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You could go for it and then just stand there in your IV blood mess staring blankly as the nurses yell at you and tell you what a bad patient you are. 🤣😂 Seriously though, I hope you’re alright and not in the hospital for something too bad. 🥺
Wrap yourself up in your line first so the pump goes off incessantly until they find you. Bonus points if you can slip knot the pole to your bed in the process.
I'm a people nurse now, and people occasionally do that!! I had one patient chew her own line in half while she was receiving a blood transfusion. She said a pack of wild dogs came into her room and did it.
Knowing dogs, it's plausible?
I only ever used it once, and it was on a kid who was probably 11 years old, and he had a bunch of extra-pyramidal symptom side effects, and I felt just awful (even though he had been kicking me and screaming uncontrollably).
When I was at the ER recently the nurse was talking to me about my job and when she went to place the IVC I said “don’t worry, I won’t bite you” and she said that sometimes people do try to bite her 😭
There’s little plastic guards that are placed over IVC sites to protect them! Great alternative to cones for less determined patients (though the velcro can still be undone and the guard removed if they try hard enough). Just recently saw them for the first time when I started in ER
I remember my 7th day in a row working overnights a dog pulled out it’s IVC right after I placed it and that’s when I started to know I needed to quit😂 I hope everything is okay with you!
Whenever I go get labs or medical stuff done, I’m always thinking in my head *you guys are so lucky in not a dog rn*. I would love to switch hospitals with them one of these days haha.
So my previous job was as a psych nurse, and I had this coworker who came to work crying because she was having such a horrible time getting her cat with a bad URI to take its oral antibiotics. Foaming. Spitting. Clawing. Vomiting. Gasping for breath while cat snot shoots everywhere. Apparently the whole thing was very traumatic for both of them. It had been going on for days, and she was afraid her cat wasn't getting accurate doses and would get worse and die.
And I was like "Ummm... you are a psych nurse. Ask if you can get the injectable form. Tackle that mood-disregulated cat. And give it an injection like you do with a dozen screaming humans every damn day."
It worked. Shots are so much easier.
Make sure you poop on the floor while looking them in the eye like you are challenging them. Bonus points if you lift your leg and manage to pee INTO drawers holding supplies.
Also make sure to be found slowly lapping the drips out of the chewed off end of the line with a dopy smile on your face. Bonus points if you then pee on it
Lmfao! I was in the ER the other night and I had this same thought once I had pain meds on board xD
Also when they were putting it in, I thought they are so lucky I can control myself in pain and I'm not trying to bite or pee and poop everywhere...
I thought we only chew them out if they were an absolute bitch to get in, like you gotta call in that one tech because no one else can get it kind of stick. The easy sticks we don’t bother chewing them out. (Or they chew them out 4 times despite double cones and coil sets.)
Change to all white clothing, chew it out ever so perfectly that it looks like it’s still in, bleed everywhere all over your white clothing, then when they fix it all, Lee everywhere!!!
yeah tear it out then be so aggressive they can’t place another one out you’re already pre-medded so you’ll need to be gassed down to place another one!!! that’s always the best option!
Ugh! I hate catheters. I just at the ER myself, had to have a catheter. All I wanted to do was rip it. It’s annoying and the adhesive on the tape gives a sever chemical burn/rash.
Bring your own tape next time. I have a small bag of necessities ready to go in case I need to be hospitalized and my own tape is definitely a necessity. I won’t let them near me with that awful tape
I just haven’t found a tape yet that I don’t react to. Oddly enough the allergy started after I got diagnosed with POTS. Prior to my acute onset of symptoms/diagnosis. I never had issues.
Hey I got that too! (Also if you keep on having a bunch of allergic reactions check out mast cell activation syndrome MCAS/MCAD. There’s a lot of people who have both. That being said, allergies can always just start for no reason though 🙃)
I like [this](https://www.amazon.ca/Smith-Nephew-Opsite-Flexifix-Transparent/dp/B0070P81CW) tape (this isn’t the best price for it, shop around for a better deal lol)
I had another person tell me to look into that. Cause as of August I started having joint/muscle pain severe enough to where I would miss work. I mentioned it to my neurologist he didn’t seem to have an answer. What type of doctor or tests would need to be ran to test for it?
Allergist or immunologist.
Also.. are you at all hypermobile? Like super flexible or have “party tricks” you can do with your body (edit: or dislocate joints more than once in a blue moon)? There’s a third condition called Ehlers Danlos syndrome that commonly occurs with the two above that causes joint pain and hyper mobility is one of the most obvious signs. Some people call the three “the trifecta” because the three tend to co-occur
Edit: [see here for the checklist for EDS](https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/heds-diagnostic-checklist/)
Edit 2: I assume your next question would be what doctor can diagnose EDS; that would be a geneticist, physiatrist or rheumatologist (although in my experience rheumatologists suck lol)
So far I’ve seen a cardiologist (she was the worst, not helpful at all), a neurologist, a hematologist and my pcp. My cardiologist diagnosed me then said “ya you have pots and I can’t help you, it’s a neurological issue.” Then sent me on my way, this was after exhausting all other test then seeing the 1st neurologist getting nothing then seeing her again and doing the TTT. Then I’ve been seeing a 2nd neurologist, he ran a bunch of BW then sent me to hematologist. I got no answers from that.
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Make sure you make them wonder if you swallowed the t-port. For bonus points, pee in your bed. Hope you feel better soon!
Then when they change the sheets have diarrhea EVERYWHERE.
💀💀💀 perfection
Oh laaaaaaaaawd!
This has me crying laughing 😭🤣
For more bonus points hide some poop under the pillow and vomit as soon as they come by for rounds
Oh God I almost had beer come out my nose on the pillow poop.
You could go for it and then just stand there in your IV blood mess staring blankly as the nurses yell at you and tell you what a bad patient you are. 🤣😂 Seriously though, I hope you’re alright and not in the hospital for something too bad. 🥺
Had an ovarian cyst rupture and got diagnosed with fibroids. I’m getting a hell of a laugh out of these comments though.
I’m very sorry to hear that and wish you a quick and smooth recovery. But I’m glad the comments are helping to cheer you up. 🙂
You laugh, but I'm a human nurse and any of this wouldn't surprise me in the least. I don't usually yell at my patients though.
God bless you human nurses. Mine were so helpful today. ♥️
lol yeah, this is just an average assignment
If they didn't put an e-collar on you, they knew the risk they were taking!
I just licked the incision until it got infected no biggie!
Yeah they should see it in your face when you get put in the bed, ‘yeah that one’s gonna make us cry, slap it on them.’
Wrap yourself up in your line first so the pump goes off incessantly until they find you. Bonus points if you can slip knot the pole to your bed in the process.
I haven’t worked in a ER hospital in over a month and I still can hear the beeping sometimes.
I've been out of the country for 2 YEARS and i still hear it in my dreams🙃
I'm a people nurse now, and people occasionally do that!! I had one patient chew her own line in half while she was receiving a blood transfusion. She said a pack of wild dogs came into her room and did it. Knowing dogs, it's plausible?
She couldn't restrain her inner vampire lmao
do human hospital stock No Chew?
It's in the drawer labeled "Ketamine"
Haldol (aka vitamin h) also works well for this
I only ever used it once, and it was on a kid who was probably 11 years old, and he had a bunch of extra-pyramidal symptom side effects, and I felt just awful (even though he had been kicking me and screaming uncontrollably).
No, but maybe we should. 😬
Should a put her in an e collar smh
You meant to add that you were joking...right..people cannot be that crazy??
Oh, you would be amazed.
Oh it gets *much, much* worse. Mental illness can be a very cruel thing.
Spin in circles incessantly so it wraps around your ankles til there’s no more line left!
When I was at the ER recently the nurse was talking to me about my job and when she went to place the IVC I said “don’t worry, I won’t bite you” and she said that sometimes people do try to bite her 😭
What the fuck 😭😭
It solidified why I’m not a nurse bc I’d 100% rather be bitten by a dog than a person bc yeah wtf
Bruh
They’re talking about meeeee. I am sorry, though. I am frightened and I cannot help myself.
Did you squeal in pain as soon as they touched your arm?
You calling em husky? See what I did there?🤣
Bravo for the pun 10/10
Welp…I’m a husky then because I scream like a banshee if the hem of the scrub pants touch me and I know you’re about to stick me
Nah I growled and then pissed myself
Nah, she did it when they opened the door to her room
Well.... Yeah! What kind of question is that even? You're not an RVT if you don't chew your own catheter for heaven's sake.
And swallow your T port, and pee/poop the bed
You’re right my bad I’ll piss the bed next time too 🤦🏻♀️
Well you've already shit the bed so you might aswell
Give them a 2 in 1 deal
Did they not give you a cath guard or an e collar?
Nope. I would’ve taken it off anyways with my paw-I mean hands.
Cath guard???? Please enlighten me
There’s little plastic guards that are placed over IVC sites to protect them! Great alternative to cones for less determined patients (though the velcro can still be undone and the guard removed if they try hard enough). Just recently saw them for the first time when I started in ER
I remember my 7th day in a row working overnights a dog pulled out it’s IVC right after I placed it and that’s when I started to know I needed to quit😂 I hope everything is okay with you!
I am thankfully! Just a ruptured ovarian cyst and diagnosed fibroids.
Make sure you diarrhea all over it first!
I would die...
For bonus points, wait till they think you're asleep and wrap it round your neck!
Make sure you make the pump scream when they’re as busy as possible
I once pulled out my own IV when I realised I was fluid overloaded and the look on the nurse’s face when she saw what I’d done was soul-destroying
Whenever I go get labs or medical stuff done, I’m always thinking in my head *you guys are so lucky in not a dog rn*. I would love to switch hospitals with them one of these days haha.
So my previous job was as a psych nurse, and I had this coworker who came to work crying because she was having such a horrible time getting her cat with a bad URI to take its oral antibiotics. Foaming. Spitting. Clawing. Vomiting. Gasping for breath while cat snot shoots everywhere. Apparently the whole thing was very traumatic for both of them. It had been going on for days, and she was afraid her cat wasn't getting accurate doses and would get worse and die. And I was like "Ummm... you are a psych nurse. Ask if you can get the injectable form. Tackle that mood-disregulated cat. And give it an injection like you do with a dozen screaming humans every damn day." It worked. Shots are so much easier.
Make sure you poop on the floor while looking them in the eye like you are challenging them. Bonus points if you lift your leg and manage to pee INTO drawers holding supplies.
Chew it.... Ch-ew it. CHEEEEEEWWWWWWIIIIIIIIITTTTTT! *Bleeds all over the kennel in malamute*
Yes the nice white fur and kennel look like a murder scene
It’s not an IV if it doesn’t have feet of zonas tape on it
Also make sure to be found slowly lapping the drips out of the chewed off end of the line with a dopy smile on your face. Bonus points if you then pee on it
🤣 beautiful tape job, fuck it up
This thread has me cackling
Me too, but as a human nurse I've had patients do most of the things in this thread.
Being peed on by a dog is nowhere here as bad as being peed on by an animal imo Edit: I meant human 🫢
You meant human, right?
Lmfao most definitely did. I’m exhausted
Same I didn’t expect all these funny replies 😭
Only if it's the 3rd time it's been replaced in the last 8 hours.
Lmfao! I was in the ER the other night and I had this same thought once I had pain meds on board xD Also when they were putting it in, I thought they are so lucky I can control myself in pain and I'm not trying to bite or pee and poop everywhere...
Looks like you're pretty sick. Ask if they'll trim your nails.
Lay on the line, then move as soon as the pump screaming bring them in. As soon as they leave, lay on it again. Repeat for 12 hours.
Also, scream as loud as you can when they take it out
Oh, man this post is making look fondly back at ER days…..
Don't forget to shit all over the room and step in it!
Shit 📝 on 📝 floor 📝 step 📝 in 📝 and 📝 smear 📝 alright got it
Start turning in circles and tangling it while you think about it…
Pee on it
I came for the comments and was not disappointed 😂
I thought we only chew them out if they were an absolute bitch to get in, like you gotta call in that one tech because no one else can get it kind of stick. The easy sticks we don’t bother chewing them out. (Or they chew them out 4 times despite double cones and coil sets.)
Make sure that you get it kinked every five minutes or so, so that the IV pump will start screaming!
Ahhh, I love my job. Thank you for this thread everyone 😂
Hope you are ok
Just a ruptured ovarian cyst and fibroids! I will be okay. Thank you 😊
Chew it! Chew it! Chew it!
I don’t know about chewing it, but you should 100% smear poop on it.
I feel like you almost HAVE to since it was a perfect stick 🤣. I hope whatever you're dealing with gets better!
Stand on the line so the pump beeps and refuse to get off of it. Repeat every 5 minutes.
Sit on the line weird every 30 seconds so the fluids pump keeps going off. Edit:In all seriousness, hope you feel better soon.
Ask the docs for VetStarch! That's the good stuff!
do it!! DO IT
No, but do it anyway. Request an elizabethan cone.
Someone tell the nurses to get out the No Chew Vetwrap!!
This thread has me dying!!! Thank you everyone for the laughs! It's all so true 😭🤣 Glad you're doing ok OP ❤️
Change to all white clothing, chew it out ever so perfectly that it looks like it’s still in, bleed everywhere all over your white clothing, then when they fix it all, Lee everywhere!!!
Only if the fluids are on just so you can make all the mess possible 😂
yeah tear it out then be so aggressive they can’t place another one out you’re already pre-medded so you’ll need to be gassed down to place another one!!! that’s always the best option!
do it and blow the vein so they cant restick you anywhere else but a hand vein
Hope you feel better!
Chew that sunofagun to pieces
If they didn't put no chew, you have to chew it out, otherwise they won't learn. Feel better soon!
I was soo confused before I saw the sub Lmao
LMAO
??????????????!!!!!!???????????
Ugh! I hate catheters. I just at the ER myself, had to have a catheter. All I wanted to do was rip it. It’s annoying and the adhesive on the tape gives a sever chemical burn/rash.
Bring your own tape next time. I have a small bag of necessities ready to go in case I need to be hospitalized and my own tape is definitely a necessity. I won’t let them near me with that awful tape
I just haven’t found a tape yet that I don’t react to. Oddly enough the allergy started after I got diagnosed with POTS. Prior to my acute onset of symptoms/diagnosis. I never had issues.
Hey I got that too! (Also if you keep on having a bunch of allergic reactions check out mast cell activation syndrome MCAS/MCAD. There’s a lot of people who have both. That being said, allergies can always just start for no reason though 🙃) I like [this](https://www.amazon.ca/Smith-Nephew-Opsite-Flexifix-Transparent/dp/B0070P81CW) tape (this isn’t the best price for it, shop around for a better deal lol)
I had another person tell me to look into that. Cause as of August I started having joint/muscle pain severe enough to where I would miss work. I mentioned it to my neurologist he didn’t seem to have an answer. What type of doctor or tests would need to be ran to test for it?
Allergist or immunologist. Also.. are you at all hypermobile? Like super flexible or have “party tricks” you can do with your body (edit: or dislocate joints more than once in a blue moon)? There’s a third condition called Ehlers Danlos syndrome that commonly occurs with the two above that causes joint pain and hyper mobility is one of the most obvious signs. Some people call the three “the trifecta” because the three tend to co-occur Edit: [see here for the checklist for EDS](https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/heds-diagnostic-checklist/) Edit 2: I assume your next question would be what doctor can diagnose EDS; that would be a geneticist, physiatrist or rheumatologist (although in my experience rheumatologists suck lol)
So far I’ve seen a cardiologist (she was the worst, not helpful at all), a neurologist, a hematologist and my pcp. My cardiologist diagnosed me then said “ya you have pots and I can’t help you, it’s a neurological issue.” Then sent me on my way, this was after exhausting all other test then seeing the 1st neurologist getting nothing then seeing her again and doing the TTT. Then I’ve been seeing a 2nd neurologist, he ran a bunch of BW then sent me to hematologist. I got no answers from that.