal! I miss that patient that exacerbated his HTN because he can only take his meds with pickle juice instead of water, or the patient who was noncompliant with her meds because she dumped them all in a jar of peanut butter and used a spoon AM, noon and PM. She just grabbed a spoonful whenever it was time for her meds. Aaaaahh memories...

@melissaaldosari8024

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! Seems crazy to miss the craziness! But, I do! I am thankful to Steve for bringing back the memories!

@Xx-ib6bf

Жыл бұрын

These Steveio videos are funny. After seeing informational medical videos, just Confirms my gladness Not to be in the field any more.

When I was a clearly trans campus medical first responder herding alcohol poisoning cases into transportation while they drunkenly objected to my existence was always a trip. Love these skits so much.

@Eklipsewolf

2 жыл бұрын

Incredible how people can admonish your existence while actively throwing their own life away!

@andrewcurley5006

2 жыл бұрын

Keep your head held high. You're a better person than they are!

@creamcheeseandpirates

2 жыл бұрын

Damn I’m trans and studying to be a heart surgeon, I’m still 14 though so maybe by the time I reach my goals times will have changed

@jeandrzyzgula

2 жыл бұрын

@@creamcheeseandpirates I finished college in 2015. Things have already changed a lot since then. There will also be a full generation of out trans people who have navigated those systems before you. That means you don't have to be the first to explain these things to administration, but it also means there are trans adults who will have your back, and we'll be damned if you go through what we did.

@TimeSurfer206

2 жыл бұрын

@@creamcheeseandpirates I sure as hell hope so. In spite of The Last Dying Breaths of the Rabidly Religious Never-Right, things have improved a lot from my Younger Days. I'm a Boomer who was surfing the Wave of Acceptance Before It Was Kool. I don't care what someone IS. Depending on what the "Is" they are is. If you're Gay? Trans? Not my Fuqking Business! But, if someone "Is" an Asshole, he might make it my business by what he DOES. Like, say, if he's shrieking at a 14yo Girl for wearing a Hijab, I might just reach out Gently and tap him with the Wood Handle of Me Bumbershoot, right on the tip of his Coccyx.

That " hey does anyone want to get a drink after work?" Is spot on in the medical field lol

This is SO exactly what happens! Especially the IV meth patients...it is truly heartbreaking...As always much love for Austin..he seems like his own person..Stevioe, you are a very talented actor 👏 ❤️

I loved the way he handled that last person's homophobia

Hilarious and spot on! Summer teeth🦷😂This is an easy one! Endless phone calls☎️ endlessly understaffed🥵🥺😭Thank you for your brilliantly accurate sketches🎥your colleagues are going to miss you!!!

@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Jh

@spaghettiupseti9990

2 жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 bruh

@-_-ok9550

2 жыл бұрын

what is summer teetg

@maryann9400

2 жыл бұрын

Had someone call up asking “do you tie people up? Would you tie me up? Had another person argue with me that because we were an Emergency Room, we needed to do an emergency abortion on her. (This is easy pre-the current pro-life argument).

@desco7628

Жыл бұрын

😅haha

Got out of the Nursing world years ago here in Australia. Definitely flashbacks. Like you were born for the position!!

We had a 19 year old patient who was so beautiful , she had infective endocarditis and admitted to licking her needles. She escaped multiple times to use heroin and she always came back. Sadly she passed , I think I will never forget her. Isabelle.

@melissastewart9842

8 ай бұрын

That's one of the most tragic things I've ever read. Thanks for sharing. I wish I was 19 and beautiful again (sigh) but consider myself blessed. Because of loving parents and caring teachers, I never was and will never be high on illegal drugs. Get high on life/reality.

Total respect for all hospital staff and first responders. That's a calling all its own! 🙏

I have to say, as someone with chronic health issues, there have been times I wished I could just leave the iv in. I wasn’t sick enough for a pic line, but needing a new iv placed every other day (and being a hard stick) made the prospect of running away with it seem not crazy.

@shewolf51

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you. During my last week-long hospital stay I had to have my IV replaced three times and on one occasion it took seven attempts before they managed it. I don't care about needles but I absolutely dread IVs.

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Why every other day? They are usually good for at least 72°

@TheEmbersFromAshes

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimateProductions Because they infiltrate and have to be replaced. Veins don't always hold/last 72 hours.

@apostatelizzy6836

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimateProductions it was after I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had surgery to have my thyroid removed. I had trouble regulating my calcium for months. It would stabilize and then plummet every couple of days. Sometimes I would only need oral medication, sometimes iv. We didn’t know when it would stabilize for good. It was a miserable time.

@katelynestes4383

2 жыл бұрын

I feel this sooo much. I have type 2 , UC, endometriosis, PCOS, antithrombin 3, mtfhr, CML, and I am like I dare you to give me one more diagnosis.

I was prepping for surgery and was anxious. My doc busts in and was like you are pregnant I can’t do the procedure. I said I told the nurse I’ve been on my period for 3 days. Well I’m not doing it you’re pregnant. I screamed obviously not if I’m bleeding! Thanks for letting me know I lost a pregnancy now do my surgery. Still wouldn’t do it. I ripped the ice off the wall and walked outside and tossed the iv and shit. My mom came running after me. What a shit doc. The nurse knew my history of pregnancy loss bc we spoke about it. She was there and told the doc and he didn’t care. I’ve lost at least 6, that I know of but I have two daughters post back surgery by a different doc (who ended up hurting me instead of fixing me)

@milantosic

2 жыл бұрын

holy shit that went from 0 to 100 real quick

@somewhereinspace2166

2 жыл бұрын

I think there should be a law that doctors cannot refuse medical care to women due to pregnancy. If it's not their body, not their choice. It's crazy to me how we put the wellbeing of a clump of DNA before the health of full-grown women. This nonsense has got to stop.

@iz2333

2 жыл бұрын

@@somewhereinspace2166 Then you need a law to keep people from suing them first.

@adedow1333

2 жыл бұрын

That would be fire that doc and get another one in there. You can do that, you know. If you don't like a doc, tell them to leave and go get someone else to treat you.

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@adedow1333 exactly

I REALLY wanna see something like this as a sitcom. Don’t get me wrong! I loved scrubs! Still rewatching it occasionally till this day, but it can be over the top at times and this is just gold! In a more calm way! It does need a Dr. Cox though🤣

Bless you Steveioe for all the time you spent dealing with patients like these in the ER

I've love the way your mind works. You always make me smile.

i live in a small town. urgent care will tell me go to to the ER. or go see my dr. they honestly thought i was kidding when i told them that my dr office was closed. when they found out i was NOT lying, they told me to go to ER. we have a really crappy urgent care. i don't mind saying this, because i do work in health care. also, its not the first time they refused to see me for a non emergency and told me to go to the er.

I literally had a kidney stone one day and was dying in pain and the local ER wouldn’t give me pain medication until someone showed up to drive me because I had driven myself there, after waiting another 2 hours, in AGONY even AFTER my ride arrived I finally took out my own IV, wrapped my arm as tightly as possible with my sock and drove 45 minutes to the nearest hospital other than that one, my brother said it was the most savage thing he’d ever seen... it was actually very stupid but I felt like I was dying and didn’t care too much atm

@ShardtheWolf

2 жыл бұрын

I completely get it. I had kidney stones, but live on an island. Had to take the fire boat to the mainland, and *of course* that day was windy enough there were white caps. Every wave the boat hit would like getting shot. Got to the other side, into the ambulance, and they had to wait to administer the morphine because I was dehydrated from throwing up every 30 seconds. Didn't end up getting medicine until we were about 5 minutes away from the hospital. My wait wasn't as long as yours, but the damn waves had me a broken man.

@bettyframe8044

2 жыл бұрын

I had an obstructed gall bladder with gall stones impacted where it connects to the pancreas/intestines. Mind you, I’m a RN at a hospital further away, but I was in so much pain I went to the local. The doctor didn’t do any tests, actually told me he thought I was an addict and I was drug seeking and he personally ripped out my IV and told me to leave!! I was crying and fevered and in some horrible pain. My Mother drove me to my hospital. They gave me some meds and did a CT. Found the issue, admitted me and had it out the next day. I filed a grievance against the doc and hospital and I was assured he was no longer practicing there, so, I didn’t sue (should have). Anyway, I wound up with a blood clot in my intestines a few years later and guess who my doc was. He sent me home AGAIN. I went back the next morning and was flown to my hospital. I did sue that time. 😡

@rebecca1294

2 жыл бұрын

@@bettyframe8044 I'm sorry you had to go through that. :( I had my gallbladder taken out in February, kept getting told it was an ulcer before that. I've also had many kidney stones, a handful requiring surgery, I always hate the looks I get until they do the CT then they play nice. :/

@tomwhone9804

2 жыл бұрын

@@bettyframe8044 I know how you feel, I went into the ER with chest pains, worried it might be a heart attack. The ER doc didn't run any tests, accused be of doing cocaine and kicked me out of the ER. I reported the issue to my primary care who dismissed the pain as likely a spasming esophagus. A year later, almost to the day, I was back in the ER with the same but more severe chest pain that nearly caused me to pass out. They checked and got me into surgery immediately. They found the left descending aorta 100% (first heart attack) and the right descending aorta 95% blocked (second heart attack). They gave me an two stints in the right aorta. I had to spend two weeks in the hospital recovering so they could give me a second angeo and two more stints in the left descending.

@souldancersbyjennifer

Жыл бұрын

@@bettyframe8044 hope you sued the sht out of that doc...

I had this happen when working on the medical floor of the hospital. Patient said he was just going out for a cigarette. Police found him a couple of hours later about 10 blocks away pushing the IV pole with one hand and the wheelchair wheel with the other hand.

@annakowalska4323

2 жыл бұрын

Can you please explain me why does medical staff react so intensively to a patient who walked off with an IV, lets say just with the venous catheter without any kind of fluid /medicines being poured in it at the moment. I mean are they worried the patient is going to use this IV for some kind of drug use? If he is addicted he will just get some needle and sooner or later will get high anyway

@lisalulu1832

2 жыл бұрын

Because they have a clean access to their veins RIGHT NOW. If they've been in the hospital they haven't gotten their drug of choice and more than likely going through withdrawals. No having to search for a needle, they just need their supply.

@annakowalska4323

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisalulu1832 oh I get it, thanks for replying❤️

@tyoidbone

2 жыл бұрын

@@annakowalska4323 The other issue, apart from drug use, is that an IV cannula is a source of infection. The risk of developing a serious skin or blood infection increases every day it is left in.

LOL I once had a patient go missing off the floor who had a heart monitor and an IV. We looked for him everywhere and finally got a call from the liquor store down the street from the hospital that a man in a hospital gown was trying to buy a bottle of liquor. The police had to bring him back then he refused to get out of the car and the floor nurse had to go down with his clothes and papers to sign for him to go AMA. She took the heart monitor back and took the IV out and the cops took him home. I told her she should have tried to get her hospital gown back too. Oh and I forgot the IV was heplocked so all he had was access not the whole pole thing. 🤣🤣🤣

@tomwhone9804

2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe, except for the alcohol part, that guy sounded a lot like me. As a die-hard smoker, I've snuck out and gone missing a few times. I'd be across the street from the hospital with the IV setup on wheels, smoking away.

I once came close to running off with an I.V. I had a nasty anxiety reaction to the anti-nausea medication in said I.V. Got to love when they need to give you a med to counteract the med needed to counteract the side effect of a just prescribed med.

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!! The worse reaction I have ever had to a medication was when they gave me IV Phenergan for nausea and it made me feel like I was losing mind...couldn't sit still...even just my clothing touching my skin drove me crazy!!

@s_rofbear

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimateProductions Akathisia? It’s awful!!! I get that as a side effect from Droperidol (which they use as an anti-nausea med for me because I don’t have the genes needed to process Ondanestron).

@TheEmbersFromAshes

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimateProductions I was in the hospital for a long time once, close to a month, and they were giving me IM phenergan. It totally screwed up my skin for nearly two years, nerve pain, etc. It's on my hell no list now.

@ramzymoubarak6398

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am a pharmacist and in fact the same exact thing happened to me when I was sick in the ER after receiving Reglan. Severe akathisia. I just left the ER and removed the peripheral IV myself. In the moment (being sick from something else and tired) I did not think of it too much and panicked but in retrospect I believe the nurse pushed the medication too quickly. It was the first time I ever received Reglan and I don't believe I will ever want to again...

@sunflowers730

2 жыл бұрын

My mom once had a doctor tell her, " were gonna prescribe this medication, and it'll have these side effects, but that's OK because we'll also prescribe this other medication to counter the side effects ". My mom told the doctor, no they wouldn't, because she wasn't taking the first medication !

This isn't even that crazy if you grew up around druggies lol. I asked the hospital in my new area if people do this here too and they looked at me like I'm insane but an old ass Dr/Nurse that was there said "so I'm guessing you're from the Bay area and not LA." N i said "How'd you know?!" N he said "cuz y'all are the only transplants that ask that question. And no we make sure people don't leave with I.V lines in and if they run security is already on it." 😂🤣😂🤣

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

LA? As in Los Angeles or Louisiana?

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

"Cause y'all are the only transplants that ask that question" Like people go around just casually asking the ER staff if drug addicts tend to run away with their IV lines in at that particular facility... i call bullshit🙄

@PirateNikki

2 жыл бұрын

r/thathappened

@andiward7068

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimateProductions the "y'all" puts it as Louisiana

@TheEmbersFromAshes

2 жыл бұрын

People in LA run away with IVs in too. Went to nursing school in Los Angeles and saw it happen. Never did see it happen when working in the bay Area but doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Heck as a patient I'd go outside with my IV in my robe to have a cigarette. Got yelled at by the nurses upon return every time.

As a Christian, I would never care if my nurse was gay or not. I would just be so grateful someone is there to take care of me. It takes a special heart regardless of who you are to be a nurse.

Your videos crack me up. Thank you for the laughs. It's soooo needed in a time like this.

As an ICU nurse I just love this guy's comedy.

Love, love it!! Summer teeth. LOL!!! Never heard that before!!

You're such a good actor. Those abrupt pauses depict a call so well. Good job👌🏻

damn those calls asking about the wait time.if you have time to call it’s not an emergency 🤬 btw love the summer teeth 🤣

@kayg7438

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guilty of this. Once when I had really bad pelvic pain, I called about three ERs to see which ones were less packed and then went there.

@tinkeramma

2 жыл бұрын

My local area actually has technology to tell you where wait times are lowest. While it may not be an emergency, some urgent needs still have to be treated in the ER, not urgent care.

@rebecca1294

2 жыл бұрын

I have called about wait times when I actually thought I was dying, ended up needing emergency surgery. So! While most of the time that's true, definitely not all the time. ^_^

@ArabicLover101

2 жыл бұрын

What’s summer teeth?

Hahahah OMG the face expressions when you're trying to remain nice on the phone........soo true. Nice job.

Dude, after that kind of day, drink tab is on me. 😂

Your startled face was PERFECT! This is too funny and filled with brilliant puns.

"summer there and summer not" LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂 pretty spot on… glad we have a spot that serves drinks in the morning for night shifters 😋

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

You do?? Wow

@jacquir8331

2 жыл бұрын

👍🍸

@carliney

2 жыл бұрын

There was a bar that we would hit up after work in the morning and I was always amazed how there was people who were already there having their ‘breakfast drinks’ before starting their day.

@ChanaRo613

2 жыл бұрын

I've gone to the casino and drank at 8 AM...Night Shift Happy Hour!

@janharg1

2 жыл бұрын

I used to work in a hospital near Parkland in Dallas; there was a restaurant there that served their whole menu all day, with drinks, so you could get beer and a burger after a night shift.

I love how these are like mini sitcoms

"does anyone wanna get a drink after work" Me without a shred of hesitation throwing sense to the wind: "I do!"

I love the names. I used to live in Kansas. Mr. Kansas is real. I also appreciate the March Madness references 😂

the thing that sucks about the " Summer Teeth" is funny to a point but I recently had a heart attack and acute myocarditis from the second vaccine, the day I got released I got into a really bad car accident and my airbag didn't deploy, my face hit the dashboard full force knocking out three of my bottom teeth, I've never used drugs I'm a phlebotomy, and a MA I also am a hospice nurse, and now I'm looked like a crackhead wherever I go so I wear a mask everywhere. I guess it just hit home with me because not all ppl are drug addicted just because they are missing teeth, I can't wait to get partial dentures cause I'll never be able to afford implants.

@amethyst5538

2 жыл бұрын

I finally got my two top teeth fixed this summer. I have been saving for 7 years to be able to afford it. Wearing a face mask was a god send to my self esteem during this past two years. I can relate. The southern accent, drawl I have a drawl doesn't help...cause some stereotypes....yea they exist.🙁

This has to be the funniest man on the internet

At that point I'd be drinking on the job 🤣 I don't know how you did it 😅🙌

Some of our patients teeth are like the stars…they come out at night.

In the past when I was being treated, I was stuck in the toilet and my panicked mother didn't think of looking for me in the toilet and instead immediately called the police. My mother thought I ran away because I didn't want to have treatment 😑

@Pateetchka

Жыл бұрын

Are you european or do you literally mean the toilet bowl? Because I'm picturing your butt stuck in the toilet bowl.

I am thankful to be a retired registered nurse after 40 years of service. The last 27 years as a Mental Health Care Practioner in a semi-rural clinic. Now that was a lot of regular work interspersed with total chaos and drama! Never boring, though! I appreciate your posts, young man, doet so voort!

Yeah totally they need a drink like that is so exhausting 😭😥🥺❤️❤️

This has become one my new favorite channels. And I have SO MUCH MORE RESPECT for E.R. staff and, next time I have to go there (which I pray isn't anytime soon or, better yet, ever) I will be so stinkin' polite and patient as possible to every staff member. You're making the world a better place with your humor and your truth! 🌈The More You Know!

i assume Mr. Kansas is scared someone will recognise him 🙄

Most recent ER visit the nurse noted in my chart that I had an IV. I didn't have an IV. Police called 20 minutes after I left and that was a weird conversation. 😂

There goes one of my daydreams of professional jobs having less problems than kitchen jobs

I work in an er too and this is pretty much an every day routine for us

The running IV is easy to find, the one with the hep lock... that gets way harder and usually is off the floor between doses of antibiotics and they lifted all the sandwiches and sodas from meal cart.

@wufftwenty-sixteen5567

2 жыл бұрын

Hep lock?

@jesicad.685

2 жыл бұрын

Might be referring to the contraptions often used on morphine or other pain killer IVs. It's locked in a case so the bag can't be messed with. I worked transport, which meant I was in charge of wheeling patients around the hospital for various scans and operations. Part of the job included sanitizing equipment during downtime. We were supposed to immediately report if any of those lockboxes still contained a bag so it could be properly disposed of.

@escha_b

2 жыл бұрын

@@wufftwenty-sixteen5567 heparin lock, it’s heparinized saline used to ‘lock’ the line between uses so it doesn’t get a blood clot and make the iv useless. Usually used with mid-lines and picc lines, always with central lines.

@MorriAelthyn

2 жыл бұрын

@@wufftwenty-sixteen5567 hep lock is like an IV that's disconnected, but can quickly reconnect. They tend to put them in women in labor "just in case" they need emergency medication or blood transfusion, even if they don't actually need an IV at first.

I was today years old when I learned this. I just assumed people were like "gotta go, I'll figure out this IV situation later."

This was like 3 sketches in one 😂 loved it!

@kayg7438

2 жыл бұрын

It was really well crafted! So impressed.

Eventually, the stress had me eating lunch in the vehicle, isolated, in the parking deck. I can relate. But not the eating patient’s turkey sandwiches😆😆😆

@OregonSingles

Жыл бұрын

I'd share; those turkey sandwiches are especially tasty considering all things. Might be the right combo of protein, carbs, iceberg that's filling and energizing. I'm thinking now they were a bit more abundant at off hours and better quality because kitchens knew they were actually making them mostly for staff 😄 and Patient’s lucky enough to have staff offer when all other actual meal times were missed because of testing or procedures, or instructions.

Well damn. Why didn't I think of this shit when I was in active addiction 😐. My veins were a damn mess & trying to find them was excruciating. Should've studied harder. I was kidding about everything except the active addiction part. Been clean 6 years. Thank you Jesus 🙌

When the Charge Nurse says "That's the 5th patient you've brought me! what's going on out there?!" I'm like, I keep asking the same question! You're one of three hospitals I go to, This has been my 10th call, and we've only been on shift for 9 hours! We still have 15 more to go!"

"summer there and summer gone...😂" CLASSIC!!! I never lost a patient with an IV, but day shift had a guy elope from our telemetry floor with an INT. He got in a bus in a gown, with the ID bracelet, and INT. He went home, and came back on the bus just before my nightshift....lucky me. I had him and a guy about to go through the DTs....AND I was the code nurse for the night. I mean... could I get any luckier 😂?

Love your videos. This one reminded me of the time my Dad left the hospital with an IV so he could go home and eat. He just had surgery and was on a morphine drip ... yeah the police found him a block away from our house lol he will never live it down no more morphine for him EVER

The more of these videos I see the more I know I would never be able to handle this job 😅😖🤣

@Godblessed2

2 жыл бұрын

Right?! Lol

@lavonnelewis1622

Жыл бұрын

As a retired ER nurse, I just said the serenity prayer everyday before work. It helped.

I don't leave AMA with an IV in. Last time, I pulled the IV out & blood spurted all over the cabinets & the floor. The nurse came in, freaked & yelled @ me for taking it out! & then I left! Kids, don't try this @ home...

I just love you!! Thank you for the laughs 😁💝

summer teeth lmaooo "summer there and summer not" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's foul bruh

Hearing him saying ER a lot, sounds cozy like home to me now haha

OMG I totally can relate the IV runner. When I was pregnant I had a PICC line and before I knew the "value" if a semi permanent IV line I always wondered why people in the ER were jealous 😂🤣😂🤣 I had that shit for my ENTIRE pregnancy and hated it and they were envious. Was until after nursing school I knew why 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

You’re seriously going to have go on stage this is brilliant. “Summer teeth” is the best

Does anyone want to get a drink after work? Patient 2 : I do !

Earlier this year I experienced getting an IV cannula put in for the first time and I really empathise with those who need PICC lines or semi-permanent IV ports - I can't imagine how unpleasant it would be to have one that wasn't designed to be used long-term.

@lrmackmcbride7498

11 ай бұрын

I had a central venous port for chemo. Putting it in hurt a little but taking it out was painless. Having it was nice. Almost impossible to miss and first stick was good every time.

@seaztheday4418

11 ай бұрын

@@lrmackmcbride7498 We asked about me getting a port, since I kept ending up in hospital every 1-2 months (chronic illness), but apparently that's drug-seeker behaviour and merely asking about it influenced the level of care I received :( Edit: I should add that my original comment was made before hospital visits and cannulas started to become a regular thing for me. Since then, I've had a really bad experience where it took three nurses and a phlebotomist over 20 attempts to set an IV, including attempts on each foot. I suppose it was good exposure therapy, I no longer have any anxiety about needles, lol.

To think that my infusion center sent me home with an IV to avoid having to place one every day for IV antibiotics 🤦‍♀️ I’m an easy stick with no fear of needles but for some reason they thought leaving the IV was safer. I had urgent care remove it and went to a different hospital to request a picc line and they obliged. Maybe they understood I was clueless about drugs. I wonder if this still happens.

Lovely to see that in US the patients are the same as in Gemany.

A shout-out to all the people who help others in their time of need. 💕 U all

I worked in emergency for five years and you hit it exactly!!!! Summer teeth🤣🤣🤣

I have absolutely done that. I was removing it myself as I was on my way out the door to the sidewalk. Wasn't because I wanted to use it to get high, it was because I was late for my appointment with my neurosurgeon, whose office was upstairs in the very same hospital, after I had been waiting to get in to see him for months. The nurses were NOT happy, but I was tracked down in his waiting room, holding gauze where my I.V. had been, so 🤷‍♂️

@tinkeramma

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, it can take forever to get in with neuro. You were walking distance!

There are two kinds of patients: The ones that come in everytime they stub their toe. And ones who know the cost of going and will wait till they're one foot in the grave.

I can attest to the fact that this is 1000% true! I'm an EMT && I got sick of waiting for them to take out my IV && bring the discharge papers that I didn't even need. Soooo... I took out my own IV, got a paper towel && gently placed it where it could be easily seen. No one even batted an eye as I left. My phone is ALWAYS on silent && I didn't realize the hospital had called me a MILLION times! I barely made it home to pee, change my kid's diaper, washed up && was about to start dinner.... when BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG on my door. My oldest kid was like, "Uhm... mom. I'm pretty sure it's the cops." I was sooooo confused. Cops??? Why cops?? Since when is it illegal to leave the ER without discharge papers?? At first, they were quite shitty with me, until I pulled up my sleeve - showing no IV whatsoever. I had placed a cotton ball && a piece of gauze over it myself when I removed the IV... && the cops even made me remove that. I felt like it was SOOOO stupid - until I realized the reasoning behind it! 😆

Once I was admitted to the ER and they took me in within an few hours. I had food poisoning. The doctor said I needed to be hydrated. So they pop in a Peripheral venous catheter for the IV liquid. But I never gotten the liquid. It was just the catheter stuck in my vain. I was now sitting in the ER for 6 hours just with the darn catheter. I was going up to the nurse station once an hour they just told me go sit down. At this point 6 hours later after I seen the doctor and he said that I really needed to be hydrated. I ask the nurse once again I need water. She said no. So I asked where is the water fountain. So just rolled her eyes and sat down. This point I am thirsty hungry and tired. So I went into the bathroom drink some water from the sink. Then I said f*** this s***. I went to a different part of the ER asked if they would help me figure out why am I sitting with out an IV drip. They sat me in the same area as before. So I went back up to the same nurse she said sit down again. I said do you know why I am here or even know my name. I been here for 7 hours now please help me. Then I got very upset I went to the other side of the ER again. I said you better take the catheter out of me. The nurse said no. So I preceded to pull it out myself. But a different nurse came and took it out. As the 3rd nurse pulled it out; the original nurse said oh I found your file and ha ha you do need fluids. I just gave her a dirty look and walked out. I just went to 7-11 got some Pedialyte and went home to go to sleep. Next day I went to my family doctor she took a stool sample and gave me some antibiotics because I had bacteria due to the food. I have diabetes and a heart condition they didn't believe me for some reason when I told them I need to eat because I getting low blood sugar. They just need to look at my wrist band and my file to see my condition. And they were not busy. They just had 9 patients in the ER in total. 3 doctors, and my wing had 7 nurses just in my wing. The other wings had 3 nurses in each section. 15 orderly and 3 security guards. I had time to count.

@sentient_roomba7035

2 жыл бұрын

Don't go to the er with food poisoning they can't do anything about it

@sunflowerlovingsoprano

2 жыл бұрын

That’s terrible!

@michelleduhe1150

2 жыл бұрын

"I had time to count" 🤣 That really sucks that you went through that. If you ever need to be in the ER or hospital again, hopefully you'll have a better experience!!

I love how I get into his videos like it's a TV show an he plays every character omg I wish he did have his own e.r show an he played all the different characters he does it so freaking good 😊

@kirstenwyatt9675

2 жыл бұрын

He put out a video recently saying he is trying to work on making one!

Bruh the turkey sandwich bit was on point and totally relatable hahaha

I was an Agency Nurse covering a 12 hour shift for a sick nurse at a nursing home. I came down with Kidney Stones & couldn't make the last 2 hours. I was vomiting, shaking, feverish, & walking with a Limp. The DON asked me to stay & refused to call me an ambulance. I drove 90 miles an hour to a hospital 35 min away. Kept pulling over to vomit. Parked car crooked. Limped into ER. Told nurse my name, problem etc. I was in SO MUCH PAIN - I couldn't Stop CUSSING LIKE A SAILOR!!! I kept vomiting puddles & hopping up & down to the bathroom in pain. The ER Nurse thought I was a Mental Patient!!! She tied me down to the arms of the bed. I BROKE the bed & dragged each side rail with me to my doorway. I SCREAMED FOR THE DOCTORS - I'M A NURSE - it's kidney stones. MORPHINE SHOT!!! I screamed & bawled & Vomited & cussed!!! I collapsed on the floor. Three Doctors ran over - noted where my pain was & scooped me up on a stretcher. Gave me a morphine shot & I was hauled into Surgery. They had to cut my arm ties Cos side rails were dragging. LATER I found out the Nurse was Fired & I was Never Billed for the Surgery. 😢

I hope you see this message, you are absolutely brightening my very trying months. ❤️🙏😘 keep up the good work

It seems that every ER in the US has the same "menu": dry turkey sandwiches, pudding snacks, applesauce, saltines, and apple juice.

@PrimateProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@andiward7068

2 жыл бұрын

Things that are unlikely to irritate stomach/bowels and are easy to digest.

@theshadowfax239

2 жыл бұрын

We have graham crackers too!

@TheEmbersFromAshes

2 жыл бұрын

Have never been able to eat in the ER as am usually there for an obstruction and eating is last thing I want to do. Didn't even know there was snack food or patient trays in the ER.

@felicitygee381

2 жыл бұрын

Here in the UK we have vending machines in A&E. They don't always work either. Nor do they have applejuice and crackers 😞

As a police officer I can say I never give more of an eye roll than when a hospital wants us to track down a patient that left with their IV in. Guess what we do if they don’t want to return? We do nothing.

Thirty years ago, I was a run away patient with an iv but just because I was medicated to the gills and had to pee. Badly. Ended up in the ER after having my wisdom teeth removed. Discovered I am extremely allergic to codeine. Bad reaction. Very bad. Went to from ER to ICU to be monitored. Woke up to all hands on deck trying to subdue someone freaking out. But I HAD TO PEE. So my medicated brain thought better not bother the busy people. Got out of bed, grabbed the iv pole, walked right by the over worked staff dealing with nutso and went searching for a toilet. After a blissful release, came out of room and couldn't remember where I should go back too! So my iv pole and I went for a walk, searching. Some old guy, just visiting a friend, saw me and was escorting me back when security came running. Spent the rest of my visit with restraints on. Found out that not only am I allergic to codeine but also most opiates. Sucked for doctors treating me and when I fractured a rib years later. Doctors always look at me in horror when I tell them of my allergies. And laugh when I tell my story. Then they attach the patient out of bed alarm, with a smirk.

I'd be just fine with a gay nurse, matter of fact they seem a lot nicer sometimes, I just had one a few days ago, he was lovely, almost all of them were lovely tbh as well as the janitorial staff, tiny kindnesses matter when you're sick, right down to the smile a lady gave me after cleaning up my blood off the floor... I felt SO bad

Lets just say that was the most embarissing call of my WHOLE life. Having to explain that I "lost" a patient and how that is actually possible while getting yelled at from the others for being to slow (very stressfull night and we needed every hand).

@tinkeramma

2 жыл бұрын

It's not like your patients are mannequins. We get up, move around, and do crazy things. Plus, there's more of us than there are of you!

@derwolf3006

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinkeramma Way more... But well thats the fun!

@tinkeramma

2 жыл бұрын

@@derwolf3006 And cases where there are more nurses than patient are SCARY. My daughter spent some time assigned like that around a year old. Fragile kiddo with a long list of conditions and a candida infection in her blood. Bless those nurses who worked tirelessly to save her. We had 5 1/2 more beautiful years before the conditions she was born with stole all quality of life and we said goodbye. She went to school. She became a big sister. She made memories as a little sister with a daughter who was not, during those scary days, old enough to make her own memories and grew to be during those 5 years. It may not have been 100 years, but I am so grateful for the time those nurses gave us. And I hope they're working outnumbered again.

Love all your different characters, good actor !!!

Thanks for shedding the light of reality on healthcare professionals' jobs.