Exploring an Abandoned County Hospital - Found Operating Rooms

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  • Опубліковано 25 лют 2021
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    In this episode we are exploring the old St. Clair County Hospital in Alabama. Opened in 1968, it served as the only hospital in Pell City serving the entire St. Clair county. A new building replaced it in 2011 leaving it abandoned for eight years. The hospital was demolished in late 2019.
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  • @nancymeehan421
    @nancymeehan421 3 роки тому +323

    Hi everyone! Grandma nurse here. The Emerson pump you found in the stairwell was used after lung surgery. When the lung is opened it collapses due to atmospheric pressure. Part of the lung is removed and chest tubes are placed in the pleura space. Patient is stitch up and tubes are connected to the pump. One bottle has water in it to serve as a water seal as the lung re expands. The bottles were glass. The blood from the surgery would drain out of the lung and into the second bottle. The pump sets on the floor at the bedside and is pushed with the patient as he is rolled along the hallway in his bed. Quite cumbersome, This system was used in the 1970's and was replaced in the '80's by a molded plastic unit that hung on the side of the bed and was connected to wall suction. So much easier to handle. Most of the patients had lung cancer so don't smoke! I'll shut up now. LOL!

    • @robotparadise
      @robotparadise 3 роки тому +26

      Thanks Nancy!

    • @ellie8721
      @ellie8721 3 роки тому +35

      These vids are awesome, and they're even better when you experts tell us about the equipment.👈 This is why I read the comments. Thanks! Stay safe, every!

    • @jadeyxboox
      @jadeyxboox 3 роки тому +13

      Very interesting thank you!

    • @faith11.1
      @faith11.1 3 роки тому +17

      As for someone that has a lung illness (not from smoking I was born with it) all that talk about lungs collapsing makes me kinda crawl in my skin 😅. You're strong Nancy!

    • @maryedwards1028
      @maryedwards1028 3 роки тому +14

      I’m a current nursing student, and this helped me to better understand chest tubes and the system! We just learned about them and I have an exam on Monday! Thank you! ❤️

  • @sonnyjlewis
    @sonnyjlewis 3 роки тому +424

    Those 5.56 shells are blanks are most likely from a police training exercise conducted after the facility closed.

    • @FayeHunter
      @FayeHunter 3 роки тому +30

      Some people say on a quiet night you can still hear that one officer stumbling over debris down the corridors to this day...

    • @TooLazyToFail
      @TooLazyToFail 3 роки тому +21

      Yep, we had an old office building in my city that was owned by the city for some reason and just about falling apart. It was a mess everywhere, mold, etc, but it was a great place to do active shooter training and building-clearing. Simunition paint EVERYWHERE.

    • @FayeHunter
      @FayeHunter 3 роки тому +14

      @@TooLazyToFail just don't use dragonsbreath rounds or any incendiary ammo like that one absolutely STUPID INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE WITH WOOD FLOORS.... THE BUILD UP OF POWDER ON WOOD FLOOR + THE CRACKS.... YEAH A FIRE BROKE OUT AND IT WAS A CHAOTIC MESS.... and those are the people in charge lmao... why... not just wooden... but inside.... and then fire aspect bullets... aaaaalright... i still will never understand that one haha

    • @FayeHunter
      @FayeHunter 3 роки тому +13

      @@TooLazyToFail found the clip, speaks for itself, uhhh... idk how strict youtube is on URLs so just... you know.. replace the 'dot' with a period.. imgur(DOT)com/mewGLd9.gifv

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому

      You are correct

  • @MathieuAllain
    @MathieuAllain 3 роки тому +606

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    • @TGFMusic
      @TGFMusic 3 роки тому +17

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    • @Thomas-lk5cu
      @Thomas-lk5cu 3 роки тому +10

      True. Ever since I subbed in 2016, I've been a fan. Their consistency is on point, and every video is better than the previous one.

    • @jacobdean4833
      @jacobdean4833 3 роки тому +7

      lol.. I have it on my music playlist. The only u tube theme I have.

    • @MathieuAllain
      @MathieuAllain 3 роки тому +3

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    • @judithmcbride4023
      @judithmcbride4023 3 роки тому +2

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  • @stacrober2
    @stacrober2 3 роки тому +48

    This is where I worked for the first 10 years of my nursing career. Makes me sad to see it in such bad shape. I knew every inch of that place.

    • @kittykat7858
      @kittykat7858 3 роки тому +3

      Oh wow! Did you work in a specific area?

    • @HassanPlayz
      @HassanPlayz 3 роки тому +5

      The exploring community is so dang cool, there's so much curiosity and history and the fact that some people have personally been to these places or worked at them! That's so interesting, was there a specific part that you liked of the video?

  • @sadtwink666
    @sadtwink666 3 роки тому +131

    the proper people, walking on a decayed floor
    youtube auto-captions: [applause]

  • @lukeskywalker1840
    @lukeskywalker1840 3 роки тому +33

    Just a heads up. Those respirators you use. The cartridges are composed of particulate filters and activated charcoal. That is what provides the protection against many of the molds and other airborne toxins. Please remember that the dual stage filters with the charcoal are good for 8 hours once opened. When the charcoal is exposed to air, it deteriorates and loses it's protective qualities. Always use fresh cartridges when entering what could be a hazardous atmosphere. Even the P100 particulate ones get dirty fast and were never intended for multiple usage. Remember that beards or facial hair create a poor seal with the respirator and basically mitigate their effectiveness. Always do a PFT test before using them. The ones you are using require a qualitative or quantitative fit test before you should ever use them. To be sure they are sized correctly. Besides that, love your channel. Keep up the great work.

  • @breezetix
    @breezetix 3 роки тому +126

    every time i watch these abandoned videos, i always think of the history, like people just walking around, working, doing stuff, and then it's like this years later. crazy.

    • @breezetix
      @breezetix 3 роки тому +8

      nostalgia.

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 роки тому +16

      @breezetix, I think about their last day of work, especially in buildings where the boys have found patient records, and equipment just sitting waiting for the employees next shift. Was there a 'Goodbye' party or was it somber, did a secretary for example ask what to do with specific items, only for us to see them rotting and rusting years later? Did they take one last look back at the building as they headed to their vehicle?
      Always nice to read a comment from a former employee!

    • @sparklingwater1430
      @sparklingwater1430 3 роки тому +5

      @@dellahicks7231 why did this make me sad 😅

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 роки тому +4

      @@sparklingwater1430 Sorry, didn't mean to bum you out Sparkling. I am prone that way, to want to know what the emotions were surrounding a place being abandoned. There has to be fragments of it left in the vibe/energy of the building.

    • @sparklingwater1430
      @sparklingwater1430 3 роки тому +5

      @@dellahicks7231 it’s ok you have a gift if you ever write a book let me know 😅

  • @AT-ki8jz
    @AT-ki8jz 3 роки тому +485

    There's something so _Proper_ with watching a fresh Proper People episode on a dark rainy night

  • @theabyss3875
    @theabyss3875 3 роки тому +138

    Sterilization Tech here, we have the exact same Steris Autoclave in our hospital! It's weird seeing one in an abandoned setting. The area next to it that had the metal sheet, was more than likely a second autoclave.

    • @nurrdy
      @nurrdy 3 роки тому +9

      Dude seeing any of that abandoned equipment is almost triggering me and I'm an EMT LOL I'm like UGH Ill bet THAT hospital bed would work if we plugged it in XD

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 роки тому

      Yep, I worked for a school board and they used our abandoned buildings for practice. I used to comment that they could not hit the side of a barn judging from the splatter patterns on the walls.

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 роки тому

      @@nurrdy This was a pretty empty building compared to some they have visited.

    • @burns8772
      @burns8772 3 роки тому

      i'd like to like your comment but its on 69 likes and I'm not gonna be the guy to disrupt that

    • @steuk6510
      @steuk6510 3 роки тому

      It's missing parts from some off the equipment as probably sold out to other hospitals

  • @greendryerlint
    @greendryerlint 3 роки тому +136

    All these old hospitals look like they were abandoned in the midst of an apocalypse. When I see all that relatively modern equipment just left to rot, I always think there are poor communities and third-world countries that would love to get their hands on some of that stuff that they just can't afford. I'm sure most of the stuff there would work even now if cleaned up a bit.

    • @kingofthepod5169
      @kingofthepod5169 3 роки тому +20

      I get the same feeling. It's a thing about accuracy though. I know a lot of guys who still use WWII era stick welders, but I know 0 people who would feel comfortable using pre 2000's medical equipment. It's probably since someone's life is on the line and that machine has a million hours on It. I feel like medical museums should be more of a thing.

    • @SeanA88
      @SeanA88 3 роки тому +13

      I've heard medical equipment gets outdated fast like 4-6 years

    • @therandomdot2563
      @therandomdot2563 3 роки тому +31

      The problem is all that stuff left behind falls victim to accounting math. When equip is bought, it goes on the books as an cost. But, it's also assigned a depreciation schedule, which, over time, drops the "value" of the equipment to $0. Usually, this depreciation schedule takes into account when to replace the equipment.
      EG: computers are bought for $1000/ea, and IT folks say in 5 yrs they'll need to be replaced in order to update them. So, accounting dept depreciates the computers $1000/5 yrs = $200/yr for 5 yrs until they're worth $0 on-the-books after the 5th year.
      The equipment is still useful, but now has $0 value in the accounting ledger. Any use you get out of it is above and beyond, and saves you money from having to buy more stuff. So, the stuff may not be useless, but it is valueluess to the company.
      So, now we get to a company closing up shop. All this stuff gets left behind, b/c it would cost money to bring someone in to clear it out, auction it off, etc. And, they get the accounting dept to crunch the numbers. The cost to do all that is more than the profit they'd get from it. EG: they estimate that an auction could bring in some money, but not enough to offset the cost of the auction.
      The stuff left behind is often hit two-fold.. b/c
      1) it's been depreciated to $0, thus considered valueless
      2) if it's depreciated to that point, it's probably out-dated, too
      This double-whammy makes it where even if you did have an auction, you'd get pennies on the dollar for that stuff. And, in some cases, you'd have to pay someone to come haul it away since it would be considered junk that nobody wants to buy.
      So, they shutter the building, and leave all that stuff behind.
      What's expected to happen is whoever buys the building or land will eat the cost of cleanup/removal as part of the building/land prep costs to get whatever business they're starting in that spot going. This externalizes cost-of-cleanup from the company that owns all that stuff onto the person that buys the building/land.
      So, we end up with situations like this.. where perfectly good stuff is just sitting around, all because accounting ledge math says it's "worthless".. when some other hospital would be grateful to have that stuff as a donation, or even parts of third world countries would be ecstatic to have that stuff since it's more modern than what they have.
      But, it's all about money.
      So, the next question would be ... "ok, why not just ask folks to volunteer to go in and cleanup, salvage, etc?"
      Then we start to discuss liability.. whoever owns the property is liable for any accidents, health risk, etc that happens. Volunteers may work for free, but if they come down with a case of lung disease from breathing in toxic air, they could sue the property owner.
      So, once again.. it's all about cost avoidance.
      These guys going in, if they got lung issues, they couldn't sue, b/c technically they're trespassing.
      But, this is how we end up with all these abandoned properties with all this otherwise-useful stuff sitting around... it's because some spreadsheet math said the stuff is "worthless".

    • @greendryerlint
      @greendryerlint 3 роки тому +6

      @@therandomdot2563 I know what you're saying and I agree with your assessment. It is wasteful though, as you agreed. Where I work, we at least use a recycler that donates our old computer equipment to needy schools instead of just shredding it or reclaiming the metals.

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому +6

      I understand your sentiment, but it all looked well used; after a certain point in time it costs too much too keep old equipment operating, and often the replacement parts are no longer available. Many times the original manufacturers are no longer in business.

  • @Shag471
    @Shag471 3 роки тому +32

    I’m always impressed how you both take the presence of mold very seriously. One week ago I came home from work not feeling so hot and my allergies went nuts the moment I walked in my apartment door. Come to find out, my roommates had black mold growing all over their shower grout that looked like fur. Spores were being pulled through the entire air system and in 2 days I found myself in the ER for acute pneumonia in both lungs with complication due to Covid that I must have picked up at work. Discharged now but just walking from my couch to the kitchen I feel like a 75-year old man as I wheeze and gasp for air for about 20 minutes every time. Thank you for staying safe and providing viewers with the knowledge to always wear a respirator in the presence of mold. Scott - Proud Patreon subscriber.

    • @zzInFusioNzz
      @zzInFusioNzz 3 роки тому +11

      'I’m always impressed how you both take the presence of mold very seriously' - one of them literally forgot their respirator??

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 роки тому +6

      Last video was a bit sketchy with all that asbestos in the building, and neither had their respirator.
      I've seen what the aftermath of that crap can do, they really need to be diligent!

    • @jaysmith179
      @jaysmith179 3 роки тому +2

      China virus.

  • @ericpond5487
    @ericpond5487 3 роки тому +90

    My son was born in this hospital back in the 80's.

    • @laureng6412
      @laureng6412 3 роки тому +34

      Woah that's cool. Must be really weird seeing it abandoned

  • @urbexplorationz3143
    @urbexplorationz3143 3 роки тому +133

    I‘m pretty sure Christmas trees are spawning in abandoned places as soon as you explore them😂

    • @psims210
      @psims210 3 роки тому +1

      there in like in almost every one of there vids

    • @thickgirlsneedlove2190
      @thickgirlsneedlove2190 3 роки тому

      Nope

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому

      There’s also a rumour about a ghost truck full of chairs looking for abandoned buildings to “Chill” in!

  • @brookejackson4532
    @brookejackson4532 3 роки тому +111

    There's something so relaxing about these videos. I also really appreciate how there's no click bait and definitely prefer watching this channel over others.

    • @meeongg
      @meeongg 3 роки тому +6

      It's too relaxing that I fell asleep mid watching their videos multiple times.

    • @judithmcbride4023
      @judithmcbride4023 3 роки тому +2

      Everything abt this channel is GREAT!! Have to say it’s my # 1 !! They never disappoint ! Also love anything to do with medical info!
      Luv that Bryan always has to “test” every on-off switch! Exactly what I would be doing!!☺️😗😎

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому

      After binge watching a lot of other Urbex channels during this #£€][¥. lockdown, coming home to the PP is a breath of fresh air.

  • @OttawaOldFart
    @OttawaOldFart 3 роки тому +46

    You guys are too young to remember this but that sign that looked like a pregnant safety pin was very clever as safety pins were used to keep diapers on before all these fancy diapers came along with tape. In the radiology department if you've since forgotten.

    • @amandaleidy
      @amandaleidy 3 роки тому +4

      If it makes you feel better im 22 and a lot of people in my family still use those and i plan to some day as well!

    • @amandaleidy
      @amandaleidy 3 роки тому +1

      Not specifically safety pins, but the diaper clips

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 роки тому +1

      @@amandaleidy Yes that

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 роки тому +1

      @@amandaleidy Now that is good news and yes there is a market for it and even services offered.

  • @unclemonster48
    @unclemonster48 3 роки тому +18

    Hey fellas y’all was in my hood! It’s gone now nothing but chewed up concrete and empty clean lot. Brand new hospital down the street now. Still a smaller hospital but it serves the eastern part of Alabama. We maintain their chillers for comfort cooling and surgeries. I always wanted to see the old hospital from the inside before demolition. Thanks guys!

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому +4

      Uncle Monster was too polite to mention he also maintains the chillers in the morgue! Not only the chairs chillin in those places!

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому +2

      @@tomrogers9467 lol!! Luckily they have maint guys in house that take care of the body coolers. Thank god!! Always some chairs chillin i wished they would make a shirt that has a chair chillin on it. 😂

  • @luishion
    @luishion 3 роки тому +75

    The treadmill if I was going to make an educated guess was for stress tests.

    • @Squirrelnutter
      @Squirrelnutter 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, cardiac stress tests.

    • @spooley
      @spooley 3 роки тому +1

      Some have changed to recumbent bikes and for the elderly there's a drug they inject to achieve the same result.

    • @markarca6360
      @markarca6360 3 роки тому

      There should be an ECG machine near that treadmill (probably a GE Healthcare MAC series ECG).

  • @Nuklearfreak
    @Nuklearfreak 3 роки тому +39

    8:27 I don‘t think it‘s for controlling the X-Rays, it looks like an old sonographic unit.
    I guess the mounts on the right side would have been for the ultrasonic transducers. The Ball is typically used to scroll through the layers, mostly to analyze the tissue you are examining. :)

    • @ekc_sc.722
      @ekc_sc.722 3 роки тому +2

      You're probably right. I've had echocardiograms in the past and the technicians used equipment that looked just like that.

    • @VAABoy081
      @VAABoy081 Місяць тому

      Looks a lot like an ultrasound machine too … to get a look into the uterus and see the growing baby when pregnant 😊👍🏼

  • @paintingoftheweek
    @paintingoftheweek 3 роки тому +8

    The "splinting system" at 5:14 is Ortho Glass, which is a flexible fiberglass type material used for splinting extremities. The area around 6:25 like you guessed is part of the emergency department. The two tiled rooms right after the ambulance entrance are resuscitation bays for sicker patients. 8:25 is an old ultrasound machine. 8:50 is a light board for viewing x-ray films, but this is very outdated - modern x-rays are digital and read off a computer screen. The machine at 9:57 is neither an x-ray machine nor CT scanner as some people have commented but a gamma camera used for PET scans. This is a nuclear medicine test that is generally used to detect cancer. The "lie detector" at the end is an EEG used to monitor brain activity typically in patients at risk for seizure.

  • @spritelass6712
    @spritelass6712 3 роки тому +50

    The room with the x-ray viewing boxes is where the radiologist would sit and look at x-rays all day and dictate reports on each patients film. Also other doctors could come in and consult with the radiologist on a particular case. I used to work in the x-ray file room of a hospital back in the day when they still used film. It was a cool job to have when I was young.

    • @Geordie_Chloe_
      @Geordie_Chloe_ Рік тому +1

      So pleased to hear you had a lovely experience working there 😊

  • @Bhroshae
    @Bhroshae 3 роки тому +162

    That skunk is reminiscent of Pepe Le Pew. The Looney Tunes skunk that was French, a womanizer (skunkanizer?) & was mistaken for a cat. It also could have been his GF Penelope who was actually a cat & was mistaken for a skunk.

  • @lynnvega5037
    @lynnvega5037 3 роки тому +25

    I love it when they do hospitals/asylums, stuff like that.

  • @justinmccowan2543
    @justinmccowan2543 3 роки тому +24

    Who else finds institutional and hospital architecture from the 60's interesting? Even has aluminum Florida style windows that give the rooms the styling of a house!

  • @codyprine9200
    @codyprine9200 3 роки тому +37

    19:38 That looks like a "don't Sue us" version of Pepe Le Pew.

  • @IdratherbeinHobbiton
    @IdratherbeinHobbiton 3 роки тому +15

    It's crazy that this hospital looks kinda newly abandoned and long time abandoned simultaneously.
    The major decay in some areas vs hardly any decay in others is neat.

    • @DonkeyFilms
      @DonkeyFilms 3 роки тому

      It was where rain water seeped through the roof and leaked and made it way worse

  • @earthhippie
    @earthhippie 3 роки тому +41

    These videos always remind me of when I was younger. We used to have a few abandoned places around my house growing up. We frequented an old dentist office, lumber house, warf on the Mississippi River, industrial warehouse, and the last standing JCPENNEY wing of a mall that was demolished. Ahhh, I miss urban exploration. This was 16ish years ago, so we never thought to film anything. Nor did we have equipment tbh. But it was fun.

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 3 роки тому +2

      You're lucky. Nothing around where I live ever gets a chance to be abandoned long, and never long enough to be actually old and cool either. Seems we have an unspoken policy around here to tear down anything even Remotely dilapidated, in favour of an empty lot if nothing else.😭😭

  • @UnchartedTravel
    @UnchartedTravel 3 роки тому +91

    Another fantastic video guys! Keep it up!

  • @joshuaayres8932
    @joshuaayres8932 3 роки тому +49

    That chair is just sitting there, taking in the decay of the Last Supper as the mold slowly permeates everything.

    • @coyotemadness
      @coyotemadness 3 роки тому +1

      The correct term is "just chillin" :)

  • @pkm5150
    @pkm5150 3 роки тому +7

    I worked at this hospital when it was open.
    Sad to see that the company who bought the hospital, which supposedly prides itself and taking care of things and people, left it in such shambles after the new hospital was built.

  • @mokulen37
    @mokulen37 3 роки тому +61

    "Is that a character I'm not familiar with or something?" You guys make me feel real old sometimes.

    • @HFkepley9312
      @HFkepley9312 3 роки тому +13

      same here even thinking the old EEG machine was used for a polygraph test

    • @IdratherbeinHobbiton
      @IdratherbeinHobbiton 3 роки тому +2

      For real!🤣

    • @xfirty2x
      @xfirty2x 3 роки тому +8

      Pepe le pew 👍

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 роки тому +1

      Which character do you think that supposedly is? As I saw someone claim it's Pepe Le Pew but the thing on the wall was a female character so it ain't Pepe

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 роки тому +1

      @@xfirty2x nope that ain't Pepe as Pepe isn't female like that character was

  • @Safikei
    @Safikei 3 роки тому +15

    When you said you didn't have a respirator in your backpack, I could feel my lungs squeeze into tiny balls of anxiety.

  • @henkdouma8448
    @henkdouma8448 3 роки тому +60

    At 19:30 There was a cartoon with a skunk-character 'Pepe le Pew' that chases a female cat of which he thinks it's a skunk too (because accidentally got some white paint over her black fur). Maybe that is Pepe?

    • @kaelz8021
      @kaelz8021 3 роки тому +3

      I think you are right. Pepe had that swoop hair sticking up like that.

    • @spritelass6712
      @spritelass6712 3 роки тому +6

      yep, bad rendition of Pepe le Pew. It always made me uncomfortable how he stalked and assaulted the poor cat.

    • @foxracing8973
      @foxracing8973 3 роки тому +1

      Thought the exact same thing. Oh ze moon...oh ze June! 😂

    • @CelticFay0
      @CelticFay0 3 роки тому +3

      I feel so old right now! 🤣 When you don't know who pepe is......

    • @shorey66
      @shorey66 3 роки тому

      Looking back, Pepe was more than a little rapey.

  • @Ingens_Scherz
    @Ingens_Scherz 3 роки тому +36

    You guys do the most wonderful, well-produced, atmospheric and informative urbex videos I've ever seen. Thanks!

  • @llllllll1014
    @llllllll1014 3 роки тому +15

    I love that someone ventured deep into a dark and abandoned hospital so they could spraypaint a pot leaf on the wall

  • @tsarmi9864
    @tsarmi9864 3 роки тому +65

    I wish you had your respirator so you could've enjoyed it more without worrying so much about the mold and asbestos. My anxiety would not handle that well.

  • @bethanie3793
    @bethanie3793 3 роки тому +48

    Time to order pizza!!!! A tradition when you upload! Perfect way to end the work week watching you guys!!!!!!

  • @shottingham
    @shottingham 3 роки тому +15

    9:42 - that's a Genesys Dual Head Nuclear Gamma Camera so it doesn't need to be encased, nor is it dangerous.

    • @Troppa17
      @Troppa17 3 роки тому +4

      Seems single headed to me but these were made by ADAC Laboratories form the mid/late 70ies to late 80ies in that design. So this thing must have been at least 20 years old in 2011. You're right the camera itself is not dangerous because the gamma source is the tracer (Technetium-99m in most cases) in the patient. So you wouldn't stay close to the patient during the examination without protection for obvious reasons.

    • @Just1Nora
      @Just1Nora 3 роки тому

      @@Troppa17 makes me not wanna be the patient... 😳😬😬😬

  • @kathrynchamberlin3405
    @kathrynchamberlin3405 3 роки тому +20

    The treadmill and monitor were for cardiac stress tests

    • @davidm6819
      @davidm6819 3 роки тому

      I was just going to say. I have had those nuclear stress tests multiple times. I know what that treadmill is all too well.

  • @allyjenny15
    @allyjenny15 3 роки тому +7

    17:33 could be where they did exercise stress test for cardiac patients

  • @annie_xo
    @annie_xo 3 роки тому +13

    Serious Silent Hill vibes, especially the cafeteria. That painting would’ve been related to a puzzle for sure lol

  • @Missjulie1975
    @Missjulie1975 3 роки тому +10

    8:22 - looks like the keyboard for a controlling ultrasounds!
    19:45 - Pepé Le Pew is the character painted

  • @keithbalke6352
    @keithbalke6352 3 роки тому +9

    You guys are the best urban explorers hands down...... stay safe and look forward to more great work!

  • @N.Cognito
    @N.Cognito 3 роки тому +8

    Christmas decorations AND chair just chillin, great episode.

  • @MickeyNixonFilms
    @MickeyNixonFilms 3 роки тому +34

    Bryans voice in the intro is like a modulate song bird poem, smooth as butter. 😃🤘

  • @Orin.
    @Orin. 3 роки тому +4

    The pacing of your videos guys is what gets me hooked to watch more of your content. This, as usual, was a great footage.

  • @ifpstopmotions9720
    @ifpstopmotions9720 3 роки тому +3

    One of those x-ray machines caused the biggest radioactive incident in Brasil. A clinic was abandoned with one inside, and scrappers found it and opened it. Inside they found a glowing powder, cesium, and carried it around. Some children even played with it, and ate it! A few people died when this happened, their house today was destroyed and their land covered in concrete. Even now some people still have health issues related to the radiation they were exposed to.

  • @lemonjoy19
    @lemonjoy19 3 роки тому +8

    I get so pumped up for this. I put my headphones on and sit in the dark and pretend im there with you guys. Best UA-cam channel on my feed. Thank you

  • @elarson312
    @elarson312 3 роки тому +12

    It’s amazing that these buildings are just abandoned when there time is done. It’s too bad they couldn’t be used for something else rather than rotting away.......

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому

      The amount of asbestos in that building was way too dangerous and expensive to reclaim it. So they had huge water sprayers up while they took a wrecking ball to it and a huge track hoe to do the demo.

  • @Miakel
    @Miakel 3 роки тому +7

    As soon as water starts getting into a building it all decays so rapidly. Keep up with your maintenance around your house and it will save you thousands

  • @tbc27Z
    @tbc27Z 3 роки тому +10

    OMG 😮~ I thought that you were going to go into that elevator. 🥺😯😬

  • @pulesjet
    @pulesjet 3 роки тому +30

    Some hospital some place would be happy to have some of that equipment.

    • @AwesomeFish12
      @AwesomeFish12 3 роки тому +8

      Plenty of places in the world without basic equipment. Shame to see it left to rust and decay.

    • @MrWc867
      @MrWc867 3 роки тому +1

      Probably some federal law that it's outdated and can't be used. But yes another country can

    • @ashleyrowe8735
      @ashleyrowe8735 Рік тому

      my mom worked at this hospital for 15 years and is now at the new one. this is where I live and the equipment was left due to the asbestos and wasn't allowed to be transferred into new hospital.

  • @Ganiscol
    @Ganiscol 3 роки тому +9

    That painting in the cafeteria cracked me up, I almost spilled my morning coffee - it just cant be that they put it originally in there, it had to be some explorers placing it here, right? 😂

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 роки тому +5

      I am thinking it was a Catholic hospital, between the picture and the Bibles, however someone else commented they live near it, and it wasn't. 🤷‍♀️

  • @kelseymcdonnell1680
    @kelseymcdonnell1680 3 роки тому +5

    8:34
    Isn't that for ultra sounds😂 he said controlling the xray room

  • @Revkor
    @Revkor 3 роки тому +6

    not even three minutes in and found the Christmas stuff. that has to be a record

  • @nicsmcke8566
    @nicsmcke8566 3 роки тому +2

    I laughed way too hard at the 'Why would you have a painting called The Last Supper hanging in the cafeteria of a hospital' hahaha

  • @tomwaters5090
    @tomwaters5090 3 роки тому +32

    Maybe the reason they had a painting of The last supper in the cafeteria was a way to inspire the doctors and nurses to do better. Because for all we know that place had a lousy mortality rate.

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому +5

      Nah st vincents owned it, catholic hospital

    • @JamesP_TheShedShop
      @JamesP_TheShedShop 3 роки тому +5

      That painting was there long b4 st Vincent's was around. The food was excellent there and no st vincents did not own it nor was it a catholic hospital. We used to have a thing in this country called county general hospitals. Nowadays greed has stifled the practice of medicine.

    • @tomwaters5090
      @tomwaters5090 3 роки тому +1

      @@JamesP_TheShedShop what was the difference between a general hospital and the hospitals of today?

    • @JamesP_TheShedShop
      @JamesP_TheShedShop 3 роки тому

      @@tomwaters5090 county general hospitals were not owned by private corporations like the hospitals nowadays.

    • @tomwaters5090
      @tomwaters5090 3 роки тому

      @@JamesP_TheShedShop so what's the difference between them and county hospitals

  • @Floridamermaid
    @Floridamermaid 3 роки тому +8

    Wow. I’m just watching the beginning and this place looks amazing! Can’t wait to watch the full thing.

    • @Floridamermaid
      @Floridamermaid 3 роки тому

      @@silentlover1905 I’m a Patron. I get early access, you should check out their patreon if you have the funds for it. It’s worth it for two dollars,

  • @BSGSV
    @BSGSV 3 роки тому +20

    "Is that the 'Last Supper'?! Jesus Chri..."

    • @nancymeehan421
      @nancymeehan421 3 роки тому +1

      It means the food is really bad!

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому +1

      @@nancymeehan421 Except in that particular location they ALL died!

  • @exactolutelyperfect2175
    @exactolutelyperfect2175 3 роки тому +5

    It's cool seeing an old abandoned building from my state. The Carraway hospital video was also cool, but so are all these videos.

  • @Raveheart
    @Raveheart 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing how fast it gets worse if you don't take care of the building. The (perfectly fine) house I currently live in was built by my grandpa in the late 60s, same as the hospital.

  • @user-gy6wq9ou1y
    @user-gy6wq9ou1y 3 роки тому +13

    I have a hard time enjoying this vid, while watching Micheal walking around the moldy hell scape without respirator. I wouldn't be surprised if I hear about him being hella sick afterwards...

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 роки тому +6

      We had a comment going in the last video, discussing the issue of respirators not being worn.
      I have seen how asbestos affects an individual years after their exposure, and while I enjoy these videos, they are not worth it if the boys are not wearing their gear!

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 3 роки тому +3

    I’m sure I’ve said this before on your other videos but THANK YOU so much for these! They are a big distraction from all the major craziness in the country and the world at least for me. Even if only for a while. ❤️

  • @meitsme372
    @meitsme372 3 роки тому +2

    10:02 It's a "nuclear medicine" machine. The patient drinks a radioactive dye, goes for some food (1 hour or so) to give the dye time to spread into the blood and the machine goes 360 degrees around and detects the dye thus mapping the blood circulatory system and hopefully detect abnormalities.

  • @taylormark125
    @taylormark125 2 роки тому +1

    The machine at 09:42 is an Adac Genesys which is a SPECT scanner, not a CT, it only rotates very slowly so it's perfectly safe to stand near.

  • @mattm9069
    @mattm9069 3 роки тому +34

    Damn, they demo'd this in 2019? How old is this footage?

    • @randomrazr
      @randomrazr 3 роки тому

      not the most exciting one thats prob why

    • @lightningdemolition1964
      @lightningdemolition1964 3 роки тому +3

      Old enough for the statute of limitations to run out?

    • @RNG-esus
      @RNG-esus 3 роки тому +28

      They've said before they have TONNES of saved footage that they have stocked up just waiting to be released and they use it to buffer out the gaps between their more exciting adventures

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 3 роки тому +5

    the moss was creating soil for other plants to grow.

  • @lostandfoundplaces
    @lostandfoundplaces 3 роки тому +3

    "how can you have a painting named the last supper, hanging in a cafeteria in a hospital" ... Hilarious 😄

  • @johnjamescraven300
    @johnjamescraven300 3 роки тому +18

    I don't care if I need sleep and past midnight The Proper People video just dropped it's a needs must

  • @_KRose
    @_KRose 3 роки тому +11

    Lots of mould ✔️
    Michael with no respirator as usual ✔️
    😂

    • @lolcatz88
      @lolcatz88 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah he was like - excuse excuse excuse and I was like arrrrgh! Nooooooo!

  • @donparker8246
    @donparker8246 3 роки тому +5

    8:37 that looks like a sonogram machine.

  • @chriscallen6897
    @chriscallen6897 3 роки тому +1

    This is better than anything on TV! A new episode makes me smile 😃

  • @IdratherbeinHobbiton
    @IdratherbeinHobbiton 3 роки тому +1

    24:16 so cool seeing the burn in image of what was there. Kinda like getting a look back in time when someone was in there.

  • @liam.4010
    @liam.4010 3 роки тому +13

    Instant click :) always love getting a notification for you guys

  • @marqbarq5977
    @marqbarq5977 3 роки тому +3

    Those pipers around 11:35 were not cheap back in the day. They were for very precise measurements of reagents for lab tests. Back in the ‘90s they were about $100 each.

    • @tekvax01
      @tekvax01 3 роки тому

      I was thinking the same thing hundreds of micropipettes... super pricey...

  • @hobouk3871
    @hobouk3871 Рік тому

    2:30 I love these old style retro cafiteria areas with those old seats in the hospitals. We had some similar old style seats to them that were fixed to the walls in an old city hospital localy where i live in the UK. Me and my brother many, many years ago used to hang out quietly in the cafeteria area doing some drawing or colouring next to the drinks machine. While my mum an dad were visiting a late relative of ours, who is deeply missed.

  • @xmangox5832
    @xmangox5832 3 роки тому +1

    I have a suggestion for a ghost town exploration if you're interested. It's a place not far from where I live. It's called Alberton.
    It's located in Washington, USA. It was an old farming town up until the late 1900's when it caught fire, flooded a few months after the fire, and lost money due to the expensive repairs. Finally, it was abandoned and a new farm town was built; Garfield. Just a suggestion tho, and it costs virtually nothing to explore.

  • @defaultdriftco00
    @defaultdriftco00 3 роки тому +3

    Went by there several times when it was operating, my dad lived there for years. Great explore guys!

  • @markhaus
    @markhaus 3 роки тому +64

    I can’t get over how remarkably bad taste it is to have a “the last supper” print in a hospital cafeteria

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому +7

      Not bad taste, just extremely ironic. Especially if you’re eating the cafeteria food! Perhaps even a subliminal warning???

    • @ethandimitroff2658
      @ethandimitroff2658 3 роки тому +5

      I think it's more amusing than anything because of the irony lol

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 роки тому

      You do realize that the vast majority of people using the cafe would have been people visiting loved ones at the hospital and not actual patients (although I'm sure some patients would have used the cafe as well) so The Last Supper thing isn't as creepy as you make out

    • @markhaus
      @markhaus 3 роки тому +2

      @@MrThedwp why does it matter if it’s patients or the friends/family of patients that see the image. The last thing you want is the suggestion that this will be the last place you see them

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 роки тому +1

      @@markhaus I need some more time to say my piece to you but don't have it at the moment but I will say I disagree with your statement

  • @Helladamnleet
    @Helladamnleet 3 роки тому +1

    It's always bizarre seeing hospitals in this condition. Like, some day the hospitals I grew up with and have went to my whole life will be replaced and become abandoned just like the old State hospital in my home town. Most of it is torn down, and it kind of looks like the last little bit isn't far behind.

  • @HFkepley9312
    @HFkepley9312 3 роки тому +1

    the equipment at 24:39 that is called NeuroFax is an old EEG machine that seemed to mostly used to monitor brainwaves to look for things like epilepsy if you notice the picture of the electrode placement is a picture of the top of the head and the strobe light on the arm can also be used for sleep monitoring. That is an old EEG system before it became completely digitalized for the most part.

  • @judithmcbride4023
    @judithmcbride4023 3 роки тому +5

    The doctors rooms are “on call” rooms , for the residents to sleep IF they got a chance .

  • @sci-figuy6668
    @sci-figuy6668 3 роки тому +12

    Zenith-the last well known American television brand. 🤔

    • @branhicks
      @branhicks 3 роки тому +3

      Zenith is now part of LG

    • @bookFreak8191
      @bookFreak8191 3 роки тому +2

      My parents used to own a Zenith TV. Seeing that logo took me way back, to early childhood,

  • @molassescricket6663
    @molassescricket6663 3 роки тому +1

    Guys the treadmill is for patients with cardiac issues. They are put on the treadmill while their heart is monitored to see how the heart rhythm is affected by stress induced by exertion or exercise. It’s called a treadmill test or stress test.

  • @mattd5757
    @mattd5757 3 роки тому +1

    You guys make the best videos out there, clarity and focus. Very enjoyable to watch, im too old to do the exploring these days, but I enjoy watching u do it for me.

  • @EV87_
    @EV87_ 3 роки тому +8

    Still waiting for an Astrodome exploration video!

  • @markr1393
    @markr1393 3 роки тому +8

    Love these videos thank you Brian and Michael for helping a agoraphobic fool explore things I will never see

  • @constable012
    @constable012 3 роки тому +2

    Fairly new biomedical tech here. The treadmill in the room that had the computer with it was probably part of a stress lab. Computer monitors patient ECG/EKG as it increases the speed and angle of the treadmill.

  • @markarca6360
    @markarca6360 Рік тому

    24:16 - That was a Hewlett-Packard patient monitor. (The same company that manufactures PCs and printers, but later they divested the healthcare division to Agilent Technologies, then was sold to Philips, a Dutch company.) This was the great-grandfather of the Philips IntelliVue patient monitors.

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix 3 роки тому +24

    I'm going to take a wild guess that this one isn't in PA either and it's in Alabama.

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 3 роки тому +7

      Pell City, Alabama apparently. St Clair County Hospital, if the Proper people are to be believed in the first minute of this video. 😅

    • @lavapix
      @lavapix 3 роки тому +6

      @@steadholderharrington9035 I was joking because outside it always looks like PA :-)

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 3 роки тому +9

      @@lavapix Yeah well... The Proper People are not usually so .... forward with revealing where they are filming inside of America as a defence to prevent others from finding these places and then tagging/wrecking them. So, with a pinch of salt over the shoulder for luck,..... but yeah, I kinda got it a little later on. My bad.😅😂😂

    • @lavapix
      @lavapix 3 роки тому +11

      @@steadholderharrington9035 I think they mentioned the location because it's been torn down already. As soon as they mention the location I figured it had been demolished.

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 3 роки тому +3

      @@lavapix True that, but then, that's not always the case either. Look to the abandoned Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. They broadcasted where that one was, and anyone with access to Google World Maps can find it in relatively short order (its on Hwy 180, and while in town, E Hubbard St.); last I saw personally, it was still there, back in early 2020, and I hear it has a quick-fence around it now too. Sooo.... IDK..😐

  • @gregorymaine9615
    @gregorymaine9615 3 роки тому +13

    So the skunk "posed seductively" is Pepe Le Pew, he's a Looney Tunes character, I'm surprised you never heard of him. Also, the shell casings you found appear to be blanks, not surprising, a lit of police agencies rent empty industrial buildings to use for training. There's a place near me that had been closed for quite a while before an industrial auction occurred to clear out the buildings. When I went to the auction, there were casings litering the floors everywhere, both blanks and simunition (powder actuated paintballs) because the state Police had been doing training in the building in the weeks prior

  • @cindyhenning7832
    @cindyhenning7832 Рік тому

    Gosh I just love watching you guys. Waiting for some new ones. I have Been watched every single one of these

  • @aidenholloway3931
    @aidenholloway3931 3 роки тому

    Hello, Proper People. Love what u guys do, and appreciate all the sketch that comes with it! Thank you for amazing abandoned videos!

  • @aerohard
    @aerohard 3 роки тому +25

    If you find the room full of nurses just standing still, DON"T GO IN!

    • @allisonlueddecke1967
      @allisonlueddecke1967 3 роки тому +1

      why?

    • @heathwellsNZ
      @heathwellsNZ 3 роки тому +3

      That'd be a nightmare for sure!

    • @beccaking13
      @beccaking13 3 роки тому +1

      I was really getting Alchemilla vibes from this place 😂

    • @skeeter21able
      @skeeter21able 3 роки тому +2

      @@allisonlueddecke1967, go watch Silent Hill the movie, and then, you will get what @aerohard is saying.

  • @rf7official923
    @rf7official923 3 роки тому +3

    The intro is soooo nostalgic

  • @Willow76ny
    @Willow76ny 3 роки тому +1

    Another fascinating video. Thanks guys!

  • @The221194
    @The221194 3 роки тому +2

    Hands down the best exploring channel here on YT 👍🏻 love these guys! U.K. number 1 fan ☺️

  • @rawdawgg_
    @rawdawgg_ 3 роки тому +3

    Dont let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

    • @GMT400Chevy
      @GMT400Chevy 3 роки тому

      But motec doesn't sell exhaust systems.

  • @markpinther9296
    @markpinther9296 3 роки тому +3

    The painting is there because it’s a Catholic hospital and the last supper is quite important to Catholics.

    • @ellie8721
      @ellie8721 3 роки тому

      As it is to protestants.✝️

  • @santiagovictor2004
    @santiagovictor2004 3 роки тому

    I always look forward to these videos. whenever I hear the intro music It makes me feel that want to explore and learn about abandoned buildings. keep up the great work guys!

  • @mixitupmarketing
    @mixitupmarketing 3 роки тому +1

    Just a suggestion, but if you get some glutathione and take it right after you leave it will grab that mold that you breathed in. Then two hours later take some charcoal and it will flush it out of your body. I was exposed to mold and it can make you very, very sick. Better safe than sorry. I’ve enjoyed you guys for years. Thank you for the great adventures!! ❤️