We had a patient the other day that had to be fiberopticaly intubated due to a fractured C-spine. he also had a head truama so was a little loopy.
he was biting on his tube. and his nurse would periodically yell at him saying" if you bite through that you'll die!!!!!" .
later I was walking my patient (walky talky) to the bathroom. as we passed the naughty patiens room we heard the nurse yell loudly" STOP or youll DIE". my patient looked at me with a very suprised look. I couldn't stop laughing for hours..
later when the patient did bite through his tube the anesthesiologist was standing over him yelling ( just as my patient was heading to the bathroom again) "Do you want to Die" "this is very serious" , " you could DIE" "hold still or youll Die" I almost wet my pants I was lauging so hard>
