Scary doctors!!!

[LadyBugLass]

NO NAMES HERE PLEASE....

What is the worst thing you have ever seen a doctor do?

I'll start...an ER resident gave a patient with a third degree block lidocaine, despite my partner reminding him that it was a BAD idea. Well, you can guess the outcome. He used to be really cocky and condescending; now, he's just as polite and humble as can be, and turned into a really great doctor!! I saw him on "Trauma-Life in the ER" not too long ago!!

My preceptor told me about a truly terrifying surgeon. She had an ICU pt. with a HUGE, massively infected abdominal surgical wound that was left open for all of the drainage and to directly treat the infection. When the surgeon came to visit the pt., he removed the dressings to inspect the site. There was alot of pus in there, so...

HE PICKS UP THE PATIENTS TONSIL-TIP SUCTION THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE FLOOR AND STICKS IT INTO THE WOUND TO REMOVE ALL THE DRAINAGE!!:uhoh21:

When he saw B.'s jaw hit the floor, he just stared at her and said "Well, the wound's not sterile either."

[mama]

Only thing I can say is, they are sick....need some help.

[Farkinott, RN]

I worked with one doctor in a remote place. We went for a hike one afternoon after work and she pulled tapeworms out of her dog's orifice with bare hands (then wiped them on a rock!). :imbar :imbar

[Farkinott, RN]

I've also seen her pulling gangrenous toes to bits with bare hands!

[canoehead, BSN, RN]

Suctioning a wound with tonsil suction would make me gag right there. I'd have to change the ENTIRE set up just to feel half human again.

[Dinith88]

I worked with one doctor in a remote place. We went for a hike one afternoon after work and she pulled tapeworms out of her dog's orifice with bare hands (then wiped them on a rock!). :imbar :imbar

Thats nice.

[ceecel.dee, MSN, RN]

What do you think about a cardioversion without sedation...on an awake patient. We were awestruck, as was the patient.

[nursenatalie, ADN, RN]

I had a surgeon who I notified of a drainage from the wound I had noticed during dressing change. If you pressed on the wound it would just keep coming, it looked identical to what had been counted as multiple BM's. I told the doctor this emphatically, he sent the pt home the next day as he had planned without even looking at wound under dressing!

[LadyBugLass]

Saw a ob-gyn check a patient's genital warts without gloves and without washing her hands with soap (just rinsed with water).

[V. Nightingale]

Had an attending extubate a CHF patient in the ER; ya'll know the type of patient -- the kind with NO neck that it was darn near impossible to intubate the first time. His logic was "Her Sats are fine now." Yes, Dr. Moron, that's because she's on the freaking ventilator!

All the ER nurses were just kind of looking at each other when he waid he was pulling the tube, and as he extubated the pt, I casually stuck my head out the door and called to the pt's ER doctor, "Hey, uh, don't go too far, m'kay?"

Yes, we ended up reintubating in about 3 minutes, and yes, Dr. Moron had to get the ER doc to do it!

[Angela Mac]

I had spent quite alot of time giving an elderly gentleman a bilateral ear lavage with no results. It is usually common practice to send the person home with an RX for softening ear gtts & to return in several days for a repeat lavage. The MD was having a stressful day- and decided the cerumen impaction was coming out. The gentleman left the office with blood running down his neck from both ears. I had to go outside for a few moments so that I would not be tempted to express my disgust. It was obvious to see that both his eardrums had been ruptured, I hope he did not suffer hearing loss from this tramatic event. I know he must have suffered with alot of pain.

[RN4NICU, LPN, LVN]

I had spent quite alot of time giving an elderly gentleman a bilateral ear lavage with no results. It is usually common practice to send the person home with an RX for softening ear gtts & to return in several days for a repeat lavage. The MD was having a stressful day- and decided the cerumen impaction was coming out. The gentleman left the office with blood running down his neck from both ears. I had to go outside for a few moments so that I would not be tempted to express my disgust. It was obvious to see that both his eardrums had been ruptured, I hope he did not suffer hearing loss from this tramatic event. I know he must have suffered with alot of pain.

You know docs have licensing boards that regulate their practice too. Does any of this s*** ever get reported???? Yes, I know the docs protect their own, but think about it, if allegations are ever made against a doc in court or if/when that doc makes a REALLY serious mistake, don't you think it would be regarded differently if such incidents had been reported.

Example -

Defendant, Dr. A: Clean record of practice, no complaints, makes a serious error that harms a patient - claims single episode of lapse in judgement and assures it will never happen again. (medical boards do seem to buy this one on a rather regular basis, do they not?)

Defendant, Dr. B: Paper trail of multiple "mishaps", makes a serious error that harms a patient - it's a little harder for this guy to claim that he had a momentary lapse in judgement, but is really a good doctor and society would be deprived of a great physician if he lost his medical license.