MACHINES AND TOOLS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- CT Scans, Banana Bags, Trauma Shears and all the things you should know about machines and tools used in the ER.
0:00 Trauma Shears
0:45 The Blood Pressure Cuff
1:47 X-Rays
2:43 Hospital Monitors
4:31 CT Scans
5:29 Saline
6:23 Banana Bags
7:13 Bedpans
8:10 The Suction
9:07 Foley
9:53 The Rapid Infuser
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I love how he is painfully honest about being an RN in the ER. As an RN, he says what we as nurses who work in the ER think. This MUFKR is awesome.
He's an ER tech..
@@sherw7635 Yeah, I totally came just for the comments, too!😂☺🎭
Thank u for ur service and that is so true ❤
@sherw7635 I thought he said he was a nurse when a patient asked if he was the doctor. I'm pretty sure he's a nurse.
No he’s really an ER Tech
I love how he’s so excited about every description, you can tell there’s heart put into these.
I've worked as a nurse for 35 years and everything he does is not only funny, its true! He makes me laugh with every upload 🙂
@@kerryn6714 New grad here terrified of residency☹
I enjoy his uploads tho!👌
Do u know any non bedside positions for new grads that doesn't require acute care experience/bedside?
@@yemialemu9902
Oh sweetie! I understand how scared you are but its so important for you to have at least a year as a bedside nurse. You would probably get 6 months in medical and 6 months in surgical or something similar.
Its normal to be afraid at first but you'll get support from the team you work with. No one expects you to know everything straight away.
If after a year hospital nursing is not your thing, there's plenty of different career paths you can take eg. scrub nurse in the OR, district/home nursing, locum nurse, paediatrics, radiology nurse and so much more. But first I advise you to put a year into hospital nursing, its the best way to get an all round education.
You'll be great. Have a little faith in yourself and your confidence will build up with time.
There's also a great nursing community on Twitter who you can talk to.
Go for it girl! Cheers from Australia ✌🇦🇺🙃
@@kerryn6714 awww thank you! I appreciate your thoughtful response!🙏🙏🙏
@@yemialemu9902
My pleasure. Ill keep you in my thoughts and send you some positive vibes ✌
One of my favorite trauma bay memories is when the intern didn’t use the shears on the jacket’s zipper, he decided to cut the jacket’s material. It was a down jacket. Feathers feathers everywhere. Of course it was recorded and we reviewed it during the Friday morning review/ eduction breakfast
was the zipper not functioning anymore ?
@@Loweene_Ancalimon hahahaha
LOLOLOLOL
@@Loweene_Ancalimon my guess is that it's faster to just cut than fiddle with a zipper and even seconds can save a life in trauma situations
Wow, they even cut through zippers? That is kinda crazy.
“No matter who OR WHAT comes into the ER, we absolutely WILL get a BLOOD PRESSURE READING!!!”
Brings to mind an occasion when I went to urgent care on a Saturday for severe throat pain, I mean drooling because it hurt too much to swallow saliva.
First thing, vitals. My normal HR is 90, RR 18, BP 90/85. They got HR 110, RR 18. AUTOMATIC BP CUFFS ARE THE WORST. My arms are big, but they always want to use a regular cuff. And let the damn thing keep repeatedly crushing my arm, sending my pressure skyhigh. This RN kept ignoring me saying please get a larger cuff or do it manually, if you don't know how to do a manual cuff I can coach you because I do it at home!
Right about them the doctor walks in and I angrily ask him why my BP (now off the chart surely, they never did get a reading, stupid thing just kept recycling) matters for a F**King sore throat.
He said let's try that again and stepped back out, came back in and I explained the problem, said I wasn't here for a physical but for a specific issue and can that be our focus. He said okay, you refuse. I said I refuse *further attempts* and if you portray me as noncompliant I will speak to an attorney.
@@bcaye You sound like the patient from hell.
@@pywaketpilot, I am literally not. I work in healthcare so I understand some things have to be done. This was not one of them. If the nurse had made any effort, it would have been a different story.
@@bcaye Exactly what a bully would say. Since you're so damn brilliant, why don't you just stay out of the ER and fix yourself. Save everyone a bunch of trouble.
I was in the hospital with like 100 pounds of fluid and the only way it didn't hurt was if I put my arm above my head and some nurses refused..it sent my blood pressure so high it was like 236/150.
This guy is doing his profession a service. I k ow for a damn fact we can be total ass holes and they handle it very well. I came out of anesthesia 2 times and they must have thought I was possessed by Satan himself or was Satan. This was years ago and I still feel black inside over it. Just so horrible. These people deserve more cash hands down. Nurses are .... a different level of strength. God bless them
Truth!!!
Very true, though he's not a nurse, but an ER tech.
Me and my shirts that I love so much: Please have mercy!
trauma shears: There is no mercy
*cuts off any piece of clothing
For everyone who comes here: Don’t interact with that spam comment, just report it.
@@sleepy-emerald there was another of those pom bots here earlier?
@@pokedude720 It replied to several comments on the video, yes.
They’re so annoying-
@@pokedude720 what ?
@@sleepy-emerald i just like to reply to peoples opinion or have conversations online with people online
The "TRAUMA SHEARS" are what my mother was FURIOUS about after waking up in the ER in Gainesville, Florida in 1981. She had very critical injuries from (literally) head to feet. She was angry when they were spotted cutting off her brand new Jordache Jeans. Priorities.
You could ask them to gently pull the expensive pants off instead of destroying them but shirts would have to be cut.
I was in a 5 car pile that I created by veering into oncoming traffic, and I begged them to not cut my favorite jeans and shirt, even though I had a broken arm and leg. Thank goodness I grew up after I woke up in the ER.😂🎭
I lived in Gainesville for most of my life! Don't go to North Florida for emergencies, if you want to live!!
@@carolhutchinson7763 That would take too much time.
@@kristend344sometimes it's done fat too routine
"DOC! DONT CUT MY BOOTS" yells the drunken combative US Marine on a full moon payday weekend around midnight hauled in by ambulance sandwiched between 2 spine boards & handcuffed carried by MP's with an ER full of sick kids, frequent flyers, bored spouses with drug seeking behaviors, etc...I miss good trauma shears (retired)...those were the good old days (1990's), for real! Love your stuff, you are my favorite creator! 🥰
For real, so much respect for people working in the ER. No matter what those guys gotta do they do it. Mad respect!
Those trauma shears are AMAZING! I have two pair at home. I use one in the kitchen for all kinds of stuff. You can put a whole chicken apart no problem. The other pair I use when gardening.
Wow impressive
A trauma lifeflight brought calenders, pens aaaand trauma shears to give out to ER employees one visit and 10 years later I still have them and use them for everything!!!! LOVE a good quality pair of trauma shears!
You forgot to mention that people 🙋♂️can be allergic to the iodine contrast for a CT. Finding out what anaphylaxis sucks. Love you, MuFKRs.
Yep
Is it still anaphylaxis if it’s not a true allergy? I think the pathophysiology with adverse reactions to ct contrast with iodine is a bit different than true allergies, since there’s no antibodies from an allergic reaction present? I’m not sure, just curious about the what classified as anaphylaxis. I’m really sorry that happened to you though, that sounds awful.
@@aidanyy3176 That's an outdated understanding of adverse reactions. For instance look up allergies to red lake dye #40 Aurora Red. It is better understood now, there was always proof in plant science btw it was only over looked and denigrated.
I go in & out of hospital a lot* due to a severe spinal condition, so I've had a few. In fairness to "catheters are no biggie", an ER nurse admittedly placed my 1st ever one so badly that it didn't function, & my pain was trivialised at the time; handwaved as me just being dramatic re: the normal discomfort. No-one paid my subsequent complaints of worsening abdominal pain (as well as of the more acute pain of the item itself any time I moved) any heed until I passed out in the shower 16 hours in, shaking & with a mean fever, whereupon someone _finally_ thought to check my bag & discovered it was empty of urine, but not of blood.
The Dr was called, & to my enormous relief my ward nurse removed to the catheter - & then to my tremendous chagrin, insisted on placing another one afterwards, but that one only involved the slight discomfort I had originally been told to expect as the extent of my suffering.
I experienced some anxiety for the next couple I had, but thankfully each one since has been on a scale from moderately - minimally uncomfortable, but never painful, & the worst part of the whole experience was the embarrassment of being forced to tote a visible bag of my own urine around. One nurse even did it so expertly that I didn't feel it at all!
My 1st encounter was really a freak occurrence, I have had plenty of uneventful ones since then, & I can confidently reassure any woman reading not to be afraid if you do have to get a catheter put in - honestly, the suckiest bit of the shemozzle is just having your nethers on total, gaping display to the nurse (knees apart, feet together) for the brief few seconds it takes her to insert it. 😉
* Usually minimum once a year, for at least a week - not counting other accidents/illnesses.
Iodine is also a really bad idea for people with autoimmune conditions. Too much for already unstable thyroid gland to handle.
Too funny. My daughter had an interactive meeting w/EMTs. She was adamant about them cutting into her Michael Buble shirt. She insisted that her husband help her off th floor & take th shirt off. Guess some things are more important than life itself.
You are an excellent actor. You play all th parts so well, even th female roles. You'v given me a new appreciation for th medical profession. Keep up th good work.
As a vet tech we once had a young boy (about 12yo) come in with is mom and dog. While doing the exam on the dog the boy passed out, we quickly rush the dog out of the room and roll the crash cart in to the room, we got the biggest cuff we could find to get a BP. The kid started to turn blue so next we are checking O2 levels and giving oxygen. We had to do all this in the 10 or some minutes it took for the paramedics to get there. We were able to get him stable but I’m sure my vet would have administered IV fluids if need be. We were not an emergency vet clinic but we had everything on hand for basic animal surgery and that was enough to help that kid. The kid ended up being ok and the family ended up coming back the next day and thanking us and gave us cupcakes and flowers.
The moral of the story is: y'all r animals and not that special, your kid isn't either :P
Bravo what a beautiful thing this is !! You saved that boys life :) im so happy with good ending stories :)
The thing that always made me chuckle when I was a vet nurse was that a large majority of the medication used is the same as the ones humans use (in fact if one of us had forgotten to pop our allergy/antibiotic pill that day or the like we would grab one from the cupboard cos it was identical as what we had left at home)
Was the dog okay?
@@dreamitanyway Yes, the dog was ok, the dog was just in for a routine visit. The grandma came and picked up her up later that day.
I love how he's both funny and informative. That's a hard thing to balance properly and he does it perfectly. As a non-medical professional I now know things I didn't before and have had a laugh to boot.
I was hit by a car in December 2015, spent two weeks in a coma and woke up naked, I had a false memory of the day of the accident believing I had bought brand new shoes and clothes that day and so I asked for my clothes and shoes back, what I got back were some very old shoes covered in blood with an evidence tag on them. My clothes had been discarded because well, blood and them being cut apart. But for a lot of my hospital stay I was annoyed they had destroyed what I thought were new clothes. I also somehow believed I had driven myself to the hospital and my car was in the car park racking up fines and charges, I believed I had been hit by a car almost dead but driven myself to the hospital to be in a coma for two weeks....
😔 I guess the head trauma confused you😔 Have you recovered completely? R u okay now?
@@nilanjasa007 I'm about as best recovery as you can expect from my injury. I have a large section of brain damage but outwardly look fine can't catch a ball and move slower but most people don't notice.
@@asjmpickle Congratulations on your recovery 😊
@@nilanjasa007 I mean it was medical professionals who did all the work I guess. I woke up from a coma did some therapy and learned to walk and stuff again but the real congratulations should go to the doctors who had my brain open and saved my life.
yep patients Trip ! rarely a decent spiritual trip... reality of going to a limbo waiting space where an Unseen decides wether to continue earthly penance, or Proceed to your next reincarnation .
in my two i was Returned to this Purgatory.... no false diversions needed tho. not my first Rejection.
i can only imagine how happy your management must be when they see you cursing like a sailor
i love these videos
He says I'm another video he hasn't work in the ER in over a year.
⚜️ If you think management isn't cursing like sailors as well, then you don't understand how intense healthcare work is.
@@cindygillespie and yet they don't typically curse at the general public.
But this guy is cool.
@@KessyEileen04At this point, I hope he makes more doing comedy than he EVER did in nursing.
Those of us who have worked in his field appreciate every second of his humor!
CT contrast is warm. Makes you feel like you pissed yourself.
Yeah. They didn't warn me.
I can’t get it anymore because the last time my heart rate increased and my chest felt like it was on fire. I had been given it a few times before but that one bad time caused me to have it added to my things I’m allergic to.
@@Stop_Infanticide Me neither. I really thought I pissed my pants. Was for the moment not funny, but now I can laugh about it. When I hear that someone will get a CT or MRT with contrast, I warn them, so they are not shocked.
I would describe it as sitting on a heated car seat.
lol they warned me and in the beginning of the scan i was like "meh they are sooooo overstating it..this really feels nothing like if i was pissin.....ooooooh!!!!!! oh Gods yes it does!!!! lol wtf!!!!"
I’ve never laughed so hard! That was perfect!
My mother was a nurse for 35 years and would have enjoyed this take on the ER, though she only worked the ER once in all those years,she was cardiac intensive care.
They used my Spider-Man pyjamas when I had an artery burst and they had to resus me. They were my favourite pyjamas. I was amazed to watch how fast I went from fully covered to literally bollock naked!
I know how you feel, I broke my arm when I was six and they cut my favorite outfit off.
I was taken to the ER because I was having seizures. When I finally regained consciousness, I was very shocked to see I was completely naked, aside from a hospital gown, with a foley, hospital monitor, and saline IV. When I was being discharged, I found out they had used the trauma shears to cut off all my clothes, including my favorite pair of jeans.
They cut up Big Bird shirt when I was six since I had a massive head injury.
@@lttlEspana- The things we remember. The •important• things …not the life saving things, the real stuff, like Big Bird shirts!
I haemorrhaged from my throat, a few days after a tonsillectomy, I didn’t care that I died at home, and twice more on the way to hospital, - but I was sad about my pretty new nightgown. It didn’t need to be cut off of me, but I gurgled to the nurse that I had “gotten a bit of blood on it” and asked if she knew how to clean it.
Poor thing burst into tears, and promised to clean it (no one expected me to survive, so that one, very young, nurse didn’t mind lying to me, I guess!)
The blood pressure bit always reminds me that from 18 months to 4* I was in and out of hospital until a guy finally decided to take my pressure and it was so high someone cancelled a clinic to watch me. Now i insist on it if they're remotely thinking of it because if they don't know yours is high long term you'll be more likely for issues.
*this was early 2000s I'm glad things have improved here in the UK.
I’ve tried reading your story three times and I still don’t understand, did you have health issues that had you in and out of the hospital as a child between the age of 18 months and 4 years until someone realised you just had high blood pressure? How does that explain you ending up in hospital so often?
But you have reminded me of a story when my mother went to a&e with a splitting headache screaming for help and that she was dying, the doctor said “sit down and calm down I’ll be right with you” and decided to waste 5mins changing a plaster on some guys forehead, then when he finally took my mother’s bp reading he went pale and ran for help because it was somewhere close to 230/170 (basically she should have been dead).
I know most people lie and exaggerate with their symptoms/ waiting’s times etc, but desensitising staff with that bs behaviour can be really detrimental.
@@ahumanaperson I had symptoms of vomiting and being really unwell every 6 weeks like clockwork from 18 months, which caused frequent trips to hospital, and even when I was put in hospital nobody ever checked my blood pressure until I was 4 during admittance to the hospital. Even though family members also had the condition they never checked me until one guy decided to just check what the levels were. Basically the illness was my body trying to regulate the high blood pressure that had been untreated but because nobody checked my BP until then we never knew that was the problem.
Luckily it's been under control since but the fact nobody checked back then baffles me since nowadays that's the first thing they often do.
Good to know your mother finally got the treatment but they definitely should have checked her BP immediately. Hopefully they got it under control and found the cause if it was a underlying issue.
@@Lil-Dragon ffs how did family history or a bp check not come up in your case? 🤦♀️
My mothers heart issues still remain undiagnosed. ‘Angina’ / high blood pressure so far. She had a few failed stress tests. It’s truly a mystery but she’s still alive. She used to take beta blockers but gained a lot of weight which obviously made things worse. For now she’s just a highly anxious person who can’t do cardio because her bodies natural response is to cry.
Anyway that was an irrelevant story, thanks for reading 🤷♀️.
@@ahumanaperson when i was an extern at clinic as a medical assistant, this slightly over weight guy came in with fatigue, red face and sweating. I took his blood pressure and couldn't find a top number. I was admittedly confused because i could clearly hear the beats but they never stopped. His bottom number was around 125. I gently put the cuff away and said, " you'll have to excuse me, i just got out of school. I'm gonna have the doctor check your bp." Then i calmy walked out of the room, ran to the doctor and said "I think your next patient is dying. I can't find his top blood pressure"
The Doc looked at me and said "what did you say to the patient?"
"I'm new and couldn't do it right. I DIDN'T WANT to scare him"
Long story short, yes the guy was dying. We called 911 immediately after the doctor confirmed.
He stayed in the hospital for awhile and lived to tell the tale.
lovepeace it’s insane how there is a number that apparently indicates someone is a second away from death, and yet they live. How does it get to that point? What should they do? How do they survive? Why is bp not instantly checked when patients walk in?
Ah yes trauma shears. Quite a traumatic name considering what you probably went through to be in that position
I can see way back when medical professionals getting grandma's fabric scissors. Breaking them. Having to replace said scissors. And going to a metal expert later because the best thing they knew failed. Thus being the result of why they're also called trauma sheers.
"Oh shit, Johnny done fucked up! We need to get him out of this!"
Grandma's scissors: break.
Everybody going oh no for the double oops. Then boom, trauma sheers being invented.
And then tracking down those exact brand and mark of scissor as an apolog to memaw and buttering her up.
I hate going to the ER but something tells me, he’d make the experience a bit more tolerable. ❤️ these videos!
The blood pressure cuffs (particularly the electronic ones) are absolute torture for me because of my sensory processing issues. The manual ones are the best option when a blood pressure reading is necessary.
I have sensory processing issues too, and I can relate. Torture.....
Same and I had to get it taken 19 times at the cardiologist
I’ve had them used for bp readings so often since childhood I enjoy the squeeze at this point, it’s like a cute hug, I’m disappointed when it ends. But I remember the first few times where I thought it would never end and pop my arm off. I think it’s the anticipation that’s probably the worst part, if there was an accurate countdown so you knew when it would end people wouldn’t get so stressed. But I also employ a ‘count back from 20’ rule with anything unpleasant, especially at the dentists office- the chances are if you count slow the unpleasantness will be over by the time you get to 0, and if not just go again and it will probably be over. The most I had to repeat was probably three or five times.
When I was in the mental ward they woke us up every morning with those electronic ones. It's the WORST when it's what you wake up to lol. And then if they don't do it right the first time it immediately just starts squeezing again on its own. The worst.
My low blood pressure means that sometimes they keep tightening well past the point of pain, to where I have to grit my teeth to soldier thru, & I have pins + needless in my fingers, & the veins in my arm are rock hard.
But sometimes the nurse switching to a more sensitive machine helps, & if not, they're usually happy to take it the old-fasioned way.
I work in med/ surge, I will keep this handy to show patients 😂😂 I just have to be careful WHO I share this with. Catholic owned hospitals can get the colons all bunched up with a few cuss words😂
There's nothing more fun than hearing a nun cuss when coming out of anaesthesia 😁
@@kerryn6714 I'm waiting for that treat, I would love to work in PACU, but their usually fully awake by the time they get to me. 🤣🤣
I work for a catholic healthcare organisation too, the colon bunching is real 😂
@@rebeccalucas6063
It'll be worth the wait! I haven't worked in OT for years but its a great place to work. Its amazing the things people say when they're coming out from under.
@@rebeccalucas6063 As fun as that sounds, I would love to do it too, I would advise you not to do it. You could show Steveioe to a patient who you just KNOW will find it hilarious..They swear around you all the time, maybe tell you vulgar jokes, etc. You feel it would be okay showing this patient, no way they would get upset. And before you know what happened, they turned on you and the Catholic hospital is on your ass.
They might even laugh when you show them Stevioe vids. But you just can't trust anyone when it comes to your career. All of the sudden, your supervisor wants to know why you showed a patient these videos, that it could be seen as unethical. What??
Oh yeah, Mrs. Jones, that friendly, funny, colorful patient got very upset earlier at another nurse, because she didn't bring her pain medication on time and she was in extreme pain! She asked a couple nurses and they said her nurse should be bringing it anytime now. She began yelling about how she isn't being treated fairly, no one is helping her, no one cares and saying the staff are EXTREMELY unprofessional!!!
When the head nurse came over to calm her down and find out what was going on, Mrs. Jones told her all of this. "Sorry Mrs. Jones, sometimes things get super busy, but your nurse isn't doing this on purpose, we are all doing everything to make you feel comfortable! Just relax, calm down, and she will be here soon. No worries!" Mrs. Jones, who is beyond pissed at this point, has had it. Not only is she *NOT* going to calm down and allow everyone to treat her like a toddler, she will *NOT* lose this argument.
Eventually everything is told to a supervisor, and she will make sure she is taken seriously. She will use anything she can so she doesn't come across as an overreacting impatient Karen, she will show that her little tantrum was justified. "Not only was I in excruciating pain and nobody would listen, I had some lady actually tell me to *calm down* ? Oh, there was another nurse here earlier who showed me videos of a nurse on the internet, calling everyone motherfuckers! Now how's *THAT* for unprofessional?!? He was calling the patients, "motherfuckers"!! Is that what I am?? A motherfucker?!?"
Now you have to explain yourself... About why you thought it would be appropriate to show those videos to Mrs. Jones or to ANY patient. 🤦🤦
This is so funny and entertaining. If only you made those annual online tutorials, it would be a gas.
I can honestly say that when I was in labor with my son... that foley tube was my best friend! My son pinched off my urethra... it was far more painful to NOT be able to pee than it was getting that foley tube inserted! Just sayin. lol The nurse commented that I was the first one that's ever requested one... at least from her. lol.
You can say that again!! Plus I nce that epidural went in my legs just disappeared. They could've been gone for all I knew from the lack of feeling. Even for a bit afterwards I was wobbly. Nurses are absolute angelic heros.
Don't let Steveioe scare you! A Foley Catheter doesn't hurt when lubed up and you remain calm and still. They're the best friend to ladies everywhere who can't pee after let's say 36 hours of labor. Give me that thing! My bladder's about to burst. I'll shove it in myself! Ah the sweet relief of something so simple yet so necessary.
I go in & out of hospital a lot* due to a severe spinal condition, so I've had a few. In fairness to "catheters are no biggie", an ER nurse admittedly placed my 1st ever one so badly that it didn't function, & my pain was trivialised at the time; handwaved as me just being dramatic re: the normal discomfort. No-one paid my subsequent complaints of worsening abdominal pain (as well as of the more acute pain of the item itself any time I moved) any heed until I passed out in the shower 16 hours in, shaking & with a mean fever, whereupon someone _finally_ thought to check my bag & discovered it was empty of urine, but not of blood.
The Dr was called, & to my enormous relief my ward nurse removed to the catheter - & then to my tremendous chagrin, insisted on placing another one afterwards, but that one only involved the slight discomfort I had originally been told to expect as the extent of my suffering.
I experienced some anxiety for the next couple I had, but thankfully each one since has been on a scale from moderately - minimally uncomfortable, but never painful, & the worst part of the whole experience was the embarrassment of being forced to tote a visible bag of my own urine around. One nurse even did it so expertly that I didn't feel it at all!
My 1st encounter was really a freak occurrence, I have had plenty of uneventful ones since then, & I can confidently reassure any woman reading not to be afraid if you do have to get a catheter put in - honestly, the suckiest bit of the shemozzle is just having your nethers on total, gaping display to the nurse (knees apart, feet together) for the brief few seconds it takes her to insert it. 😉
* Usually minimum once a year, for at least a week - not counting other accidents/illnesses.
For biological woman yes, but biological woman have a much shorter way to the bladder from the outside than biological men, and trust me. at the begining when they start, its the most painful for a biological man
@@Ben-ig3bf
As MLC stated, it's the care giver that determines if a procedure is painful and traumatic, or relatively painless. Cathetered for 3 months, professionally inserted, self inserted, and Finally Foley catheter with day and night bag. Our fellow human caregivers determine amount of fear and pain we experience ...
Cafs hurt no matter what just try to relax and give a push when extracting it will help
Catheters are a mixed experience for some people. After my last major surgery, my catheter was so painful that it was as painful as the surgical site. And because the surgical site was the lower abdomen, I couldn't accurately tell the doctor what hurt and how much - I didn't know what was the catheter, and what was the surgery. Fortunately, my surgeon gave them permission to remove the catheter early at my "request" (it was more like begging), and so I was able to drastically reduce the amount of pain medication I needed.
You're exactly the kind of doctor I want in an emergency
he's a nurse
@@karamboubou8579 He's an ER tech.
@@karamboubou8579He's a tech
I remember getting ready for surgery and they attached this stuff to me to measure my heart rate to make sure I was good for anaesthesia or smt. I was so anxious about everything that my heart rate was at 97... 100... 103
Me: *aggressively attempting to relax the fuck out*
Nurse: Are you feeling quite nervous?
112
“Aggressively attempting to relax” is perfect… 🤣
LMAO mine was once 100 while completely calm.
The Blood Pressure Cuff in Traige: While working as a triage nurse, a nursing mother, her tiny baby, and her husband entered my Triage Cell. Dad was holding the baby to his wife's chest to feed because SHE was a bilateral above-the-elbow amputee and now my patient. This is the one time I did not measure a BP. I let the admitting nurse do it when the patient undressed. Yes, we have a thigh cuff, and yes, we all know how to use it. (Hi, S, you are wicked funny, this nurse loves you!)
After passing out in the ER room, I woke up naked with a trake, and with a bed pan underneath me. I was so embarrassed but the ER nurse didn't seem to be bothered. She said I passed out from anaphylactic shock and I was suffocating due to my throat closing up. First time that ever happened. I think that put things into perspective for me. Thank goodness my daughter drives fast and we live 3 mins from an ER, I may have died. Now I carry an epi pen everywhere just in case.
I've had some scary reasons to be in the ER. This actually makes me less afraid of having to go again in future 😊 Thank you sir!
Fun fact about The Suction, there's almost always a bracket next to the vacuum line a Medical Gas system. This bracket is used to mount a container for all that vomit, saliva, and blood to keep all that stuff out of the vacuum pumps, to help with life saving measures to other people.
OMG, this made me snork a couple of times! Someone could try playing a drinking game with this, taking a drink every time he says, “MFer,” but that may lead to alcohol poisoning! This was the funniest thing! Thanks for both the info and the laughs!💜
Those shears were the best, I got one in my combat med kit, I used it to cut stainless steel braided line when I was working on cars. Eventually they broke (actually the plastic handles broke) a doctor in UC offered me a pair once, I should have taken them. 🤦♀️
You are awesome Steve. We need one of you in every ER. 🙂❤
No we need only him. We don’t need just one in every er. we need lots of him in every er
Very few things delight this old gal anymore as much as this guy. Intelligent, funny and cute, cute cute!
He’s so awesome and tells the truth. I’ve worked ER way too long. You see and hear all
I love the perspective you bring 😊
From not being a highly educated doctor or nurse, you know very well what it feels like to not know anything about medical care and the ER, what to mention and explain for the public in your videos, how to bring up a topic in respect of peoples curiosity, and all of it in approx. 1 minute! That’s awesome 👏🏼
We do tend forget, or take for granted, that all the information you provide, which is for us very basic assumed knowledge, isn’t for a majority of our patients.
Fun fact, motorcycle boots actually have a thin part that's supposed to be easier to cut in an emergency.
God bless you and all the ER employees!!!
As a kid, I remember flexing my muscles when the cuff got tight, thinking I was gonna burst out of it like the Hulk. Didn’t know people actually find them uncomfortable/hurtful lol.
The battle continues…
My friend was a trauma nurse. I recently asked her how she could stand having crazy people who were trying to bite her. She said, "Three little words...one thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three. " That's how long the anesthesia takes to get that bad boy out cold.
As a housekeeper with a thousand questions, this is VERY useful. Thanks!
as a person who spends a lot of time in the hospital (and thankfully not so much in e.r. ... at least not recently) i actually find these kind of helpful to getting my bp down about my next visit.
it's easier to face when it's no longer a total unknown. sort of like naming the monster under your bed, george... george isn't a scary name even if the mofo under the bed is.
Steveioe this video should be played in every hospital! I absolutely loved it and I know quite many things, having had 12 different surgeries over my lifetime thus far, and you still taught me a thing or two ❤. 🙏🏻
Thanks for explaining that monitor machine. I know I've used this a lot and my numbers run quite a bit lower than most because of my heart condition, but it's always great to have a refresher course!
Thanks! 😊👍❤️
My daughter's heart rate usually sits around 100. When she stands up it'll jump up to around 140. I took her to the hospital once when it wasn't coming down again, and it was spiking up above 150 and she had chest pain. Cue lots of phone calls from the ER staff getting advice. But it's pretty normal if you have POTS :(
Steve! Do a skit about having to do stuff in ER for bratty screaming kids! You know what type! Those ones where there isn't anything wrong with them or something extremely minor, but parents over reacted, totally spoilt brat screaming ones, that won't sit still, while the parents get mad at nurses saying "you must be hurting him/her!"
They just call in a guy like me that is not perturbed in least by screaming attention seeking children, young OR old.
I just pick them up by the neck and hold them that way for a while and they settle down eventually. Sometimes they even fall asleep.
I get your side of things but as a mother of a non-verbal autistics boy who takes medical exam very badly I feel hurt with your comment. Believe me, as annoying as it is for you, for the parent it's heartbreaking.
Nurses need to warn conscious people that CT contrast can make you feel like you've wet yourself. I freaked out the first time I had it thinking I'd peed myself in front of everyone.
I get for nurses that bedpans are a common thing but as a patient it feels humiliating to have to use one. I was so embarrassed to use a bedpan even though I'd just had open heart surgery. Not to mention peeing in a bed is totally unnatural.
I hate that stuff it makes me feel like I am overheating or something. Yech.
CT contrast makes me break out in hives.
I think if you showed the tools you use on people in various situations, with no context for *how* they are used, most people will take better care of themselves.
I know that if a dentist showed me a giant drill, and said "If you don't brush I have to use this", I'd brush more often. I know this, because it *happened*. To be fair, the drill he was showing off was a 2-inch concrete bit, but it made the point.
Thank you for these!!! I knew most of them from too many hospital trips (stupidly clumsy but now chronically sick) but its so helpful having someone fully explain qhats happening.
It can be quite overwhelming in there and nothing will stay in my brain as to what you said but this is 👍 thank you!! X
😂😂😂 The Trauma Scissors is funny af XD
This makes me so happy. As both a former HUC and frequent patient, I love hearing it all put out there in an honest yet comical way.
Brings back great memories of my EMT/paramedic days... Some of the best, & worst times of my life. Trauma shears... Aka "make-em nekkid" can't treat what you can't see. Have hooked up more than a few banana bags & once had to bag a patient while they were doing the CT scan & then had to make a mad dash down to the blood bank in the hospital & sprint back with the little igloo cooler full of blood bags to try to get him stable enough to get to the OR. ER rotations were never a dull moment, learned so much.
Thanks for providing such good info in such a humorous way. I love your posts!😍
I wish I had teachers like him. My kind of learning
In Italy the guy who takes the x-ray is the same who reads the scan. And sometimes they'll let the patient check it out too!
I saw my broken ulna.
It's amazing how you can crack it in the inseam when falling on it
"embrace the squeeze" I'm definitely using this every time I get my blood pressure checked 😂
These are GREAT!! Should totally be part of staff training. 😉
This guy's very funny and has a good sense of humour I love watching these also he is talking about serious things and also giveing good medical advice at the same time 👍😄
I want all my doctors to talk to me like this 😭🤣😭
As a respiratory therapist we jokingly said suctioning is the most effective therapy we do
I was born with a heart condition (HLHS) and many of the things you shared were things I've experienced over the years. Thirty three (33), almost 34 years to be exact. 😉
I'm glad you helped describe things in simple terms and I loved learning more about the number on the monitor screen.
I'll admit, every time I get to have saline solution, it tastes delicious! 😋
Yes! I can actually taste the salt from where they pushed the solution into my veins!
So thanks for letting us take a "tour" of the tools and machines used in the hospital. In addition to the bed pan, for women, there's a suction device called "Purewick". Its a tube like device that suctions away pee and is placed next to your groin area. I used this after recovering from a preventative operation. (Taking care of something in my body so it didn't cause potential problems further down the road.)
Is it weird that i like the squeezing sensation of the blood pressure cuff? It's like getting your arm tightly hugged.
Idk i think i just really like getting Hugs is all.
OP lol
😂😂😂 love this! I tell nurses all the time that I don't have a blood pressure because I have an LVad and their response "if you didn't have a BP you would be dead" then poof my blood pressure won't read 🤦🏿♀️
You are the ONLY one who makes me laugh with your “colorful” language. Thanks for the blue laughs! 😂🤣😂🤣
This was great! Informative and made me smile. Love watching these.
Delightful knowledge!
One thing I feel like maybe should be mentioned is that there's a pretty high chance that contrast solution will cause pretty much instantaneous vomiting (or so a CT tech told me after I gave her a direct demonstration). I feel like it's good to know beforehand with aiming in mind: CT machines are expensive and it's rude to vomit on medical workers.
Wow. I've never had that reaction to contrast but I've always felt like I was about to wet myself when they push the contrast in
I have never vomited because of contrast dye for CT scan. My problem is that I break out in hives if contrast dye is used.
Trauma shears are the new kitchen shears! One of the best tools I have in my kitchen!
I feel much better knowing that ER professionals have the training and skills to care for vampire wounds in an efficient manner.
That was a great explanation about all the equipment. Most of it I knew but not all. Your presentation makes it fun to learn. Thanks
I love how he explains everything.
Time to teach it buddy!
Waking up from a seizure naked is terrifying
The lead shields in the xray room ARE absolutely necessary btw. I have TWO siblings with extra chromosomes because of this. My mom was a disabled child who got frequent xrays when lead shields weren't used, and Docs now believe I was the unusual one, a rare egg that did not get mutated. Don't be messing around with your lead shield!
You do a fantastic job of explaining each thing so anyone could understand. I'd love to see your explanations put on hospital networks, but you'd have to edit out your trademark swearing. Lol!
Demystifying and straigh- up!
More people need to see these - a little bit of knowledge on the part of the patient (or their loved ones) can make the syaff's job that much easier, and help them to help you!
When your blood pressure is high, the blood pressure cuff is really painful. It’s usually how I know my blood pressure is bad even before the numbers come up
I was pretty sad having a bad day. Nothing like this Mufkr to get one in a good mood! 😀😄
Man, your videos always make me feel better. Thank you for being yourself.
I worked in a drug and alcohol detox and had to recheck this guy CONSTANTLY bc he was athletic and had a resting (laying) HR of 35!! The Oncall Dr wasn’t happy…he was fine 😂
This is really useful, actually! I've spent more time in hospitals than I wanted to, but never knew the meanings of all of the numbers on the monitors. Thank you!
Quick note with the blood pressure cuffs: if you are small it's okay to tell them if it is hurting you, it means its too big and you need a small or sometimes even a child sized one. It can mess up the readings if you are too small and its too large.
Yes very true. A few nurses have given me a child sized blood pressure cuff instead of an adult size before because I’m a petite little munchkin 😂
I have so much respect for people working in the medical professions. I'm very much a rational person but I believe that there must be a special "calling" to get into these jobs. To all the people in the comment section working as health care professionals, THANK YOU...
Just FYI people can also be allergic to the contrast dyes for CT's and what not. My uncle is VERY allergic to all forms of contrast dye. It's almost killed him 5 separate times, his blood pressure just tanks to the floor, even when everyone assured him, "Oh the dye is different now from back then!" No, it's not. My mother is also allergic as well. No idea if I am and I really don't want to find out, I'm absolutely terrified of the stuff. When I had my CT they luckily didn't need it. I did however freak out when they rolled the cart thing it was on near me. The nurse changed the CT screen to these stupid animated fishes for me to look at, lol.
For some reason they didn’t use contrast on me either when I had a ct scan done
@Adykayful - Yes, I am allergic to contrast dye for CTs also. When I tell them, they always say: “Are you sure?” YES, I AM SURE!!!
Your videos should be on constant repeat in every ER, every day, all day, in multiple languages for all to see.
omg u make me laugh and smile every time i watch you, you remind me of a nurse i had when i got out of surgary i needed someone to keep me company so a nurse that was off duty came to my side and we ended up talking for hrs and i wasnt allowed guests for 24hrs soo she amused me with dr humor and funny nurseing storys and she told me about you i think i spent hrs watching you while in the hospital and when that nurse came to visit me and found out she was my nurse for my stay in the afternoon
You're amazing, thank you for making this information clear, concise, and easily accessible. Education is so important and I'm sure this information could and does put a lot of people at ease.
Steveioe: "it has come to my attention that some of you MuFKRs have no idea what the fuck saline is."
Me playing barotrauma:
*signature look of superiority*
I was perusing your videos as I laid in my hospital bed after a severe pancreatitis attack. I so wish you were in our hospital. Thanks for the laughs.
Respect to all who work in er-and beyond -awesome all around
As someone who has been to the ER a lot, I just want to say I really enjoyed your explanations. The saturation reading on the monitor is very interesting. Go below 88 and see nurses go nuts on you. Whenever I've been in hospital (often with breathing/lung issues) I would always take long, slow, deep breaths as soon as I realize it's time for the staff to take my stats. Try to get it to 100 or as close as, before they get to me. Something to pass the time and makes everyone happy.
What's the difference between a radiographer and a radiologist? About $100K a year. Boom tish 🥁
I absolutely love your expletive explanations!❤
Loved the humor but really was grateful for the explanation of the monitor
Trauma shears! Saved a mans life ( faster)
Man on pedal bicycle versus car in MVA wearing brand new Red Wings leathers after they won the Stanley Cup.
My newbies beg not to cut them off.
I train people right the first time.
I said " sorry but get another pair and get to cutting.
Man had half dollar size bruise over flank area
Doc inform , mediate scan , surgery and lost kidney.
My newbies went pale and never question me again.
Also have cut wedding gowns to grandmas fur coat( 😥)
The best tools at home
Trauma shears and a roll of silk tape fixes everything.
In the 90s they started selling those scissors in kitchen supply stores for chicken. They totally cut down a chicken lol
"trying to convince yourself having kids was a good idea"- hes so brutally honest, I love it.
We LOVE trauma shears! 5 years retired they still be working!