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Warning: not for the weak of stomach.
Yesterday, one of my students got an opportunity to participate in a Soaps Suds Enema. She'd never done one before.
It involves putting 1-2 packets of Castille Soap in an enema bag, inserting in the rectum and delivering slowing to fill the colon. The soap lubricates the colon, allowing for the easier passage of impacted stool.
It usually makes a big old mess, especially if the patient cant' get out of bed to use the toilet after. A lot of times fluid will squirt around the rectum because it's put in faster than the patient can tolerate. The stool often squeezes out like toothpaste, and makes a huge pile in the middle of the bed, surrounded by a lake of liquid stool.
It is my 2nd least favorite thing to do in nursing.
One of the techs was explaining a trick she sometimes uses (and didn't that time) to deal with the massive mess: take a suction canister and use suction to suck of the brown fluid as it comes out.
A great trick I thought. I'll have to use it some times. I told the tech we'd have to name it The Katie Procedure. After all, doctors often name procedures or important medical discoveries after themselves, so why shouldn't she get to name a useful tech trick after herself?
Of course, I'm not sure I'd want my name to go down in history as remembered with shit
Yesterday, one of my students got an opportunity to participate in a Soaps Suds Enema. She'd never done one before.
It involves putting 1-2 packets of Castille Soap in an enema bag, inserting in the rectum and delivering slowing to fill the colon. The soap lubricates the colon, allowing for the easier passage of impacted stool.
It usually makes a big old mess, especially if the patient cant' get out of bed to use the toilet after. A lot of times fluid will squirt around the rectum because it's put in faster than the patient can tolerate. The stool often squeezes out like toothpaste, and makes a huge pile in the middle of the bed, surrounded by a lake of liquid stool.
It is my 2nd least favorite thing to do in nursing.
One of the techs was explaining a trick she sometimes uses (and didn't that time) to deal with the massive mess: take a suction canister and use suction to suck of the brown fluid as it comes out.
A great trick I thought. I'll have to use it some times. I told the tech we'd have to name it The Katie Procedure. After all, doctors often name procedures or important medical discoveries after themselves, so why shouldn't she get to name a useful tech trick after herself?
Of course, I'm not sure I'd want my name to go down in history as remembered with shit
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