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Post by medic09 on Sept 28, 2010 15:28:18 GMT -5
I went in to work yesterday for a four hour fill-in. They called desperate for extra hands. During one hour our little (36 bed) ED got two trauma stats and a 2 year old with agonal respirations after accidental strangulation.
I got roundly chewed out by my wife when she got home and saw I hadn't immediately changed out of my blood stained pants and t-shirt. She was, of course, right.
Even if you're tired and distracted - do NOT forget to change your clothes right after work!
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Post by achot on Sept 29, 2010 4:39:02 GMT -5
I went in to work yesterday for a four hour fill-in. They called desperate for extra hands. During one hour our little (36 bed) ED got two trauma stats and a 2 year old with agonal respirations after accidental strangulation. I got roundly chewed out by my wife when she got home and saw I hadn't immediately changed out of my blood stained pants and t-shirt. She was, of course, right. Even if you're tired and distracted - do NOT forget to change your clothes right after work! Totally agree, it helps if the hospital or facility has decent showers and changing areas for the staff. This is a huge point of contention. Some of our older nurses say that they are proud of traveling in their whites so people know they are nurses. I say- infection control issue. Medic, as Hashem told Avraham "Kol asher amar lechah ishtecha- ta'aseh" BTW accidental strangulation? so terrifying! poor thing |
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Post by Rivka P on Sept 29, 2010 7:03:57 GMT -5
the most common reason for me to have blood on my scrubs was a patient pulling out their IV. Medic, your job sounds so emotionally taxing and stressful. how do you do it?
Anyway, if ever I got splashed with blood, I would call down to the storage room and have them send me a set of OR scrubs.
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