Going to the doctor can be a scary prospect for many because it could end up revealing health issues that most folks don’t want to confront. Beyond that obvious worry about getting checked out, they might be even more concerned after learning what's happening beneath the surface in hospitals.
That’s why these brave people came forward to expose what medical practitioners have normalized, even though it's all absolutely horrifying. Some of this can be shocking to read, but hopefully it'll help you stay in the know.
#21
Postmortem care and discretely moving the body to a back elevator. The morgue at the facility I was training at was located in the basement. Being in an elevator with a d**d body, and hitting the "down" button is a uniquely creepy feeling.
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Being in the medical field isn’t easy and requires a lot of hard work from doctors, nurses, and staff. It’s also important to keep learning and brushing up on new topics so there is always room for unique and powerful treatments.
Professionals explain that any trainee in the field should listen carefully to their patient’s experience and integrate that with their own expertise to provide the best care. This kind of competent work can improve their standing in the medical field and build a strong patient base.
#22
Blunt dissection. If people saw their tissues being torn apart instead of being delicately incised they would be horrified.
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#23
Electroconvulsive therapy is still used in psychiatry. Most people assume it's a barbaric and outdated practice, and the only people using it still must be sa***ts. It's actually still one of the most effective tools for severe depression if meds arent helping.
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#24
Cracking a chest wall as a last ditch effort to restart a heart after a traumatic arrest. .
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There’s so much about what happens behind the scenes at medical practices that we might never truly know about. These secrets might already be quite shocking to come to terms with, and may even color your view of the folks working in the field.
Regardless of that, it’s important to understand that every profession harbors something dark, and that we might have to just take the good with the bad. Do you know any things about hospitals that we might find shocking? If so, do expose them in the comments below.
#26
Apparently they have residents do pelvic exams on women under anesthesia just for the residents to practice. The woman might have been under anesthesia for a totally non pelvic surgery like broken arm, gallbladder, ect.
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#27
In long term care we talk you into putting mom/dad/grandpa/grandma on a DNR… a lot of families get so offended at the thought; but they don’t realize the other option is crushing their ribs.
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#28
They literally run your blood through a cooling system to lower your body temperature during certain procedures.
This lowers metabolism, and gives the surgeons a longer window to safely finish the procedure.
The patient's blood runs cold, and then gently warmer to bring them back.
This lowers metabolism, and gives the surgeons a longer window to safely finish the procedure.
The patient's blood runs cold, and then gently warmer to bring them back.
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#29
Electroconvulsive Therapy. It’s a lot safer now but it’s still inducing a seizure multiple times a week for about a month.
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#30
Refusing to wear a proper face mask to protect the vulnerable patients all around them.
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#31
I work in trauma ORs and just like… the way you have to move spine patients for posterior approach procedures looks insane. There are protocols to do it as safely as possible but every so often I’m still like, ok so we just toss em, got it. (We do NOT just toss them, it’s a controlled roll but looks wild).
To those commenting on the CPR on a 90 year old - I read Being Mortal by Atul Gawande and it’s about how we treat the aging and dying in the medical world but also just in the world in general and it is all so sad and harrowing. It’s a phenomenal book and there are some high points but wow it gives you a lot to think about.
To those commenting on the CPR on a 90 year old - I read Being Mortal by Atul Gawande and it’s about how we treat the aging and dying in the medical world but also just in the world in general and it is all so sad and harrowing. It’s a phenomenal book and there are some high points but wow it gives you a lot to think about.
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#32
They're still using leeches for certain things.
Don't ask how I know. Last week was rough...
Don't ask how I know. Last week was rough...
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#33
The way you can be holding a fat flap or handling some guys insides one minute and then casually eating lunch during your break immediately afterwards.
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#34
Morbid humor as a way of coping. Circling the drain. Horizontal transfer. Celestial discharge. It all sounds so gross, but it's just how some people handle stress.
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#35
There are unfortunately too many medical reasons to stick your finger in an elderly gentleman’s b**t…
Advice for newbie medics: always double glove in the above scenario.
Advice for newbie medics: always double glove in the above scenario.
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#36
Normal O2 before COVID for a healthy patient used to be 95-96+. Now no one gets alarmed unless the patient is under 90%+. Due to the fact that it seems most of us lost a little bit of lung function due to COVID.
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#37
The way nurses (not all- but most) try to manage type one diabetes is laughable.
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#38
We can make medicine out of our blood platelets and plasma. And p**p.
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#39
Dressing foot/leg wounds is enough for me to never want to eat again.
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#40
How clean/sterile the Operating Theatre is trusted to people like or not like me. I am extremely thorough and methodical taking about 2 hrs but some of my co workers would take 30 mins max.
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