I remember my own son about this age, he fell headfirst into a bucket of clean water I had just filled to rinse the floor. His feet went straight up and it didn't tip over! I was right there and grabbed him, but, what if I had chosen that moment to go to the bathroom or answer the phone? I was young then, I never imagined a kid could drown in a bucket until I almost saw it happen. I never forgot. After that toilets, washing machines, anything, could be a death weapon. Young parents need this reminder, they really do.
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Oh- I work for the ER- coding- I see about 150 visits a day. I actually feel bad for the young parents who are clueless. It's a mix of dumb parents, and dumb luck! Some let a fever go for 5 days, some bring them in for hiccoughs. Most of the dumb shit is foreign body in noses & ears, and it's usually beads. WTF? Beads and fevers, accidental pill eaters, and of course- falls. Oh and the effects of no immunization- chicken pox, hand foot& mouth, pneumonia, shit, sometimes it's scary how fast little kids can decline!
Shelly
Shelly, that is so cool. Tell me some ER stories. What's the weirdest thing you've ever seen??
Yeah, kids are tough, man, they can hurt themselves on anything. I see babies putting shit in their mouths, playing with a necklace mom has around her neck, playing with phones, etc. I want to say something sometimes, but, young parents think you're nuts. Sunburn..so easy with babies. Falls..OMG, don't sit a 5 month old on the sofa! Blind cords..omJesus, stop, snip those loops! Have you ever noticed that the width of a hot dog is exactly like a baby's throat?? Slice them lenghtwise. Also, strings on clothes. New parents never know to check that when a baby screams for no reason. It's a good thing I had a grandma, I'll tell you.
And while I'm at it, diarreah. Spelled wrong, but, anyhow, all babies get it, but, if it goes on for more than a day in a tiny one, I say go to the doc or ER. Babies are sooo dang small, it takes no time at all to lose their life force. Some new moms have no idea even what a normal temp is! Or that you can not use tap water to mix formula. On and on and on.
When my daughter was small she shoved a tic tac all the way up her nose and freaked out... I was driving, so I pulled over and put my finger over the side where the tic tac wasn't and then I blew in her mouth. I had heard of this, but wasn't sure it would work, but that thing flew out of her nose. It was crazy. Also, I have long hair and was always checking for fingers and toes wrapped up in it. That happened to my niece and was super scary. The stuff you learn when you have kids...
Snowbunnie
Makes me grateful for my decision to be child free.
Two incidence come to mind- now I work from home for hospitals all over the country-
A suicidal guy came in, they put him on 1:1 until he calmed down. Half hour later the nurse comes back, he hung himself in the ER. I really was not expecting that-
Another one ( my favorite, actually), this kid, a boy about 11 I think was brought in my his parents, he had a bicycle pump stuck in his ass. He said he did it cause he saw it on YouTube . They actually had to sedate him to get it out of his ass!
99% is mundane boring, sometimes a little sad- like old people and little kids, but then you get little gems. I've had a few erections that had to be "needle aspirated", and even an emergency circumcision , due to the foreskin not retracting(?) . I've coded deflated eyeballs, cut off fingers, lots of gunshots- surprisingly they send you home if it's a flesh wound!
S~
Funny!
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