Specialties Emergency
Published Dec 3, 2013
Sassy5d
558 Posts
Anyone care to share any new and possibly 'fun' things you've seen or learned about lately??
I'll start. A pt under the age of 40 who had no risk factors for anything.. Ended up with a pneumothorax. Came in with CP.
brithoover
244 Posts
Anyone care to share any new and possibly 'fun' things you've seen or learned about lately?? I'll start. A pt under the age of 40 who had no risk factors for anything.. Ended up with a pneumothorax. Came in with CP.
My male friend age 27 and brother in law age 24 both had tension pneumos and ended up with chest tubes. They were told tall skinny males are at risk
Anna Flaxis, BSN, RN
1 Article; 2,816 Posts
Perforated Viscus, in for knee pain.
Uh-huh.
Look it up.
How was it found? What was the precipitating factor?
Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN
2,365 Posts
Security guard at hospital bitten by angry patient. Doc decided to perform a PPD. (Not sure if pt history had anything to do with it - but security doesn't have annual PPDs).
Security guard's PPD positive.
Security guard sent for Chest Xray.
Boom - stage IV lung CA. Not a smoker, no symptoms, middle aged healthy male.
tech1000
210 Posts
Tension pneumos are skinny white man syndrome. My friend had one at 19. 6'8" and skinny as can be.
The pneumo I was referring to wasn't a skinny white man, nor a man
It was a shock
Lunah, MSN, RN
14 Articles; 13,767 Posts
The pneumo I was referring to wasn't a skinny white man, nor a man It was a shock
I have a patient who comes in with an annual spontaneous pneumo. She's not skinny, white, nor male. lol. Our bodies don't always read the manual.
msjellybean
277 Posts
Security guard at hospital bitten by angry patient. Doc decided to perform a PPD. (Not sure if pt history had anything to do with it - but security doesn't have annual PPDs).Security guard's PPD positive. Security guard sent for Chest Xray.Boom - stage IV lung CA. Not a smoker, no symptoms, middle aged healthy male.
Anecdote from when I was a floor nurse... had a rapid response code on a patient and by the time EKG got there, she was already to the ICU. They ended up performing the EKG on her roommate (oops!). But here's the kicker - found new ST elevation.
ohiobobcat
887 Posts
Little old lady coming via EMS with low back pain- no other complaints. EMS put her on the monitor in the rig per their protocol- she was in SVT. Weirdest SVT presentation I've ever seen.
thelema13
263 Posts
Frequent flyer came in with elbow pain, diagnosed with a new pregnancy.
Two different people I know were in the ED after car accidents and found out they were six months pregnant. Both babies turned out fine and both moms had no injuries from the accidents.