Tips from the ER - Answering Top Stabbings Questions

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[@fleurmal7648]

"How tf would you know it was laced with poison?" Easy, the person who stabbed you is an anime villain and must stop and tell you everything about their attack 😂

[@Miko2030]

IT FR BE LIKE THIS

[@rayzz0r.]

Or they tell you their ‘SPeCiaL MoVE’ which is called something like, ‘Stabby Poison’

[@epilepticbro]

@@rayzz0r. or some shit like deaths grasp, just in case you didn't know what kinda edge they're on

[@popenieafantome9527]

Easy, you put it there and was careless

[@Fruityflootloops]

Or dr doofensmirtz

[@phreethinker1]

My abuelita was the kindest, sweetest little old lady in the world. She has been a doctor. When I was about 10, she gave me this advice: “If a man tries to grab you, you stab him in the stomach, twist the knife around and then pull it out.” She lived through the Mexican Revolution. Fierce

[@katherinebuchanan9350]

Sounds a bit like the advice I got!!

[@carolemerle9995]

Advice works for me!

[@13vatra]

Oh man, that's the type of wound you give someone you hope dies a slow painful death. Gut wounds are awful. Excruciating and very likely to get infected due to damaging the digestive track.

[@katherinebuchanan9350]

@@13vatra exactly - they won't be doing that again in a hurry

[@i_luv_hecklefish]

D@mn...lol Savage, she sounds amazing. ❤

[@iKatieUndead]

Someone I knew made their brother mad and got stabbed in the ass cheek with like a pairing knife or something small like that. Their parents were arguing about if they should remove it or not. They ended up having him lay on his stomach across the backseat and calling the ER while on the way to have them bring a gurney or something to put him on bc his legs were numb from either the pain or shock. The argument about pulling out the knife was hilarious, ending with "if you pulled it out the first time we wouldn't be having this discussion rn"

[@lyricalgem3742]

HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mandooze]

Hopefully the bro went to jail Man wat the eff

[@berjunam6546]

I like how his face color changes when he's watching his previous videos. I could get through Paramedic school just by watching your videos.

[@Jssielikestodraw]

Ah Me thinking right now : MALPRACTICE MALPRACTICE

[@toweringmaple2331]

Me reading it as Pandemic School 😂

[@Bsmith99]

Get through paramedic shool by watching videos from a EMT? Lol

[@carolemerle9995]

Actually, a lot of EMTs are or were paramedics. We got them all the time when they were students going through nursing school

[@alternativeprincess4783]

7:18 yeah about that... my husband has done exactly that. He had this folding knife that was about 5 inches long, it had been really abused and broken so he was restoring it. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but it ended up about 3/4 into his thigh just above his knee. (I think it had help from his evil ex step brother) He literally rode his bike to the hospital! Well, kind of, he sat on it and used the uninjured leg to push like a scooter and steered with one hand while the other held the knife as still as possible. Then he just walked in and told triage not to rush or worry about him too much, but he needs some help with this when they get a moment.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

🤯

[@mylilartsoul]

Woah 😐😳🤯

[@splatninja9447]

"Tis a flesh wound"

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

He sounds like the dude I saw walk into an ER I was unfortunately needing to visit once… walked in with a fork sticking out of his hand. Super calm. Said when they had a moment. He ended up needing plastics and a vascular surgeon. (He was on the curtained bed next to mine) The nurse asks him what happened and he says, “I tried to take food from her plate without asking.” He was asked if he’d like to press charges… he didn’t.

[@rhov-anion]

@@Chaotic_Pixie I knew a guy who also got stabbed with a fork trying to take his girlfriend's food. Men don't think much about severe domestic abuse, because society makes them think they need to be tough and just endure it. My friend finally figured it out when she outright stabbed him in the arm. (He kept the knife in but still has the scar.) Police dug up a long history on her, including multiple arrests for elder abuse. That time, he pressed charges, hoping she just needed the wake-up call of spending a few months in jail to straighten her out. It didn't work. Last I heard, she's wanted by the FBI.

[@Howiesgirl]

Just ordered my MuFKR sweatshirt. Gotta say, it's definitely the most I've ever coughed up for a sweatshirt, but it's worth it considering the amount of laughter I've gotten from this channel. Plus, since I'm a bit older, I can't wait to wear it out in public & watch the reactions on people's faces when they realize what it says. They won't expect this grey-haired old gal to be wearing a MuFKR shirt, that's for sure! People expect women my age to wear a shirt with kittens on it.

[@velvetandchester]

I get same reactions in Australia when I wear my CLINT tshirt from Australian Reasearch and Science Exploration(A.R.S.E)

[@tandiparent1906]

LoL 😂 I'm going to have to get myself one too, for that exact same reason 😂😂

[@honeybadgerknockoutbadgers9642]

Now I want one with kittens that says MuFKR on it.

[@teresamcmurrin8672]

I'd wear a MuFKR shirt with punk kittens on it!

[@carolemerle9995]

Same here but my family knows better lol

[@SelinaCat]

My BF had army medic training, the tampon is ABSOLUTELY A THING. It's a clean cotton wad. They saved lives using it

[@jessicavigil9144]

Probly works great for bullet holes but I can't imagine one fitting in a knife wound. My old unit's catch all answer was "just put a tourniquet on it!" after an FTX where a platoon Sgt literally stopped an air leak in our 20 ma airbeam tent by using a tourniquet to isolate the problem area (we had to put it up in the middle of a rainstorm, so it was too wet for a patch kit/duct tape to work)

[@katherinebuchanan9350]

Tampons are great for the first aid kit - I fractured a finger at school and the nurse used the tampon to stabilise it!! More comfortable than a stick 9

[@jenniferkovalick2959]

They also work really well for nose bleeds! It's basically the same stuff they use to pack your nose, sterile cotton. I was told in a first aid class how to use whatever you have around you. Period products are good for any kind of bleeding situation since these are sterile products and can be used as Bandages.

[@Seaside_Gal]

You guys are the dummies he clearly states are dumb lol

[@13vatra]

Bullet wounds yes, stabbing wounds not so much.

[@esmith712]

Great medical advice - my first instinct is to mention the one survival tip - get AWAY from the person stabbing or shooting you!

[@52flyingbicycles]

That is in the realm of self defense rather than first aid, but correct. I used to take martial arts classes. Instructors were big muscly dudes. Not the kind of guys you’d pick a fight with. They ALWAYS said the best weapon is self defense is your legs: running away. Sure they taught us the disarming techniques, but insisted we run if running was even a remote possibility. Their other price of advice was that crime scene A is always better than crime scene B: never comply with a threat to relocate/kidnap you.

[@trystanmentzer873]

@52flyingbicycles I took Kimpo (sp?) when I was a kid. I have never forgotten the 4 rules of engagement. 1. Try to walk away 2. If you can't walk away, try to talk your way out of it 3. If you can't talk your way out of it, defend yourself 4. Once the person is no longer a threat, walk away; never attack someone who is unable to fight

[@billvojtech5686]

When I was a young kid, there was a magazine called TV Guide. There was an ad for tampons in it. The ad consisted of a close up of a woman's eye that had elaborate makeup, making it look kind of like a peacock feather. The eye was looking through a clear plastic tampon applicator. Nothing in the ad said what tampons were for. Since the woman's eye had a bunch of circles drawn around it with makeup and the plastic applicator consisted of a couple of clear plastic tubes nested into each other, I thought it might be for applying eye makeup. I asked my mother what tampons were for and she got kind of flustered and I got the idea we were in forbidden territory. This was way before the internet, so I went to the dictionary. And the dictionary told me tampons were invented in France to plug up bullet holes on the battle field. So at that point I was totally confused. Why was TV Guide advertising bullet hole plugs to women who wear elaborate eye makeup? And why did Mom get so weird about it when I asked?

[@junbh2]

'Tampon' means something else in french though. It's a more general word for a plug or a pad.

[@billvojtech5686]

@@junbh2 Yeah, but you would think that an American English dictionary would have as the definition the most common usage of the word. Even if they just said "a feminine hygeiene product," it would have made more sense.

[@isapu1948]

Oh yeah! I forgot that was what they were invented for!

[@robertabarnhart6240]

Too bad you weren't a girl. Depending on what age you were, she would have probably either said, "We'll talk about it when you get older." or given you "The Talk".

[@charlistubbs5525]

My dad was in Vietnam and said they used tampons all the time on wounds.

[@ak5659]

I grew up literally surrounded by nurses. Until I got to college I thought everyone knew how to change sheets with a person still in the bed and I thought everyone had a PDR at home. I love your videos because even when I know most of the topics already, there's almost always some tidbit that's new for me.

[@rociopaoloni5080]

Me too, my parents are nurses and I have been with other healthcare workers since childhood (other nurses, doctors, kinesiologists, etc). Only when I got to uni I realize that a lot of things that are normal to me are just due to my upbringing.

[@robertabarnhart6240]

Me three! Although I knew my upbringing was a bit unusual. My mom and stepdad (both RNs), and their LVN friend would trade gory work stories around the dinner table at our favorite restaurant, and we could see people quietly moving away from us as the evening wore on.

[@addysbeeandgarden320]

It's sound advice for sure! Also, it's okay to call 911 if you have been stabbed. While working in triage one night, we had a guy come up holding his stomach, shirt covered in blood. He said he was stabbed, and then says "see" removes his hand from his belly and his intestines promptly came pouring out of the gaping wound in his belly. After stabilizing him and sending him up to surgery, we were all laughing and joking about why he didn't bother to call 911. My favorite comment was from a seasoned 25+ year nurse who said, "okay sir, this is a true emergency, so I'm going to need you to get back in your car, go back where you came from and call 911 so the ambulance can bring you in. 🤣🤣🤣 The look on the face of our nursing student was priceless though...

[@carolemerle9995]

I love that nurse’s response. Sounds like something I’d say on shift upon seeing that (out of earshot though) lol

[@ettinakitten5047]

If you're in US my guess would be the cost.

[@addysbeeandgarden320]

@@ettinakitten5047, nah, people panic and think I've got to get to the hospital right now and climb in the closest car. It's pretty common. You won't believe the things I've had walk through the door of the er.

[@Zephyeran]

Reminds me of the story my family constantly tells of my Grandpa! He was in the navy before, and had come home, and for whatever reason, tripped and hit his head *real* bad. So, he just. Took himself to the hospital like it was a little baby bruise. Family constantly talks about how the staff said he should've been dead before he could even get to the door, and how bewildered they were at how calm and casual he was despite how bad the injury was. Didn't even pass out somehow, wild stuff.

[@DovahGirlie]

​@@addysbeeandgarden320 The things we do to avoid paying for the ambulance bill

[@calliarcale]

I have heard of a few cases of people walking into the ER with objects sticking out of their skulls and acting like it's no big deal. One case was a guy with an actual axe in his head. Not a murder attempt; just a really unlikely accident. And since it's was on Halloween, everybody assumed it was a costume. It wasn't! But the whole reason you hear about those cases is because it almost never happens. A man bites dog kind of story.

[@lindakerber455]

I walked into the ER with a steak knife in my ass LOL! I was getting ready for work with socks and shoes in hand when I launch myself backwards onto the couch and immediately screamed and jump up, claiming something just bit me... My teen daughter had been eating cheese and crackers, using the steak knife to cut the cheese but had set it down on the cushion and forgot. My right ass cheek found it!

[@strrts5135]

@@lindakerber455 oh my!! Sounds painful

[@jkaynea]

@@lindakerber455 OMFG 😂😲😂🤭😂i absolutely loved reading your comment! Your family must have similar " 'should-never'/'would-never' --happen" kind of accidents that occur more often then they should like my family does as well. & The mental image i have to have w every thought that goes thru my head merely helps my twisted sense of humour along' 👩‍🦽 🍗 -- 💥🕳️ 🌩️🐓.·..·`·.🏃‍♀️.🌧️.·.

[@stephaniebaker6001]

Think I've heard about the one. Ughhhh! Can you imagine? Bet he won "Best Halloween Costume" though! 😂

[@stephaniebaker6001]

@@lindakerber455 Hahaha! I can see myself doing that! Did you need stitches or just a band-aid?

[@lindasimons691]

The way he cracks himself up makes me laugh, he's adorable.

[@onbearfeet]

Can confirm most of this. Got accidentally stabbed in the leg once, right above the knee, and couldn't get a ride to the ER until 12 hours later. (Yes, I should have called an ambulance, but I'm an American and this was before the ACA. Plus, the household wasn't what you'd call functional, so calling EMTs for "just" a stab wound would start a whole thing.) The stab wasn't deep enough for the knife to stay in. Obviously I hadn't seen this video, but I HAD read a book about the Napoleonic wars that included a graphic description of someone getting stabbed in the leg, so I scrounged up Neosporin, Kleenex, tape, and an Ace bandage and improvised a field dressing like the one I'd read about. Then I lay down with my leg elevated and waited. I made it to the ER 12 hours later, got a tetanus shot, and ended up with a gnarly scar on my leg. Plugging the hole and applying pressure ftw! Also, support your local public library.

[@patriciarossman8653]

Libraries are the bomb. Besides being the repository for the entire history and all research of the human race, you can read books for free!! ❤📔📚📗🗝️

[@kayerin5749]

Ok, Ive been binge watching these shorts for about a week and it finally occured to me to comment and like. It's just I was stunned at how accurate and hysterical these shorts are! As a retired nurse, I've done my time in ER and every other floor in the hospital and this this guy is so accurate without being liable, that I've ever seen. Thanks so much for the very therapeutic laughs!

[@LadyRad2000]

An x-ray tech I knew once was helping out at the intake desk in the ER when a guy walked up. He asked “how can I help you?”. The guy replied “I have this axe in my head” then turned around and sure enough there was an axe in the back of his head. I don’t understand how that guy walked up to the desk like that.

[@iz2333]

A couple days ago I was approached like "Hello, I accidently swallowed acid."

[@IwonaKlich]

One time we had a dude who cut his friend hmm dickey with a matchette. His friend been able to run and we search for him for a hour... He died from blood loss. Yes - they both been drunk... So... If you drunk friend accidentaly turn you to a eunuch - don't go anywhere. Stay and wait.

[@JosephFlores-yn4yi]

The human body is so fragile and so strong at the same time

[@seanhartnett79]

@@IwonaKlich sorry but that is hillarious

[@m.s.1715]

It's funny because someone a few comments up had that same story where guy walked up with an axe in his head. Would be crazy if it was the same guy! "I have heard of a few cases of people walking into the ER with objects sticking out of their skulls and acting like it's no big deal. One case was a guy with an actual axe in his head. Not a murder attempt; just a really unlikely accident. And since it's was on Halloween everybody assumed it was a costume. It wasn't!"

[@jamie6506]

"How the fuck would you know the knife was poisoned?" Why, because the bad guy is a narcissist and always explains their plans before carrying them out, of course!

[@carolemerle9995]

lol

[@ravynbishop6131]

and then the threatened pwrson runs the fuck away and the stabber realizes their target is gone

[@dragons_of_magicgirl368]

My mom's best friend has a story that he loves to tell. This dude is like .... Crazy so I believe it. He had a girlfriend who stabbed him in the stomach with a screwdriver, he left it in place, walked into the hospital and the receptionist (without looking up I assume) asks what she can help him with and he just.... Gestures

[@dragons_of_magicgirl368]

He also had a solid drug problem so that could be the reason he didn't scream lol

[@sacredweeds]

Shock will keep you going for a while.

[@Rin_Chawngthu]

'ㅁ'

[@TheSourKraut]

Duuude, watching you side by side with "younger you"... You look so much healthier now. Damn, working in the ER really is not good for your health. Congratulations! It made me happy to see that drastic improvement. Happy for you.

[@ImaNerdANDaGeek]

Especially during the pandemic, ER and infectious disease doctors must be so overworked right now.

[@mechilling4204]

Its just different angle i think, he left the er long b4 doing the short i believe. But still he did say that er during pandemic is so frustrated

[@injunsun]

My sister-in-law is an E.R. nurse up at the University of Michigan hospital. She seems so calm. I have no idea how. Her son, my nephew, has a congenital heart issue. My mom is 74. I have HIV. That so many people don't care if their "freedom" results in our deaths... I just can't.

[@Tamacoleo]

@@mechilling4204 yeah it’s different angle (up higher in the TikTok than in this video) and different lighting, this video has much softer light, the TikTok was probably closer & a ring light

[@crackers1039]

@@injunsun I’m sorry to hear that one family has that much and you have that much as well…to carry. I hope you’re able to stay safe.

[@Scrydragon]

Not going to lie, it makes me sad that the current circumstances have chased away someone who still retains so much passion, caring, and interest in medicine that they're making videos for the general public about it. Please keep making these videos, Steve!

[@jamieblackwell2324]

AGREE!

[@ZoryaUtrennyaya]

What happened?

[@LeafBoye]

@@ZoryaUtrennyaya he went through med school and eventually got a job in the field but I'm pretty sure he left because it was too stressful, overworked and basically just abused

[@Tamacoleo]

@@LeafBoye he’s a retired ER tech not a doctor, he wouldn’t have gone to med school for that.

[@LeafBoye]

@@Tamacoleo I thought he was an ER nurse

[@theflickanelde5767]

Steve is just so pleasant to look at.. like I would never get tired of his face.

[@melviasheppard8466]

He’s so good looking that I wonder if he has any single uncles 😉

[@M_SC]

You love him

[@mbryson2899]

I worked security at a major Chicagoland hospital for years. I got posted to the ER more often than not because I had a gift for talking to crazy mfkrs, getting them to calm down without needing the cops. YES, I saw people come into the ER with items that they had been violently or accidentally stabbed with. My favorite was a guy with about 3' of rebar through his thigh, his buddies torched it off and EMTs brought him in. A woman came in with a philips screwdriver in her gut courtesy of an upset drug customer. LOTS of tradesmen and gang members know the basic advice: Just LEAVE THE EFFING HOLE PLUGGED. It's really good advice.

[@carolemerle9995]

True, it is

[@rowenadavis3823]

Hey, love the channel! I worked as an emergency medical responder in the Yukon (above the 60th parallel) and had to respond to a gunshot wound that happened in the bush (forest). We got him out by helicopter, to the medical clinic then to the closest hospital, by medivac plane (5 hour drive away). I believe he had to go to a hospital in Vancouver after that. First time I saw the inside of a human leg. His foot was waxy white but blood vessels were trying to pump blood to the area. He survived but his leg did not.

[@wisewarrior661]

I love how you zoom through the comments because I keeps the videos engaging, more of your input than just reading questions. Love your videos!!!!!!!!

[@mamamcfreeman105]

My mother was a nurse at a hospital for 25 years. The stories she had from the ER were INSANE. I always told her she should write a book.

[@michellekaiser5907]

She might enjoy A Thousand Naked Strangers by Nick Hazzard

[@HilloftheTrees]

If any medic of any kind wrote just one book, we'd run out of paper. Actually though, it'd be interesting to hear all her stories!

[@Lil-Dragon]

I'd love to know how to communicate your pain, say from an appendix problem or something else in the A&E/ER when you are a chronic pain patient. That's always a nightmare while waiting for them to find my files on the computer.

[@andromedaleth1656]

Hey, fellow chronic pain sufferer here! I've had numerous hospitalizations and surgeries. I've found the best way to communicate my pain is to do one of two things: 1) Give my pain on a scale of 1-10, but also provide context. So you could say "I'm at a 7 right now. My 10 is waking up from surgery after my appendix ruptured." Let them know what the top of your pain scale looks like, so they can tell that a 7 for you, where you seem relatively calm and in control, is still pretty darn bad. 2) Convert your pain scale to the scale of someone who doesn't live with chronic pain. This has been the most effective for me. My husband is a medical professional and knows my medical history, so he knows that if I say my pain is a 6, it's a 10 for him. Most A&E/ER staff won't have this knowledge. So if your pain is at a 6, which you know means something is very wrong, but that they won't take too seriously...tell them it's a 10. Adjust your pain scale to what a regular person might have. It's a pain in the butt, but it gets me the most effective care and accurately conveys that my body is reacting to something very not right. Lastly, I've run into problems because I have a high pain tolerance and tend to try and hide my pain so I don't worry others. It can help to let this façade drop at the ER. Show your pain to medical staff. If that's hard, you can also say "Hey, I have chronic pain so I know I'm not reacting much to this, but this is *really, really* bad." Don't be afraid to share your everyday symptoms so they understand that what you're going through now really is hurting you, even if you don't show it. Wishing you the best~

[@injunsun]

May I suggest, "I feel like I am going to die."? I had an asthma attack and coded after bringing my husband in for a heart attack. I literally heard, "Code Blue," and then, I could hear people around me, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. Shit happens. A good hospital knows how to handle it all. Btw, we both made it that day, but a couple months later, he dropped dead in front of me on our front walk. Don't take anyone for granted. Reach out and touch them. Hug and hold them. One day, you will never be able to do so again. The last words he heard were, "Why do you have that weird look on your face?" That's sub-optimal.

[@ventislyre5092]

@@injunsun Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry... Please don't feel guilty about how you acted right before it happened, it sounds like it was very sudden, and I don't think there was much of a way to predict it. I'm sure he still loves you, and wouldn't want you to feel bad about it. Stay strong, if you don't have one already, I would recommend a therapist, it really helps, coming from someone on antidepressants. I hope all goes well for you, If you really need it, you can talk to a friend, I could too, if you want. I know it's not nearly as bad, but I recently went through the loss of a pet, he was run over by a car, I know I feel very guilty about it because it was so sudden. Oof, I started rambling, sorry. Anyway, have a good day/night! ❤

[@Sorkabeth]

Yep. I give them a number then place it in context of what my 10 is AND what it used to be, like, "my pain is a 7 right now and my current 10 is the time a dentist dislocated my jaw during sedation dentistry & left it propped open, dislocated, for 5 hours. Before that my 10 was my body attempting to pass a gallstone that was way too large to successfully pass. Before that it was the complete pelvic separation I endured while I was pregnant with my second child. And before that my 10 was childbirth with a baby in an occiput posterior position. My daily baseline is about a 3."

[@heatherzwicker8031]

There is a scale I use that goes from White to Black. It is based on Concentration. Just how much of your mind is devoted to your current pain. White is nothing, happy go lucky. Black is dead, pretty much the pain has exceeded your capabilities and blacked you out. I've gotten to 10. Explaining that as my 10 "isn't normal" apparently. Living at a 5 isn't "good" either. I'd also appreciate a communication chart as 6.5 gets you thrown out of the Ottawa Hospital after Gallbladder surgery but I got sent home with opioids to take and I needed bed rest plus someone to give me my meals, with no home support. I've been through worse since.

[@emmapedley5196]

I've got some paramedic and call centre friends in Australia and I've heard stories from them that a surprising amount of people find it hard to come out and say what's going on they gotta tell the whole story and dance around the point first 😂

[@Briaaanz]

When I worked trauma, stabbings were much worse than gunshot wounds (provided the gunshot wound doesn't kill you in the first ten minutes)

[@rizahawkeyepierce1380]

I suppose that's the thing - the Army noticed an increase in head wounds once they started having their soldiers wear helmets...because the soldiers were more likely to survive head trauma with a helmet. So you're more likely to see the worse stabbings in the ER than the gunshot wounds, since being shot kills you faster.

[@Briaaanz]

@@rizahawkeyepierce1380 i don't know that being shot kills u faster. I think it depends more on where the wound is and the caliber. Stabbing actually creates a LOT of trauma on and is very hard to control bleeding

[@emrysfevre8087]

The comment about people walking in with a knife in their back and calmly saying they got stabbed. I actually witnessed a very similar event. Small ER about 30 years ago with about a dozen people there waiting to be seen. Guy walks up and says he needs to be seen "I've got something in my foot". She hands him a clip board and says to have a seat and fill this out. He calmly sits and does as she says. About 5 minutes passes and several of us waiting notice that there's a puddle of blood growing under his foot. We tell him he needs to speak up and he says he can wait his turn. Turns out the dude is a steal worker building a high rise and he's shot a huge effing rivet through his foot. Its still in there (he didn't pull out). One of us walked up to the receptionists and pointed out that the dude was bleeding all over the waiting room and perhaps someone should take a look at him.

[@darcieclements4880]

Wow that's almost as bad as a farmer

[@katwitanruna]

I used to have a big first aid kit and one of the things I kept in it was individually wrapped sanitary pads to use to put on wounds to put pressure on them.

[@keithdean9149]

As far as "laced with poison," I have heard a story about a professional wrestler (Blackjack Mulligan) who was stabbed by a fan at a show. They later found bits of pig flesh in the wound from the knife. Not really poison but I would guess that could make it worse?

[@carolemerle9995]

I’m sure it would.

[@kirstinwangerin5338]

I am a nurse in Germany. I love your Channel 🥰👍🤣

[@sacredweeds]

A friend was out for a motocross weekend with others. His leg was impaled by a sapling. Another friend stayed with him keeping him still and calm while another rode out until he had phone signal then rode to the road. When the EMTs arrived it was a 3hr hike in. They got him out and he’s alive to tell the story. Moral of the story. BUDDY SYSTEM!!!

[@YoMommazNUTZ]

I love the sleeves of the hoodie I was not even originally getting one but now I am 100% on it! Oh also as a paramedic raised by a Navy Seal and Army medic while tampons are not a great idea maxi pads are 100% a great idea to help control bleeding while waiting for medical help, they don't stick they are sterile and help others push down without touching the area !

[@introvertedbandnerd3289]

YES! They are great for isolated camping/hiking trips, in case of emergencies out of reach hospitals!

[@JootjeJ]

Red Cross first aid volunteer, always looking to learn more. I have both tampons and maxi pads in my bag, for different reasons. Can you tell me why tampons are not a great idea?

[@jessicavigil9144]

And the thin pantiliners can actually keep you from getting blisters when you're breaking new boots! Used to buy them for my platoon in basic. So much cheaper than moleskins

[@carolemerle9995]

Even though they might plug the wound, when they expand, they could do more damage and make you bleed worse. But if you don’t have anything else around, better than nothing.

[@carolemerle9995]

Jessica, wished I had known that when I went through basic.

[@Metal-and-Mythos]

7:47 i have a friend from South Africa who was training to be a nurse (about a year before covid) whose most treasured video from that time was of a dude who walked into the front lobby of the hospital he was doing experience at with a clever stuck in his skull and calmly informing the receptionist that he cheated on his girlfriend and asking if he should just pull it out and go on with his day because and i quote “it doesn’t hurt that bad”……. This is why that country scares me

[@terri200]

More people should really get emergency and CPR training!!

[@lightningbug3189]

@Lori D They absolutely should, especially because first aid/CPR can be different for very young children (infants and children under 5).

[@septicaemia5699]

yep. its pretty much mandatory in scouting/girlguiding, you'll end up doing it at least once if youre in either of these organisations ever

[@louisenielsen7106]

The questions about not being able to pay, makes me so so grateful I live in a country where any and all healthcare is free. We do have to pay for most medications, prescribed by our general practioners though. But you can go to the ER with a panic attack or a heart issue that takes a 15 hour operation to fix, doesn't matter. Neither will cost you anything! Nada! We do however pay between 38 and 55% of our income in taxes each month. But honestly. It's worth it when you think about how expensive it can be in other places! The health care system is basically the number one reason why I haven't left Denmark for good yet 😂

[@radagast25a]

Yeah, our insurance system is why we rank 46th in life expectancy and have low rankings on other health things as well. I hold a terminal degree and had a good job, but not the best job I could have in terms of salary - BUT it came with some of the best health insurance in the world. I never would have left. If you are there for your career (I was) when you retire you take the health insurance with you and they pay for it the rest of your life (although it interacts with Medicare somehow starting next year because I will reach the mandatory age for that program). EVEN WITH THAT. I just recently had two TIAs, I went to the ER and they kept me for 2 days. They performed a lot of tests, figured out the cause, took care of it, - the Insurance company paid 29,870 USD, and my copays, by the time I paid them all and the copays for new (different) medicines were close to 800$ all told... ... ... And, if you are middle class, not wealthy here, your taxes are not that much lower, between a quarter and a third. Now if you are wealthy, well... there are all sorts of tax breaks that one of our political parties (I doubt you know much or care much about American politics) have arranged for you -- but people who are just middle or upper middle class? Not so much. You have it good there. Kind thoughts to you.

[@jaydenrumbaugh6493]

I would be the person that awkwardly walks up to the receptionist like, “Um. I need help. I sorta kinda was stabbed” because Im super awkward on the phone so I wouldn’t call an ambulance and Im very awkward talking to ppl I don’t know. Or I just wouldn’t go and suffer

[@maryestes442]

Even though you make me laugh with everything you say, these are great tips and I thank you. I recently started a job that required me to be cpr certified as well as a first aid course and Qmap so again thank you.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

He’s gained a little weight his face is fuller. He looks good. Love his videos funny and informative

[@jessicavigil9144]

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed. Hopefully it means he's been able to relax a bit. Stress actually makes me lose weight.

[@maraantonia]

He's so proud and happy when he rewatches these videos😅

[@fathomgathergood7690]

The original use for tampons was for wounds, it was French Nurse during WW1 or WW2 that went "I have a bleeding hole"

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Sounds like an urban legend. Source?

[@nope8535]

Ive been "stabbed" 3 times. Everything he says is correct. NO TAMPONS. Look up "stop the bleed" class here on youtube.

[@andsailedcalmlyon]

"Stabbed"?

[@nope8535]

@@andsailedcalmlyon 3" blade went into my thigh to the hilt in an accident, had a blade go into my back just above my hip in a martial arts accident(even blunt knives can go in), and had a chunk of steel snap amd the sharp bit went into the same thigh. Got lucky each time no organ or major blood vessel was hit.

[@calliarcale]

Yep. Tampons seem kind of logical, but a) you really really really don't want to be putting something non-sterile inside a wound, and b) sure, a heavy day on a period seems like a lot of blood, but a stab wound is gonna be a whole lot more.

[@IncendiaT1990]

@@calliarcale well shit. Makes sense. I thought it would help but ig not.

[@ahnifollett]

Can you so more Q&As on your Tiktoks? I'm a writer and I have a lot of action scenes and this was helpful for a scene where a character got stabbed.

[@christopherzapata4970]

I was a U.S. Army medic for 20 years. I sometimes forget how much of this isn't common knowledge.

[@TheHexidecimal]

@steveioe When it comes to American health, say you're homeless and jobless. Most hospitals have an indigent fund setup for this, jails and prisons also but for necessities like soap and undergarments. It's how I got out of a quarter million dollar surgery on my jaw. Holla at your boy for more tips.

[@GhostBear3067]

Paramedic checking in, I never tire of telling people this. Granted in my job every stabbing incident I have come across the stabber decided they wanted to keep their knife so it really was not the victim's call, though there was the guy who managed to come out of the whole mess with mild-moderate injuries as he was too fat for the assailant's knife to reach anything important.

[@TheOReport1994]

Not to be creepy, but I've seen your comments often on FDC videos too! Do you have any more youtube channels that you watch and could recommend to me? I'm always looking for more, even though I never went into the medical field, but wanted to in high school. I've recently started watching @ WhatsGood24-7 . Thanks! 🙃

[@HiltownJoe]

Friend of mine while being an apprentice cook was accidentally stabbed by a colleague into the upper arm, down to the bone. Guys dont run with your knife pointing forward, even if it just a pairing knife. They wrapped a towel around it to keep it in place, and then he finished his shift, before he went to the ER. Cooks are crazy.

[@spicybeantofu]

Had a guy come in without a foot. Lost it in a fan blade at a paper mill. He wasn't yelling or anything he calmly asked when he could go back to work. He was forced to come in by co workers calling the ambulance.

[@calliarcale]

WITHOUT A FOOT???!??!!!! Good lord. That is way more workplace dedication than is healthy.

[@shawnallen4086]

My mom worked on an ambulance as a first responder and actually saved a gunshot victim by pulling a tampon out of her purse and plunging into the bullet hole effectively stopping the bleeding I don't know if the patient ultimately survived but I know he was alive when the ambulance dropped him off

[@19WolfGirl74]

Hey, I was watching some of your older videos and saw one where you mentioned your hands being dry, cracked and bleeding. I have the same issue when I clean the house from the cleaning supplies and hand washing. I use Renew moisturizer before I go to sleep- it stings like MOFO at first, but I have noticed it helps my hands heal significantly faster than when I don’t use it. And you don’t even need a lot. It’s fucking awesome. Also: how many times a day do you question if stupid really isn’t contagious or not?

[@iz2333]

Careful, pain is usually a sign that your body is experiencing some kind of damage. Are you not wearing gloves?

[@dragons_of_magicgirl368]

Dry cracked and bleeding hands I've found is helped really well without stinging with Vaseline. Gloves helps it not get everywhere if it ever gets bad enough

[@user-mj7ok3vu2j]

Yeah definitely wear gloves when you’re using cleaning supplies; that stuff is not good for your skin to absorb.

[@williamgirard1640]

My guess is... OFTEN!!

[@amara560]

I also have dry, cracked skin. I found out it's also called 'eczema craquelé'. Vaseline works the absolute best but you have to apply itand let it sit for at least 10 minutes. I do this once or twice a day and I haven't had eczema as bad as I had before (lots of cracking and bleeding).

[@RobKinneySouthpaw]

I actually did have a backstab victim come in all casual. They didn't think it was that bad and had slapped on a bandage and gone out to dinner first. Turned out they were developing a tension pneumothorax.

[@carolemerle9995]

This one scared me. I’m a nurse and don’t scare easily.

[@SqualorOpera]

Fun fact! Tampons we’re originally created for the battlefield. That’s why they get bigger after being put somewhere moist. They would probably work for a stab wound cause they were made for GSW’s. Idk, I think the increase of size would do a good job applying pressure on the wound. I’d probably try it if there was a lack of other choice.

[@badgoodbadgoodbadgood]

well, that's actually a myth, it is more of a Boy Scout novelty of the tampon. With bullet wounds, you need gauze and press down harder than you think - hard enough that the skin bows beneath your hands. That kind of pressure is hardly achievable with tampons.

[@badgoodbadgoodbadgood]

oh, but I heard that the creator of Kotex kinda did work in the first aid field during the war, but the injuries treated by his "absorbent bandages" weren't life-threatening tho

[@dingle1908]

Absolutely not true. Stop spreading dangerous misinformation.

[@jamiesmiles8312]

OMGoodness! I literally had to pause the video to laugh when you said "fight every sexual instinct you have and do not pull out." You cracked me up when you cracked up yourself!

[@StanWatt.]

A lady from Tahiti was in an accident in California. She was billed $270,000 and told if she didn't pay it she would go to jail. I, by chance, broke a hip in Tahiti six years ago and was presented with a bill for 35K euros. I needed a helicopter with a doctor and a nurse - 15k, three screws and five days in hospital 15k. The helicopter company was going to block me from leaving until the bill was paid so I said it was OK. I'd love to be trapped in Tahiti. Anyhoo, it was all an insurance job so I was sadly allowed to come home. :'(

[@craftydemon529]

NGL, if I went to ER for a stab wound I'd probably still be like "could I please get some help if it's not too much trouble? Just whenever you get the time is fine, thanks" while crying and then pass out from blood loss 😅 I hate being a burden

[@blwolz8772]

Thank you for being there to start my day. You give good advice and laughter! It's great.

[@ragerequiem6323]

True story, I Walked into the ER after getting stabbed in the leg with a spear and the poor person behind the counter was way more panicked than me, I had already dealt with the worst of the bleeding at home, and it was only the next day when it tore open again that I got stitches, turns out you should not be like me, it got very infected

[@joyherting3705]

When I was 11 I had a glass shower door shatter on me and it cut my legs and feet up. My brother had to carry me. I remember having to still go to school and get around on crutches.

[@nickh495]

The military actually looked into the tampon thing for bullet wounds and they found that because of how it’s designed it will fill the space if it’s small enough but it will not provide the pressure to stop the bleeding. But go figure! If it was designed to get that big women would end up in the ER from using them and one not being able to pull it out and two that much consistent pressure would cause a ton of problems and just be painful as hell!

[@grenwood6551]

two of my crazy coworkers have calmly walked into the er with knives in their bodies. one leaned into a large kitchen knife taped it in place and took a taxi the other sat in chairs with a small knife in the back of his shoulder and described it as a "sharp pain" to the lady sitting next to him. she stopped complaining to him about her knee pain and talked to the desk about getting him in sooner. they are not normal humans.

[@WorthyMissJ]

If you can't pay an emergency department or hospital stay bill, you can get hold of their financial department and apply for help with your bill. They will need proof of your income and any bills you have, balances of your bank account, etc. Jump the hoops and get all the assistance they have! Even apply to the county/state welfare office for emergency help. If they can't, they should know where you can go.

[@jolenethiessen357]

The professional courtesy line is from John Wick. He stabbed a fellow assassin who was hunting him in the chest, and left the knife as a "professional courtesy", presumably so he could pull it out himself and die more or less instantly. They had talked earlier about killing each other.

[@seanhartnett79]

Yep.

[@ellerj641]

There was a short documentary where a lady got stabbed with a super long kitchen knife and didn't know. She was a sweet old lady who always walked to her destination and people knew her. One morning, she was walking like she does and someone passed her. She felt a thump on the upper part of her shoulder towards her neck, but she when she turned around, she didn't see anything and the person was gone. She thought nothing of it and continued on. For several minutes, she passed by so many people. They all greeted each other but NO ONE saw the huge freaking handle sticking out of her. I think it was when she finally got to her destination someone finally noticed that had been stabbed. She wasn't even bleeding. She made it to the ER and did a full recovery. To this day, no one knows who stabbed her or why. Or how they didn't see the giant handle sticking out of her.

[@viennasix9]

Dear Steveioe. Love the tips from the ER shorts. You are flipping awesome. Baby blue isnt my colour sadly but looking good. Thank you for your work really appreciate the content, subject and style. Please keep doing what you do. You are one exceptional MuFKR, Yours sincerely V

[@namelessname472]

I live in the uk and knife crime is so bad that in high schools you have to watch a really graphic PowerPoint of different types of stabbings and what to do in those situations there was like 50 photos of people having their hands cut off and being stabbed in different places. I was like 14 at the time and ran down our school auditorium stairs as fast as I could even almost pushing a teacher down the stairs (she was perfectly fine) me and like 30 other students ran out crying, 2 people passed out and it was a whole mess. We have to have the same assembly next year and I’m still probably going to run out crying despite knowing what to expect 😅😭

[@m.s.1715]

That is the saddest thing and way too graphic. Sounds like you guys are not old enough for that level of information / photos. They should tailor it to The specific age. So sorry to hear that That's terrible and traumatizing. Here in America they wouldn't do it again if that were to happen the first time.

[@maythegamer1291]

I remember being told a story by my aunt where a guy actually did just walk into the hospital seeming to just be reporting something small or normal since he waited in the waiting room with little complaints. However when he was in the patient's room, my aunt (a nurse) asked "alright, what's wrong?" And he holds up his hand, and there's a whole metal nail stabbed through his finger. He was so calm and almost enthusiastic about it XD. I'm guessing he was in shock or something? Idk

[@slwrabbits]

Y'know, depending on how sharp it was ... once the initial stun of pain wears off, a through and through ain't that bad ...

[@TheDandiBean]

Unanswered question from when I was in boot camp several years ago, and inspired by events in Cloverfield, but I really want to know what to do in the event of the object being stationary, such as rebar sticking out of concrete or a branch on a fallen tree that you unfortunately happened to fall on.

[@josephbrown6623]

You should definitely put more stress on the "Worst case scenario - tourniquet."

[@bettywhite11Legs4Hearts]

New amputee here victim of stabbing absolutely love your videos keep doing what you do! Good advice on keeping the knife rofl I was unconscious when mine happened running wasn't really an option 😅

[@wileyb2004]

When it comes to the "No Insurance" question. There are some hospitals that you can ask them for financial assistance paperwork, and you can fill it out, and send it back in. A lot of times they will try and work with you about a reduced rate or as they call it a "spin down" based on your annual income

[@BionicMilkaholic]

Correction, all hospitals offer this.

[@toxicbangbang]

When i watch movies, i yell at them if they pull it out. "WHYYY"

[@meggiemusic9]

What I've learned....NEVER PULL OUT!!!

[@aimeecarpenter4518]

My brother was playing around with a very pointy, long tree branch and fell onto it stabbed himself in his right chest then just calmly walked up to me and my mom to tell us, we rush him to the ER to wait 1 and a half hours while he's just sitting there in pain but it just looked like the pain you'd get from a papercut then the ONE thing that freaked him out was getting stitches so they had to hold him down then sneak up behind him with the staple gun thing. Well that was the most eventful 4th of July of my life.

[@guy8963]

If I could get merch you know I would

[@lizslilcorneroftheinstitution]

I love this but I would argue about people ‘s reactions. Especially if it’s a heated incident between friend/family etc, it’s amazing how some folks react. They see this tiny slit and think it’s no big deal. They seem to never thing about how long the blade was and all the things it could damage even if it’s not pouring blood. I know more than a couple of people who would fall into this category!

[@kathaleenwood2426]

I can't help but have a smile on my face as I watch him.

[@aquabluerose7734]

Lmao 🤣😂 the "never pull out" So accurate, but such a good innuendo.

[@melissadavis8889]

I absolutely love you! Your videos make my day 100% better!

[@DreamsRemorse]

I'm loving this video. I work in a pharmacy and two weeks ago, as we were closing, someone showed up and asked what he should get to clean a gunshot wound...I seriously just stared and the pharmacist did a double take and asked him again what he said...than asked me. We just pointed him to the right isle - I work retail pharmacy. I just...Idk anymore. He had it wrapped at least? I didn't see bloodon the floor.

[@KaiseaWings]

Can someone explain to me how American first aid apparently still teaches people to suck, cut or wash snake bites? Or at least how 'snake bite kits' apparently still have _suction cups_? I'm hoping actual first aid classes dispell those myths right? Bit worried about you guys. (I'm Aussie btw.)

[@Nelo390]

It is a very old practice. Actual first aid classes actively dispel this old myth and it isn't taught by anyone except very old stubborn people.

[@KaiseaWings]

​@@Nelo390 Oh thank gods. I was really worried because you guys have some venomous snakes and bitey things as well, not just us. So I'm guessing it's a similar procedure to what they teach here. Lie them down. Dress the bite with a pad and bandage, then use a compression or snake bite bandage all up and down the limb as far as you can go with even pressure. Either bandage a coin over the bite site or mark it with a pen. Splint the limb, or tie it to their body, just keep it all as still as possible until the ambulance arrives. Something similar?

[@Nelo390]

@@KaiseaWings Actually- Not quite like that. It's been quite a while but what i do remember is the red cross instructors advising against sucking out the wound or tourniquetting the bitten limb. They might have mentioned keeping the patient calm, or not moving the limb- but from what i can remember, they took on an approach of 'if you tourniquet the arm, then the necrosis will all be concentrated there and even though they may be less likely to die they're more likely to lose a limb. I suspect the advice may be different due to the concentration of hospitals in America, It's pretty hard to die from bites nowadays unless you're deep in the wilderness with no contact to emergency personnel.

[@politebadger5049]

I just graduated from EMT school in the US. We were taught not to suck or cut it.

[@pjwallace7507]

Just a quick note - I think most hospitals offer some form of financial aid if you can't pay and if you qualify.

[@Klmp13]

Politely asking for help with my stab wound would be exactly me. My gallbladder was exploding and everyone was super concerned. Im just like, "its ok take your time. Sorry for being a bother."

[@radagast25a]

Are you English? I mean by heritage, not necessarily by living location?

[@BirdieD]

After 35 years in healthcare - it scares me how accurate some of these are....I only wish I could show my students, but....so I tell them about you.....

[@kimberlyel82]

I absolutely love you !!! I hardly ever laugh at videos and I laugh at every single one of ur videos!! Thanks so much for the great content cause nurses don’t have time for anything

[@carolemerle9995]

Sometimes when I’m watching one of his videos, I have to stop it and walk away because I’m laughing so hard lol

[@andrzejsobanski6752]

It's obviously hypothetical, but I think NOT lacing your knife with poison when committing premeditated murder is weird.

[@milo5021]

My dad is an orthopedic surgeon and the other day when my brother was telling a story about how his friend accidentally got stabbed in the foot by a pencil and had to go to the ER and he tried to tell me that the kid should have just bucked up and pulled the pencil out and continued on and that he didn't need to go to the ER. The pencil literally went through his foot.

[@addysbeeandgarden320]

Smh, surgeon's are so unimpressed with anything, I swear! There's lots of big blood vessels in the foot that are kind important to circulation. 🤣🤣🤣

[@moonman239]

orthopedic surgeons only care about bones, the rest is "internal medicine stuff."

[@addienmitchell4019]

Here in Australia we don’t have to pay for any emergency hospital visits. It blows my mind that America doesn’t have the same thing. And because I’m a single mum on a single parent pension, I get my scripts so cheap. If I didn’t have a pension card, my meds would cost over $50 a month,, but I literally pay under $15 for both of my scrips every month.

[@Jay78801]

I was told an er story where the guy was shot and said he had stomach pain and was sitting in the waiting room bleeding out! Nurse seen him bleeding and he didn’t tell the receptionist that he had been shot because he didn’t want the cops called. Got to love Detroit!

[@loef27]

My mom's family is Puerto Rican, and I use to suffer from terrible nose bleeds and Im anemic, so i had nose bleeds that would last hours, blood clots that were as thick as my thumb and as long as my hand (tip of my middle finger to the base of my palm). My E.N.T was #4 on our house phones speed dial. But any how. My grandmother would insist on putting a penny in the center of my forehead. He said it kept your mind off of the bleed and redirected the blood . I don't know what it was about it but everytime it Penny went on my head my nose be stopped within 10 minutes instead of lasting for 4 hours.

[@CobaltsDream]

Back when my dad was young, in the 50s, he was playing mumbly peg with his friends. Which is where you throw a knife at someone's feet and the goal is to get it as close as you can to the foot as possible, without it going through the foot. Well being the hot shot greasers that they were, they decided to play with a machete. It went straight through my dad's foot and he did not go to the hospital for it. He did have permanent damage for the rest of his life and eventually developed diabetes that also affected his feet on top of that. He had some crazy stories and unfortunately passed 10 years ago. My dad was a force to be reckoned with to say the least but he was my best friend and I miss him every day.

[@harryseatoo1442]

My condolences, but wtf kind of game is that

[@CobaltsDream]

@@harryseatoo1442 It's more well known as Mumblety-peg. It's a very very old school-yard game 😂 A dumb game I don't ever plan on playing.

[@harryseatoo1442]

@@CobaltsDream good

[@nyneeveanya8861]

Wish you could have met my Uncle Bob. He got skewered at work, drove himself to the ER and had the nurse call his boss to let him know he had left the job site. Of course he never went to a dentist either… bad tooth, pliers, then liquor to ease the pain. Don’t know how many times he stitched himself up. Toughest old bird I ever knew. Unfortunately cancer got him in his sixties. Big gentle giant mostly, but don’t try to pick a fight…you won’t win.

[@meggiemusic9]

LITERALLY THE VIDEO I NEED FOR MY STORY LMAOA

[@jensmith4411]

If you have no insurance then they'll at least get you Stable. My friend had no insurance and had a heart attack. The e.r. got her stable and said..go see your doctor tomorrow. :) (She was there roughly 15-20 hours).

[@AmayaMaka]

I love that you laugh at your own videos. That's so beautiful imo. Keep having laugh-filled days!

[@katekat1064]

I worked ER as an RN. We had a guy come in with a chair leg that had pierced his thigh when the chair collapsed and he fell. The EMS/EMT folks padded that sucker and taped it so it didn't move. Was great on site response

[@Emma-eu1zp]

Oh my, I love you so much! You are hilarious. You should have a Netflix special, seriously!

[@carolemerle9995]

I would definitely watch it!

[@bbailey2532]

I state the following with the nicest, kindest, warm, Sunshine/Unicorn/Rainbow-type intentions … I am so Effing glad I happened across your channel! 🤣 I genuinely enjoy your pragmatic, sarcastic and sometimes acerbic sense of humor and insightful observations. Duh & Yeah - I subscribed and am looking into your merchandise. ✌🏻🙏🏻💞🕯🌞🦄🌈…peace, blessings, love (not the creepy kind), light, sunshine, unicorns and rainbows to you and yours. … 🦋

[@MegaAnubisxD]

If I went to the ER and you were my nurse I would most likely never want to leave

[@nabra97]

I'm not qualified to give medical advice, but as far as I know, the same recommendation is applicable also if something just stuck rather deep under your skin, like a shard of glass. It's not going to kill you, but you can do more damage trying to get it out.