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A comment on the Rednecks Behaving Badly thread reminded me of this SC I had to deal with in the ER when I lived in North Dakota.
I had not been working in this ER for very long, but got to know the Frequent Fliers (FF) pretty quickly. We had this one Drunken Lady (DL) who was in and out for various alcohol related issues.
Now this hospital was pretty small, but one of its primary in patient drivers was its Chemical Dependency Unit. However, to go there, you have to be sober. So the hospital would have to detox a lot of patients before they could go to the rehab unit.
Because the hospital was so small, all detox patients were admitted by, and followed by, the ER physician. /bg
DL had come in the day before I worked this shift, and was trying yet again to get sober. This would be a good thing for her. She actually had a sad story. She was a former nurse and Air Force officer who got kicked out of the military because of her drinking. She was a local barfly and prostitute.
We get a call from the medical floor that she was complaining of abdominal pain and thought she might have retained a tampon. She also had a fever. So the ER doc instructed her to be sent back to the ER so he could do a pelvic exam.
I went into the room and set it up (speculum, microscope slides, swabs, sponge forceps, light). Meanwhile, the medical nurse brings the patient down.
The smell was . . . epic. She smelled like week old gym socks. That's the best descriptor I can come up with. It filled the room, and left a trail behind her. I almost left my lunch when I left her in the room to get the doc.
When he came to the room, I handed him a surgical mask. His eyebrow went up. "What's this for?" he asked.
"Trust me, you'll thank me," I said, putting mine on. It helped, though I was still gagging behind the mask.
He puts his on, and we start the exam.
He pulls out not one but THREE small grey balls with grey "tails" They looked like field mice, and smelled like YEAR old gym socks. I won't describe the fluid that came out with it.
Apparently, she was so drunk most of the time she forgot to take the old ones out before putting the new ones in. Worse yet, DL made the comment, "So that's what the guys were complaining about."
She'd been having sex with them still in.
Eeewwww just doesn't cover it, does it?
I had not been working in this ER for very long, but got to know the Frequent Fliers (FF) pretty quickly. We had this one Drunken Lady (DL) who was in and out for various alcohol related issues.
Now this hospital was pretty small, but one of its primary in patient drivers was its Chemical Dependency Unit. However, to go there, you have to be sober. So the hospital would have to detox a lot of patients before they could go to the rehab unit.
Because the hospital was so small, all detox patients were admitted by, and followed by, the ER physician. /bg
DL had come in the day before I worked this shift, and was trying yet again to get sober. This would be a good thing for her. She actually had a sad story. She was a former nurse and Air Force officer who got kicked out of the military because of her drinking. She was a local barfly and prostitute.
We get a call from the medical floor that she was complaining of abdominal pain and thought she might have retained a tampon. She also had a fever. So the ER doc instructed her to be sent back to the ER so he could do a pelvic exam.
I went into the room and set it up (speculum, microscope slides, swabs, sponge forceps, light). Meanwhile, the medical nurse brings the patient down.
The smell was . . . epic. She smelled like week old gym socks. That's the best descriptor I can come up with. It filled the room, and left a trail behind her. I almost left my lunch when I left her in the room to get the doc.
When he came to the room, I handed him a surgical mask. His eyebrow went up. "What's this for?" he asked.
"Trust me, you'll thank me," I said, putting mine on. It helped, though I was still gagging behind the mask.
He puts his on, and we start the exam.
He pulls out not one but THREE small grey balls with grey "tails" They looked like field mice, and smelled like YEAR old gym socks. I won't describe the fluid that came out with it.
Apparently, she was so drunk most of the time she forgot to take the old ones out before putting the new ones in. Worse yet, DL made the comment, "So that's what the guys were complaining about."
She'd been having sex with them still in.
Eeewwww just doesn't cover it, does it?
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