soapaddictOH replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency
The other one I LOVE is toothache. You do an assessment and they have 3 teeth left in their mouth, 2 of them are half rotten and the other one is on it's way out. They are spitting copious amounts of...
soapaddictOH replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency
A lady who came in for a big bump on her ankle. She had xrays done and everything. Then when it started itching she figured out she had been bitten by some kind of bug. If I hadn't been there I...
I left the ED for PACU and I don't like it. It's boring to me. It isn't much of a challenge for me, maybe not fast paced anough? I am leaving PACU after 2 years of trying to like it, and going back...
soapaddictOH replied to mint_julep7's topic in Burn
An ex- con with psych issues, he took an iron and burned his eyes, ears and mouth. He lost both of his ears and had his eyelids sewn shut for months. He was actually one of the nicest patients on...