Specialties Emergency
Published Apr 24, 2012
Reaching under commercial lawn-mower to remove stick. Mower running. Started with 10, ended with 6.
IEDave, ASN, CNA, LVN
386 Posts
This one dates back to 1978:
Overheard through privacy curtain in local ER - "Would you go up on the roof and get Daddy's finger..."
Mind you - I was 14, had just taken a 40 foot tumble down a cliff that required 6 rangers and about 3 hours to extricate me from, had a right wrist about the diameter of an unsliced bologna ('bout 5 inches or so) courtesy of a fractured radial and a wrist full of gravel, and what I remember most was that comment. Upon listening further - apparently Dad opted to do some DIY home repair (this was years before Home Depot, BTW) & install a rooftop swamp cooler. From the sounds of things, the situation degenerated into man vs. swamp cooler, and the cooler won that round. Didn't sound like it was ETOH-fueled, just basic XY stupidity at work.
Dad & I were both slugging it out for "stupid male of the week", and I'm pretty sure I actually won. Not sure if Dad's finger was successfully reattached, but I did manage to survive my adolescence. Just barely.
----- Dave
"My husband is an idiot."
Obviously a new wife - an experienced one would've known that instinctively!
jrbl77, RN
250 Posts
My mom did the lawn mowerr thing when I was in 6th grade- am now 55. Our lawn mower had an attchment for a hose to help in cleaning the mower. Hose wan't tight and she tried to tighten it. Can still see the blood on the floor and her with her hand in a towel. She cut the tips off of several fingers on her hand. Remember her crying during the healing process. I cut the grass after that episode!
I am sitting here laughing out loud! love some of these " accidents" Another accident that I am aware- young man decides to light farts - match to butt, burnt shorts. Luckily no injury!
nursemae
12 Posts
Young Soldier (Gods bless Privates...) finds a training UXO (unexplored ordinance). Tries to detonate said UXO, no luck. Takes it back to camp. Tinkers with it some more. Tries again to detonate it, no luck. Dismantles it some, tinkers some more. It finally detonates, while he's holding it of course. Fortunately he had thick leather gloves on, which took a large amount of the thermal damage. One was half gone, half fused to his hand. Remarkably, he retained all his fingers but won himself a lengthy round of wound care...As he was explaining the saga during triage, he stopped at one point and said "Now that I'm saying all this it was a pretty dumb idea Ma'am..."Yes honey, yes it was.
thelema13
263 Posts
The RN (me) that turned around and punched the wall after a patient/bed combo rolled over right foot. Boxer's fx and great toe fx, and a worker's comp claim in the works. Wonder how that will go?
Dixielee, BSN, RN
1,222 Posts
Ouch!! Note to self: Always hit wall with open hand, not fist!
Isn't this job sooooo rewarding :)
rgroyer1RNBSN, BSN, RN
395 Posts
Ouch!! Note to self: Always hit wall with open hand, not fist!Isn't this job sooooo rewarding :)
merrywhiterose
286 Posts
Hah! I was going to make the same comment about "usually male".
Male teenager trying to explain how he "fell" onto a curtain rod, impaling it in his orifice.
silverbat
617 Posts
Male teenager trying to explain how he "fell" onto a curtain rod, impaling it in his orifice. >>>
was he playing spiderman???? LOL
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 20,908 Posts
*insert object name here* inserted squarely up the butt......"I fell on it". Uh huh you have barbie dolls just littered around your house huh.
I had a patient with a carrot....they said it was an accident.......I said sure.....like you slipped and fell Butt naked in the vegetable bin..... Yeah right...