tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post3577168191303485795..comments2024-03-28T10:32:27.517+03:00Comments on Stories from the trauma bay: AdviceDocBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-35259344516583623712016-09-15T04:35:15.414+03:002016-09-15T04:35:15.414+03:00We have to deobstipate constipated cats far too fr...We have to deobstipate constipated cats far too frequently... If enemas, IV fluids, and massage don't help we anesthetize them and manually remove poop as well. Gauze forceps = turd tongs. WORST smell... GAGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-83152460596991102952016-08-31T22:36:33.425+03:002016-08-31T22:36:33.425+03:00Yeah sometimes "withdrawing life support"...Yeah sometimes "withdrawing life support" literally means "starve the patient to (full) death". I often think it would be more humane to just give them a morphine overdose and be done.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-58907187175043014182016-08-28T22:49:44.533+03:002016-08-28T22:49:44.533+03:00And before I get roasted I've just spent 60 da...And before I get roasted I've just spent 60 days with a good friend who lost her 22 year old to a drowning, and was by all definition brain dead, except her heart was beating and she was breathing, erratically. Without somatic support. Apparently, all but the tiny bit in her brain stem was dead which kept her from ever recovering ever, but still allowed her to breath and heart to beat. Mom accepted this with lots and lots of phone calls between us, Mom chose comfort care, removed the feeding tube, and IV, moved her to hospice and she actually died, like dead dead 14 days later at 68 pounds, from the day she actually died at 118 pounds. Not your average housewife https://www.blogger.com/profile/07162052262629801014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-49093596118634823992016-08-28T22:37:28.185+03:002016-08-28T22:37:28.185+03:00Ok, so I'm probably going to go to hell for sa...Ok, so I'm probably going to go to hell for saying this, much less thinking this but I'll say it anyway. If Jahi McMath is at home in the care of her family, I hope a storm knocks out power to their house for about an hour. For Jahi's sake. Not your average housewife https://www.blogger.com/profile/07162052262629801014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-5979486184926305032016-08-26T17:52:38.197+03:002016-08-26T17:52:38.197+03:00See here: http://www.docbastard.net/2016/08/bad-jo...See here: http://www.docbastard.net/2016/08/bad-journalism.htmlDocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-28704976151423245442016-08-26T17:52:22.709+03:002016-08-26T17:52:22.709+03:00A fine question. I haven't any idea.A fine question. I haven't any idea.DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-16897754043629002062016-08-26T17:52:04.243+03:002016-08-26T17:52:04.243+03:00I was ready for a literal shit storm. Fortunately ...I was ready for a literal shit storm. Fortunately it didn't happen.DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-6606369277715949532016-08-26T17:51:41.663+03:002016-08-26T17:51:41.663+03:00Robin - it did seem somewhat molded to his rectum....Robin - it did seem somewhat molded to his rectum.DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-89203232455483582812016-08-26T17:51:11.847+03:002016-08-26T17:51:11.847+03:00If it's that big and caught under the sacrum, ...If it's that big and caught under the sacrum, no.DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-68518684145178692502016-08-26T06:37:29.680+03:002016-08-26T06:37:29.680+03:00and much of the media is buying the family story t...and much of the media is buying the family story that he died, today.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-68506788678809888762016-08-26T05:52:39.037+03:002016-08-26T05:52:39.037+03:00I've also heard tell of the guys who decided t...I've also heard tell of the guys who decided that an enema using concrete sounded like a terrific idea until they couldn't get it out again; it eventually was removed (non-surgically, IIRC), and showed in exquisite detail all the various features of the recipient's colon. (Have you ever noticed that most of the time it's guys doing this kind of thing? Sexual orientation doesn't necessarily matter, either; testosterone seems to be the deciding point. This seems to be yet another of those things I'll just never understand about men, kind of along the lines of why they all seem to like the Three Stooges. *shakes head*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-18657612929289034272016-08-26T05:47:58.871+03:002016-08-26T05:47:58.871+03:00Quite possibly, or bowel perforation, depending on...Quite possibly, or bowel perforation, depending on what went where--a former hairdresser of mine used to tell tales of his rough youth in New Jersey, where gang member friends would carry sharpened umbrellas for doling out justice; they'd stuff the umbrella where the sun don't shine and then *open it up* as much as possible. Don't know if they ever killed anyone that way, but it can't possibly have done them any good. (How the hell this guy ended up in northern rural New Hampshire giving Dorothy Hamill cuts in the late '70s, I'll never know.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-21308483621660349582016-08-26T05:40:28.264+03:002016-08-26T05:40:28.264+03:00On a totally different and far more serious note: ...On a totally different and far more serious note: little Israel Stinson has finally been allowed to pass away peacefully; a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles lifted the restraining order keeping him on life support, and the hospital disconnected him today. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BRAIN_DEAD_BOY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-25-21-55-57 <br /><br />(If someone knows how to fix/shorten this link, please feel free to do so; I hate cluttering up Doc's page like this.)<br /><br />The parents, of course, are both devastated and furious, but little Israel is at peace, and at least he won't become the main attraction in the kind of sideshow in which poor Jahi's continued existence (because it sure as hell isn't any kind of "life") has been featured. Losing a child is horrible and heartbreaking (as my parents are all too aware), but being trapped in that twilight between life and death is no place for anyone, patient or family, to be--you *have* to grieve and go on, as hard as it is, especially if you have other children. May they all find peace...and may Jahi eventually find it, too, sooner rather than later, for her sake. (Sorry to natter on, but it's kind of an emotional topic for some of us.)RobinTMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09326597489391305116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-76114794949566887622016-08-25T03:56:02.268+03:002016-08-25T03:56:02.268+03:00What I want to know, is, what happened to these pe...What I want to know, is, what happened to these people before modern medicine? Did our ancestors die of ass obstruction on the regular?Kerlyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08639143351713006231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-46069876077953363142016-08-24T06:29:57.135+03:002016-08-24T06:29:57.135+03:00I'd think if he had repeat customers for this ...I'd think if he had repeat customers for this sort of thing, he would have already told us. Keep up the great stories doc! These ones always bring a smile to my face. And disgust but still.<br />ConnorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-26763892772591460652016-08-24T05:38:02.478+03:002016-08-24T05:38:02.478+03:00Robin, that's what I was thinking too. Body he...Robin, that's what I was thinking too. Body heat won't completely "melt" the wax into a liquid that would easily run out, but it could have softened it to a degree of flexibility that would have ended up molding itself into conformance with the shape of Jack's lower regions. Scarabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999961861218673544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-77653382620174652722016-08-23T18:57:29.454+03:002016-08-23T18:57:29.454+03:00I wonder if Jack thought the pleasure was worth it...I wonder if Jack thought the pleasure was worth it after this experience. Doc, do you get "repeat offenders" for RFO removal, or do these guys learn their lesson? (I would doubt it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-34304463112648516772016-08-23T13:14:20.753+03:002016-08-23T13:14:20.753+03:00Were you a little concerned that the stool softene...Were you a little concerned that the stool softeners might have taken effect, and you were uncorking a shit geyser?Jonathan Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969795168617852589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-6163403241289432742016-08-23T06:30:40.839+03:002016-08-23T06:30:40.839+03:00I was watching a video some years back at an scree...I was watching a video some years back at an screening sponsored by a local adult toy shop that used to host various community events (which is how I ended up meeting Ron Jeremy and being hit on by Annie Sprinkle, but not at the same event...yes, I know some strange people); this particular event was called "Mystery Sin-ema 2000", and featured a compliation of amusing porn film clips. The clip in question featured three gentlemen and a very large toy of the type described above; the anal contractions of the fellow using the toy were such that it kept being sucks in and out to a truly alarming degree, and I really expected to see it disappear completely at some point...so no, I'm not surprised that Doc has encountered them in the course of his career.<br /><br />(I'm also guessing that, had Jack come in immediately, the candle probably could have been removed either intact or in large pieces rather than piecemeal, and that body heat and normal daily movements helped mold it such that, combined with its size, this was impossible given the amount of time that had passed. Does this sound about right?)RobinTMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09326597489391305116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-34301555957142433982016-08-23T05:56:24.139+03:002016-08-23T05:56:24.139+03:00There are many poorly designed butt toys that simp...There are many poorly designed butt toys that simply don't have a large enough flange to prevent the suckage. Smaller narrower toys have smaller flanges. Bigger toys can have larger flanges but because the toy is larger and things are now the great wide open, it can still suck in the flange if it's not at least twice the diameter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-6308551404032745072016-08-23T03:52:40.857+03:002016-08-23T03:52:40.857+03:00makes me wonder if some of them get caught using i...makes me wonder if some of them get caught using it and try to hide it.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-31452724254464318632016-08-23T02:31:15.688+03:002016-08-23T02:31:15.688+03:00Yes they do. I've pulled several of them out o...Yes they do. I've pulled several of them out of the abyss. DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-8249561280015182032016-08-23T01:10:23.037+03:002016-08-23T01:10:23.037+03:00They do make toys specifically designed not to get...They do make toys specifically designed not to get sucked inti the abyssSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160474063593343683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-68510603105258762152016-08-23T00:13:22.591+03:002016-08-23T00:13:22.591+03:00Remember I wrote on your last RFO story about the ...Remember I wrote on your last RFO story about the old guy with candle up his butt. This was in 1972, and I was a new nurse 18 years old. I don't remember how old he was, 50-60 yrs old. This was back when a patient stayed ages in the hospital. But he escaped before I was able to take his vitals again. We never got to know what scent the candle was. <br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-23537282794262110482016-08-22T23:23:06.273+03:002016-08-22T23:23:06.273+03:00So...question, for the sake of...science. Wouldn&#...So...question, for the sake of...science. Wouldn't peristaltic action of your GI tract eventually push the mass out...?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326291050699367229noreply@blogger.com