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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:22
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Well now....I used to work in a respiratory ward in the 80s and we has to observe and measure the sputum each shift.... then tip it down the toilet...it used to go splat when it hit the water! I did gag a few times! |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:22
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I am usually fine with urine, stools, vomit and sputum but the one and only thing that brang me undone and always will... is the smell of necrotic flesh, i don't think there is anything worse... I had to undress a patient's foot one day during my training and their skin was literally falling off their foot, the smell made me gag and I had to leave the room... I felt so sick afterwards |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:22
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Eeeeeeew! that sounds terrible! poor lady and poor everyone who had to clean up!!! |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:22
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Most dreaded specimen? Has to be the lady with projectile vomiting of faeces. My goodness, did the whole ward complain! They should of had a thought for the poor women who had the bowel obstruction. Seriously though, I have never ever wanted to throw up so much... tried very hard...just wished I'd had my Vicks!
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:22
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I agree with the majority, got to go with sputum. |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:22
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ewww sputum! |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:21
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I gotta go with sputum. Even typing it is making me retch. |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:21
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Warning Don't read if you are sqaumish...
Sputum....as I nearly vomited when a confused patient thought that his sputum cup contained a drink!
Vomit...when i first strted nursing I had a patient who was vomiting into a bowl that I was holding and it splashed up into my eye...ow it stung |
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Subject :Re:Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:21
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sputum! just makes me gag even when I hear someone in the street hacking it up! When I was pregnant I had a really hard time - the worst was a postnatal patient passing a huge blood clot into a pan. I just gagged right in front of her and was soooo embarrased!:  |
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Subject :Most dreaded specimen...???..
17 02 2010 06:21
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Warning: May upset your stomach
I'm perfectly fine with bloody urine, stools, vomit and sputum. The one I'm not really good at handling is malaena... |
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