What I Say vs What My Patients hear.

We've all been here at some point in time.

[@Coconutkid123]

That last one really hit home lol. They just love reminding the nurse that they are missing a kidney and or have stage 4 colon cancer as soon as I get them to registration. I’ve gotten in the habit of straight up asking them “You have all your organs right?”. Thanks for the laugh!

[@laughingcorrpseholly4136]

Lmfao “you have all your organs right?” Had me 🤣 💀

[@Jasper118]

“Do you still have all of your original parts” is my go to

[@RMSVA]

I had a patient with a UTI neglect to tell me they had kidney cancer the other day… When the patient came into the hospital and told the nurse, they were super pissed at me because they had to move the patient to a totally different room. In my mind I’m thinking, “You FORGOT you had CANCER?!?!?”

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

My wife was in excruciating pain, morphine x2 didn't touch it, and Dilaudid (on top of the morphines) worked, so with her finally feeling some relief, I went in search of coffee. (It was 4am.) While I was gone, a resident popped into the room and said "Mrs. DaddyBean, do you still have your gall bladder?" She was absolutely stoned out of her gourd by this point, and thought about that question for a minute, then said "Yep. (pause) I think so. (pause) Unless someone stole it." 😁

[@thomasmitchell4128]

Sometimes they don't know they're missing an organ. I'm in my 30s, my brother is in his 30s also. We didn't find out until about a year ago, but my mother ( who is a Saint, thank you very much, and who is almost 80 years old ) apparently was born with only one kidney. After finding this out my brother got checked and yep, same. One kidney. I got checked shortly after he got his organs checked and bingo. One kidney just holding it down in there, this whole time. Whacky world we live in.

[@tomsdottir]

Scottish person here. Had to visit ER during a visit to the US and had the "who is the President" question, which I answered. Then I asked the doctor who the British Prime Minister was, which he answered correctly. Then he asked me who the previous president was and I told him, and I asked him who the previous PM was and he got that right. This went on all the way back to Nixon whilst the nurse was standing waiting looking rather perplexed, like WTF? But I had full confidence in that doctor.

[@DiZoSoMom]

He killed the curve for the other docs. I feel pretty confident that if you did that same exercise with 20 docs, at least one or two wouldn’t even know what the acronym PM means. Or what an acronym is 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@blazekarma]

​@@DiZoSoMom Judging by the fact that most of medicine IS acronyms, I doubt that

[@spirit5923]

​@@blazekarma absolutely ruthless. I love it

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@blazekarma I actually doubt that Rachel over here has any idea what doctors do. Ngl, sounds like the rhetoric of what a "big pharma" conspiracy theorist would pull 🤷‍♂️.

[@Nonhumanjunkie]

Which ER US DR did you have THAT much time with?! 😂

[@justin2308]

That last one was PERSONAL. 😂

[@seanr5598]

That last question hits hard! Nothing like dropping your pt off, giving a report to the nurse with ongoing weakness only for them to blurt out “my chest hurts!” when the doc walks in.

[@redcandi01]

Don't forget, "I've been feeling dizzy and light-headed...." ....as I get a disgusted glare from the ER personnel 🙄🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️👩🏾‍🚒

[@teufelhunden146]

That one killed me!

[@ThatGirlJD]

Maybe it didn't hurt before. Maybe they have white coat syndrome and the stress of the hospital is causing them to have a heart attack or anxiety attack.

[@Ken-bp3ql]

​@@ThatGirlJD Every damn time

[@inconnu4961]

@@ThatGirlJD I can confirm! Hospitals set my anxiety up!

[@gdtestqueen]

I had to call 911 so many times while my dad was dying and my mom was having TIAs. I kept multiple copies printed out of their med lists and history. I had condensed the history in a colour coded table form on one page and then had a detailed history that took about 6 pages. I also had a page that listed their doctors and contact info. The paramedics got one copy for themselves, and one to give to the ER. I seriously had one older paramedic get tears in his eyes when I handed the pages over and told him “Medications on page 1, brief history on page 2, page 3 is contacts, and the rest is detailed history. 2 copies. ” He just looked like I’d handed the winning lottery ticket, lol. He asked how I knew how to do this and be so calm. And I laughed… “Both parents are retired nurses, Dad was ICU and mom was nursing teacher. I was well trained. ”

[@honeybadgerdontcare]

I can guarantee that you made that paramedic's week, if not month. You're probably one of the few people who can understand what a godsend that was. I can't give you anything but a virtual like, but holy hell you earned it. You a real G 👊

[@Roll4Chaos]

You are a rare gift of the EMS Gods. We have only heard of you in legends and tails for those who are worthy and true gets a pt with a full accurate history.

[@Liliarthan]

Damn that’s such a good idea. I need to start doing that. I’m a regular to EDs and I am so sick of repeating myself! I kept joking I need to make an infographic 😆

[@Liliarthan]

Esp for the question of “please tell us details of your previous surgeries” - oh boy, you’re gonna be here a while. And if it’s on a form, they always only give you 2 or 3 lines to write on! Seriously! Do you want EVERY surgery AND all the details? Or do you just want my favourite McDonalds order?

[@Dragonlovermaniak]

That's amazing!

[@tkemp710]

After working in an ER and then being a pT myself several times, I’ve come to realize that sometimes, the pT will launch into an unnecessary, lengthy story when asked a simple question as a way to distract themselves from the pain, embarrassment of their situation or from pure anxiety. It’s a coping mechanism.😅

[@mktrollop1093]

That or they're just over sharing Americans.

[@CowCake56789]

​@@mktrollop1093 Not only Americans over share lol😂😂

[@painful_fish3083]

@@CowCake56789but it is a cultural thing with Americans that we are much more friendly / not assholes like other nations

[@spirals73]

@@painful_fish3083 That's wholly untrue.

[@EeveelutionStorm]

My mom lmao Literally my mom

[@happyjack880]

Patients have three stories. What they tell the EMS crew, what they tell the nurse, and what they tell the doctor.

[@susanferretti5781]

The reason everyone keeps asking patients the same questions.

[@Vandar821]

As a nurse I can say exactly that.

[@Texas240]

I mean...if each person is going to ask, may as well keep it fresh. Right?

[@Tog84two97]

@@Texas240 That's the reason I always tell the doctors to ask the nurse when he starts asking the same questions she just did... I've only had one doctor that gave a valid reason to ask the same questions... He walked in the room about an hour afterwards and apologized because they forgot about me and had to ask all the same questions over again because things can change a lot in a hour...

[@oatmeal5672]

​@@Texas240 what? How do you not get that makes things worse for everybody? You're giving misleading information or contradictory accounts to the people responsible for your medical treatment?

[@convolutedconcepts]

i crushed foot couple months ago. EMT asked 1-10 what's your pain. i said 8. EMT legit looked at me confused, not cause i said 8 but cause i said a number between 1-10.

[@leaf1673]

My question is how did u crush ur foot and not be a 10/10 what kinda pain tolerance do u have

[@Cyclopeantreegiant]

@@leaf1673 10/10 would be an exposed nerve or birth or something. Feet don't really have as many nerves, (I think)

[@brendangardiner2982]

I must way undershoot. I went to the hospital after being up all night with my stomach burning and vomiting. They asked me and I said like a 3. He looked at me like, "why are you at the hospital for a 3?"

[@leaf1673]

@@Cyclopeantreegiant ohh ty ty

[@convolutedconcepts]

@@leaf1673 got pinned between forklift and racking. With the amount of pain i got from being ignored emotionally growing up. 3 broken metatarsals plus 1 splintered is nothing.

[@thisusedtobemyrealname7876]

As a former nurse of 10 years working with the elderly my favorite is when they complained to us about their weird symptoms and insisted on an ambulance. We called you and when you entered the room all their symptoms magically disappeared. Didn't make me feel stupid at all! 😅

[@katierasburn9571]

The best one is when they’re being absolute arseholes to you and you mention it to your colleagues to warn them and then when they go in the patient is nice as pie!

[@tannerdiggs]

Just start saying "that's not what I asked." Works for me greatly

[@TotallyHuman]

Fun fact, as an autistic person with the most loving but neurotypical mom around, this is a very common saying in our house (both ways!)

[@thetute59]

never works for me :(

[@Superwariosunshine]

Ask for ID, gets explanation of their entire life, "sir your bd would have been faster"

[@stiaininbeglan3844]

"That's exactly what you said!" 🤦😤

[@Chrislayer0]

Man i have done that, but i work in customare care, they just start saying that i am being rude lol

[@bridgetbadeaux3582]

I see you have my children as your patients.

[@FireDepartmentChronicles]

Hahahahahahah

[@seantaggart7382]

@@FireDepartmentChronicles we all are children in accidents THEY STARTED IT

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

“MUM I STEPPED ON A PEBBLE AND I AM GOING TO DIE” an actual thing i said in 2001

[@joebaby1975]

Or my parents. Lol.

[@thunderatigervideo]

So when my siblings and I were kids, my mother actually had to rehearse with us why we were at the doctor’s office if it was for something other than a routine check up. Otherwise we would start with the strange dream we had the night before, what cartoons we watched in the morning, what we wanted to have for breakfast, what we ACTUALLY had for breakfast, etc.

[@HeavyMorals]

Video maybe old, but this advice is still gold. Tell the IRS and EMS exactly what they want and need to know. Anyone else? Don’t say shit

[@jackall-trades6149]

Can't stress enough that we really do not care who's at fault during an MVA. At all.

[@prevaloir5362]

It's the police that do!

[@danielled8665]

@@prevaloir5362 not really; the insurance companies do. Unless there was a serious injury or death or someone was drinking, the police have more important things to worry about than listening to an hour of 'He's said she said'

[@whacks1000]

@@danielled8665 Well I'm glad someone knows that lol. Everyone seems to think we just report all crashes.

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

"Don't treat the other guy, death is his punishment"

[@ThatGirlJD]

@@whacks1000 What's crazy is the amount of people who don't realize that the police don't usually do much for accidents on private property, like parking lots. Unless it's a serious accident.

[@beastwarsFTW]

People need to remember that EMTs aren't snitches. Tell the cops NOTHING Tell the EMTs EVERYTHING

[@eccentricJill]

THIS ❤

[@AmbroseBurnside1824]

Big BIG facts

[@jayanthsambaraju6562]

Ong

[@orppranator5230]

Uh huh, no. You have to tell the medical people, because they could save your life, but I don’t believe that they aren’t snitches. They talk to cops.

[@ZACHARYZAM]

I'm a paramedic, fuck pigs.

[@0mikr0n]

The worst thing about working with the public is that you have to work with the public.

[@1bootliz]

As someone who has worked with the public in a variety of capacities over the years, this is 100% accurate.

[@janetleegreen8891]

No truer words Ever said

[@InvisibleBoot]

Working with public/customer service: you are either someone's best buddy and will talk your ear off, nobody cares, or everything that has ever gone wrong in someone's life is somehow directly YOUR fault. As soon as I can get a call back from a place that's not customer service I'm taking it.

[@catecurl3790]

😂😂

[@francesh3423]

We refer to it as being "too peopley"

[@wrexvincent]

I once told a paramedic that I was best friends with Ashley Olsen online but we had to keep it a secret because of a bread recipe and went on a whole story about how Marthas Vineyard isnt actually owned by Martha Stewart no matter what she says. I answered who the president was pretty easily though despite the severe alkadosis delirium. I hope that paramedic is doing okay

[@GiskardRevenlov]

Lmaoooo

[@Frommerman]

Don't worry about it, that medic knew you weren't all there. The question is more for the kind of patient who won't say anything unless you ask.

[@wolfster1063]

You ask a couple of simple questions to get an idea at where they are mentally. I like to ask(as a nurse) name, where you are, why you're here, and date or president

[@waffles3629]

My favorite is when they ask the day of the week and I'm like "I have no idea, I never have any idea, I had to get a watch that could tell me so I'd remember". A few ask me a new question and some take my non-answer as an answer because I did answer their question and explain why I didn't know.

[@kassi4837]

@@GiskardRevenlov there’s a translation to English option here lmoa

[@Lala-Loyalty420]

This was epic.. we definitely need more of "what i say and what they hear"!!

[@rrphantom8194]

"Sir we just saved your life with a narcan shot, sit down and let me check if you are okay" Is translated to "All the monsters from the Lovecraft universe are chasing you righ now, you need to run as fast as you can"

[@colinmartin9797]

This is why I restrain anyone before the narcan hit.

[@Schm1dtstorm]

I've narcan'd dozens of people and none of them ran or needed to be restrained. Although that response is common if you give too much narcan too fast.

[@colinmartin9797]

@@Schm1dtstorm And anecdotally I've seen patients swing at you.

[@faithreturns333]

Yeah, I think Narcan needs to be limited in use, especially in the cases of a man who committed murder and attempted suicide

[@faithreturns333]

@@Schm1dtstorm no that response is normal if you are resuscitating a person with a demonic entity inside of them

[@1AlexanderCole]

Was knocked out cold but I always think I’m funny when I’m hurt or sick. Medic asked orientation question “where are you right now?” My reply “I’m right here, can’t you see me?!?!” was not what he was expecting.

[@susanferretti5781]

That is a great response!

[@waffles3629]

Lol. I answered that once with "Sitting on a chair" (ok, I don't actually remember what I was sitting on anymore, but that doesn't matter). Apparently that was too specific. Whoops.

[@somegirlthatwashere1982]

I love that 😂 Just because you're in pain doesn't mean you can't make someone's day with a good unexpected joke

[@donnaleeah5075]

Lololol thanks

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@waffles3629 Start with "Earth?"

[@beez991]

Most EMTs are awesome and God bless them I could not do what they do, but recently had an EMT/firefighter tell my dad he didn't see anything life threatening to take my dad to the hospital, turns out my dad was in septic shock and I called them back after the left because I knew something was wrong. Thank God I didn't listen to him, my dad was shaking uncontrollably and had a slight temp he also collapsed and couldn't move, I have know idea why that guy would say that and of course my dad argued about going to hospital because of what that firefighter/EMT said. Ugh very frustrating.

[@BlueFlash25]

I was once in ER and I was asked when my injury happen. I said “yesterday evening” and they were like “wow, good answer” I was really confused and thought they make a fun of me, now I know why 😂

[@EThwhatsman]

lmao i love that, like u gave an impressive response to a question in class 😂

[@honeybadgerdontcare]

That's more than they get A LOT of the time. Source: Several good friends are Paramedics, EMTs, Nurses, and even one Doctor.

[@charliecook-pt6gu]

Its sad when planes splode

[@WolfFireheart]

Good on you for being a good injured person! I think ER people would be a lot more,, erhm,, sane.. If there were more like you!

[@BaronVonQuiply]

I sliced the side of my thumb off one evening, wrapped it in a towel, and drove one-handed to the ER while clamping my thumb with the other fingers. I had one grumpy old lady complain about the guy bleeding all over the place (the towel was far more than enough to prevent that) and when the doc got to me (it was a busy night) they thought I had cut it off completely. I said, no, it wasn't a mechanical blade, and that there was no spurting blood so I hadn't hit an artery. I was then proven wrong about the blood. (it bled so much I didn't know how bad it was or even that flesh had been removed until they had me unclamp my hand, so the intermittent fountain where the rest of my thumb used to be was a firm "well I guess I was wrong about that" moment) I did all my paperwork left handed that night, you can spot it in my records at a glance.

[@gator7082]

I don't even sweat the last one anymore. When it happens I just look at the Doc or nurse and say "you know how this works," and walk away.

[@crackwitz]

Eye contact. Take a beat. "Surprise!"

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Its true, when he asks me who the president is the first thing that happens to me is flashbacks of when Joe Biden said TRUNDINTERCOMPENTALIZEDINATINALPRESSUR

[@CrizzyEyes]

"Come on, man."

[@Philipp_Thielen_510]

I just know he's awesome at his job from the way he talks! Huge respect to him

[@randomcrap4230]

The first one killed me...I work in senior living and let's just say I understand that pain. Every time I call a certain resident to get her dinner order, I get her entire 93 year history...and I still don't know what she wants for dinner. 🤣🤣🤣

[@karenflynn6589]

LOL

[@valeryhasselbrink5171]

I’m a cashier; asked an elderly customer if he wanted a bag for his groceries, got a story of how a power surge took out his microwave, computer, landline phone, and TV. And how the power company sent him a form to replace said items, but they don’t cover for power surges, thus wasting his time and the person on the phones time. Then I asked again if he wanted a bag. 😂😂

[@randomcrap4230]

@@valeryhasselbrink5171 sounds about right! I have also learned that when they say "you wanna see something crazy?" ALWAYS say no thank you. Trust me. 😂😂😂

[@valeryhasselbrink5171]

@@randomcrap4230 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@enderdragoncrafter2412]

​@@randomcrap4230 depends on the person, saying no doesn't work all the time

[@puppledup1415]

I swapped “who is the president” with “how many quarters in a dollar” my partner showed it to me to skip over that exact scenario lmao

[@KazmirRunik]

The president's name is Joe. If they ask "Joe who," then you've got 'em.

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

I remember getting asked what date is it. Or what day is it. Neither are details I can give you sober, without pain, and off medication. I didn't have a clue but was pretty sure it must be end of February or early March. But I did at least give a good estimate on my pain. I remembered riding home on the back of an ATV with a broken arm. I decided that should be a 10 or 11. The stabbing scorching pain that made me think someone actively jabbed a red hot needle up my arm into a nerve is pretty memorable. I was cautious whenever I got over a 4. And actively asked for meds when I felt the 7 and 8 on the first days in hospital. I mean. I can deal with a 4. But 5 sucks! But often remarked I was feeling a 3 once I was on the appropriate medicine and usually declined extra, I could sleep with 3, eventually. Probably helped by the meds.

[@hibiscuspetals02]

As a non-american I genuinely wouldn't know how to answer this one xD the quarter thing always confuses me

[@michelleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

​@Isabella Spencer like you, not American. But. How many QUARTERS make up a whole? Four, obviously. If the question was about dimes, however, then I'd have no idea.

[@ursidae97]

Joe Ligma

[@DessaMasterson]

YES!! I used to give shuttle rides for my old job & this is why I learned to ask open ended questions to let them babble w/o me contributing to the convo!😂

[@danwahl5231]

I love it when they tell you that they don’t have any medical history, and then you find a Tupperware pill box with like 20 medications in it and they can’t tell you what they take them for, or any names, but stare at you unbelievably when you tell them that you can’t identify them all by name just by looking at them.

[@forgenorman3025]

You just reminded me to go refill my pill organizer lol. That's crazy that people are taking meds and they don't even know what they do! Now I don't feel so bad about mixing up tramodol and trazodone while talking to my doctors!

[@geriroush8004]

@@forgenorman3025 The "Z" in Trazodone stands for "sleep"

[@forgenorman3025]

@@geriroush8004 Holy crap that's great, thank you!

[@geriroush8004]

@@forgenorman3025 I'm a frickin NURSE, and I kept making the same mistake. 🤣

[@WalkerRae0601]

@@geriroush8004 I suffer from chronic pain and have taken both. When in a flair, I'll take either one :)

[@trueKorvus]

PMHx at the hospital: "Oh, yeah, I just had a complete heart bypass a few months ago." Small thing, sure, easy to forget. No worries. -_- FML

[@Serenity_yt]

That's why I always ask if their doctor has ever mentioned anything about their heart, blood pressure, lungs, ... and count of as many things as possible at the end if they say no to every question during the E but we somehow still don't have anything aside from the minor problem they called us for. Especially the grannys and grampas Suddenly they remember that oh yes the doc did say some thing about .... and gave me this pill thing for it. Still happens that they say a very confident no and then direct you to their ginormous med Box with eliquis/ marcumar right at the top but sometimes it works 🤷‍♀️

[@inconnu4961]

InRetro: that's merely a doctor's office visit these days!

[@thatonedog819]

Lol the president one...I was asked that and replied with "unfortunately". My mom laughed so hard 😂

[@matthewcoronado8467]

That last one definitely felt personal. I had a patient who “only spoke Spanish” I’m also able to but when I go to the hospital nurse asked why i lied that he didn’t speak any English

[@HariSeldon913]

I've had the nursing home nurses tell me a patient was Spanish only and found out otherwise later. When I give a report to the hospital, I always include an "according to" when saying they are not English speaking.

[@fuzzyhead878]

I’ve had spanish speaking patients make fun of my accent behind my back, which is odd because I’m a Florida-born Taiwanese American. I don’t quite understand where there expectations come from… To be fair that was at my previous job. At my current job it’s not nearly as much of an issue, and most spanish speaking patients understand what I’m saying all things considered. Still, I don’t get why some people expect me to roll my r’s perfectly. Considering my background they should be glad I can pronounce r’s in general.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

​@@fuzzyhead878considering your background, sounds like you know 3 languages and that's amazing. I don't understand people...I'm a native English speaker and I'd never make fun of someone's accent that's trying to speak my language to me. People are horrible.

[@violett874]

​@@fuzzyhead878 don't worry about it, lotta latin culture is just making fun of everyone and everything. If it wasn't your accent, they'd find something else

[@roku5071]

Heard a story about a state Patrol officer that pulled over a car that had about 8 or 10 Mexicans in it. They all said, "no habla" when he got to the driver's side window. But when he unsnapped the strap on his weapon, suddenly they all spoke English

[@chrisashtonlightell-west1189]

This made me feel assured that I've been a cooperative patient. Also makes me feel bad that it's not the norm. Y'all deal with a lot. Respect.

[@madwhitehare3635]

SO agree! Just wish people would listen up and answer the questions. It's like dealing with infant school kids.

[@wizardsuth]

They are often in shock, and a lot of them are elderly. One must be patient to deal with a patient.

[@hakichan94]

I’m a bilingual medical interpreter, and back when Trump was president I was helping a nurse do a neurological assessment of her patient, an old lady who had fallen. When it came to the who’s the president question, the lady didn’t remember the name but she assured us that she knew who it was. After racking her brain for a minute or so she just yelled, frustrated, “it’s the orange guy!”. The nurse almost fell on her arse from laughing.

[@cornixdemetrius7883]

Now it's the current president who can't remember who he is or where he is.

[@simonnachreiner8380]

…That’s still concerning as far as answers go. Knowing who the president is and what he looks like but being unable to give a name? Could be a sign of degradation or damage in the language &or memory areas.

[@hakichan94]

@@simonnachreiner8380​​⁠the patients I work with are immigrants that come from Latinamerican countries. Just as I wouldn’t expect a foreigner at a hospital in my country to know who our president is, it isn’t really expected of these patients to know the US presidents by name. They know them by what they look like, and that’s enough, since they have other contextual clues that tell them what the mental status of the patient is, sometimes they’ll even ask me if I notice anything abnormal about their speech or grammar, or they ask the family members too, if there’s any.

[@wordsculpt]

Nonsense, absolute nonsense! Everyone has such moments, particularly when under high stress.

[@iamthemachinedd]

@@cornixdemetrius7883oh shut up. The situation was funny not a political comment.

[@jessieridgeway8334]

I have a distinct memory of someone calling 911 for me. When they arrived they asked me how bad my pain was on a scale of 1 to 10. I answered with "Not that bad, I'm just autistic. Oh, wait that's not a number."

[@AyaDragonheart]

ok, this had me rolling. I feel like I would have said the exact same thing with the amount of lighthearted autism jokes I make at my own expense 😂

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I'd just say I'm not good at numbers. My threshold for pain id also very high, when I cracked and compressed a vertebrae, my answer to do I want to go to the hospital was "maybe" lol!

[@Verceal]

I was literally running circles around someone I know on a hiking trail & they kept telling me to walk or I'd get hurt, I slowed to a walk & I immediately tripped over a big rock & face planted the ground. I sat up & total strangers were staring at me & one of them asked if I was okay, I shouted "I'm okay, I'm a klutz". 😂 Just thought you'd get a kick out of this.

[@ArcanineEspeon]

​@@scottthewaterwarrior😂 that sounds so similar to last year when my mom broke her wrist! She just wore an Ace bandage until two days later when we got home from the trip. I remember sitting in the hotel room listening to my mom and dad argue in an "old married couple" kind of way that was actually a little cute. My dad was really pushing my mom to give him her pain on a scale of 1 to 10 and my mom just wasn't sure. They were discussing the semantics of whether a 10 is equivalent to a gunshot wound or not, and she was explaining that, therefore, her pain couldn't be a 10 because she didn't feel like she had been shot by a gun. But, iirc, she also admitted she didn't know what it felt like to be shot by a gun. At the time we didn't even know if her wrist was broken. I think we were all kind of expecting it to be sprained. Later, when she told the doctor about her uncertainty on the 1 to 10 scale thing, he asserted that this was because she had high pain tolerance ☺️💜

[@ArcanineEspeon]

​@@Vercealdid you break anything? skin/blood vessels included.

[@random_corner5376]

That is exactly how I feel when people just ask me simple questions and I hear a more complicated and in-depth question looking for specific answers and what I say could be a wrong answer as if they were trick questions

[@zeatehkcasualaccount]

last time i was taken to the hospital via ambulance i may or may not have responded to the “what’s your medical history” question with “do you want that chronologically or alphabetically?” 😅

[@anhdo2196]

😂😂😂 at least you were still sane enough to remember both ways

[@honeybadgerdontcare]

I guarantee you gave them a good laugh after they were done unloading and transfering you 😂

[@GhostBear3067]

I would have appreciated the alphabetical list.

[@safaiaryu12]

Damn, that's pretty good, I might need to use that.

[@WhiteWolf-lm7gj]

That's the line I've had planned for the day someone asks what's wrong with me for years now

[@toolatetothestory]

All I heard from the first responders was "Does your vomit taste more like coffee or orange juice to you". I got hauled to the hospital twice because of my constant vomiting, turns out after a few months it was a tiny stomach cyst making massive issues. The nurses were 50/50, but the responders were always super nice, and hey, one was a gamer! Made the trip to the hospital a lot easier when you listen to someone chat about games you like.

[@velveteenrabbit542]

Orange Juice??? Why that???

[@toolatetothestory]

@@velveteenrabbit542 I am not sure why either xD I do however know the reason behind the coffee one. Apparently, if it at least LOOKS like coffee, that is very bad.

[@velveteenrabbit542]

@@toolatetothestory the Coffee IS actually blood that has been altered by your stomach acid.

[@hayleyl.3257]

OJ because vomit should be more acidic if it’s stomach contents. When it starts to look like coffee, there’s very likely blood

[@toolatetothestory]

@@hayleyl.3257 Ahhhh, that makes sense!

[@WashedUpOrange]

Instant smile as soon as this dude pops up on my screen because you always know it's gonna be SO good

[@therealghostgirl]

This is so true! Imagine being in the behavioral health field and you ask “are you taking any medications” and they proceed to detail every medication they have ever taken as well as the side effects in ridiculously vivid detail! Than you have the “do you have any allergies to medications” and they go on to tell you how they learned they were allergic to dogs and the heartbreaking story of how their Dad took away the dog they got for their 5th birthday 55 years ago and how PTSD kicks in whenever they walk by a dog.

[@honeybadgerdontcare]

Details can work both ways 😅

[@veramae4098]

I keep an up to date list of med in my purse. Depression, anxiety, I take a lot.

[@grenade8572]

​@@veramae4098I'm lucky I just take one med daily. But, for some reason, I always say the name of my old med, almost 10 YEARS ago. My pharmacist is now used to it. 😅

[@alfiemillersharp]

You guys are infinitely patient ...no pun intended

[@Mr.SoRandom]

You bring me up whem I'm down. Thanks man. Appreciate your content and that it helps with my mental health.

[@nanuq83]

My Mom answers the president question usually with "An asshole, nothing's new." Everyone just laughs and says she's mentally fine at that point.

[@spirit5923]

Why would you assume otherwise when you hear the truth? Lmao

[@st33lsh0tz]

Man, i’d say the same thing pretty much “i don’t f*cking know, some dumbass rich person probably”

[@gmar7836]

Good for her

[@alexdietrich7975]

An old ex of mine had OD'd trying to commit unalive, and in the ambulance they asked her whos our president. At the time it was Donald Trump, so she just looked at the EMT's and started laughing hard. It was pretty funny

[@snusey3642]

Damn guess the presidents haven’t been good for a while huh

[@stacys8729]

YAS! I work in a different field but I can relate to this so much. 'Are you currently married?' - but apparently they hear 'Tell me all about how your ex wronged you and what they got in the divorce".

[@krazyoldkatlady192]

Yes as an ER registrar, I get that often and I’m thinking “it’s either yes or no” 😅

[@specteramber]

This is my favorite video of yours. Hands down

[@GhostBear3067]

I often go for a different question than "who is the president" after multiple patients answering some variation "I don't know and don't care"

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

yeah, i need to do the same. I live in Trump country so it's a subjective question 😂

[@somewhereinspace2166]

@@literalantifaterrorist4673 It really isn't, Biden is the president. Sadly, some people just can't be mature and accept what they don't like.

[@randomobserver8168]

It IS a very American thing to ask. I actually wonder if people in other countries use the prime minister's identity [the president is often a nonentity] as an orientation question. And how do they handle in countries where it changes often? Or countries where people don't think about things like that as part of daily life?

[@emilyk5003]

@@randomobserver8168 we do use the prime minister in Australia which was a bit of an issue when we went through that phase of switching them out like underwear

[@stgeorge5862]

Why do health professionals use a poltical question then cry about a political response? Just ask the date or the name of the movie where Leonardo Dicaprio drowns for general wellness. Second one was a joke in case someone tries jumping on it.

[@1003JustinLaw]

I have a very high pain tolerance, I got a rebar through my arm and ulnar bone once and I described the pain as a 3, in a very calm voice. The nurse looked at me like I was an alien. I said “did you expect to say 10?” and she was like “no I expected you to say 3,000.” I was like “huh” and she told me that her literal last patient, who had a sewing needle through her thumb, said the pain was “three hundred million”. I was laughing so hard I hit the rebar on the gurney and sent out another gush of blood and I was like “yeah it’s a 4 now”. We kept joking about “is it a 5 now?” all through the rest of the time she was looking after me. She did say that it was pretty freaky that I only wanted localized anesthetics and I wanted to watch, live, the procedure as the surgeons extract the rebar and piece together my bones. The fact that I was talking and joking with the surgeon throughout the procedure apparently also freaked out several of the medical students observing the procedure.

[@domvasta]

I'm similar, I kind of had to just get used to pain, since I'm a former opioid addict. I also have paralysis reactions to some local anaesthetics. If you block the nerve, I can't move anything I can't feel. In terms of painful things, I've had to deal with with no painkillers, broken ribs, kidney stones, 3rd degree burns to the webbing of my left hand, a redback bite and a tooth abscess. The tooth abscess was the worst, since it happened while I was going through opioid withdrawals,

[@JadedJessica]

I wanted to watch my own c-section so bad, but they wouldn't let me 😑

[@1003JustinLaw]

@@JadedJessica That is more understandable, it's in your gut after all, they'll either need to hook up a monitor or hand up a giant mirror on top of you so that you don't shift your weight and cause an accident.

[@tsrenis]

Wow that's hardcore the most I ever do is stare at the needle when I'm getting blood taken out despite them telling me to look away

[@aakashyadav678]

Did it work ? Are you married yet ? /s

[@justacrystal567]

You got to love the withholding or rather, releasing key information at dramatic moments that give you whiplash as you go “What now????”

[@Liquid_Faith]

Maybe it's because I'm not currently hurt, but all I heard was "Hey buddy, I'm here to be your friend during this trip to the hospital. Tell me everything that comes to your mind. Including the irrelevant and inappropriate family drama."

[@luisaschoepf6005]

As a 911 dispatcher I can confirm this to be accurate 😅 one time I got this call and the guy on the phone was preaching to me about how were all demons, even asking me if I was one- and then proceeded to say I was going to hell. I love my job 😍 All I asked was how can I help you 💀

[@sherriv4860]

Yeah. People are unpredictable. Yearsss ago, I worked at Burger King and I asked if the lady wanted her chicken sandwich spicy or not spicy. She told me to " go to hell" and drove off. 🤷‍♀️

[@j..m2983]

God this is sooo true I’m a deputy jailer the stuff we could tell would make some cry!!!

[@luisaschoepf6005]

@@sherriv4860 sounds about right 😂

[@thotslayer6946]

*that happened*

[@InvisibleBoot]

My brother was recently offered a job in the next county to be a dispatch operator, got through all the paperwork and background checks and everything, but the benefits and pay were only marginally better that the job he had been working for maybe 2 months at a casino in surveillance (so still in training). At the last minute he turned it down after seeing the details and considering it more. He already has to deal with dumb people, but it's mostly reviewing security cameras; with dispatch it would directly on the phone with dumb people.

[@Ayana-ze8lc]

I love how he smiles the whole time during the last bit 😂😂❤

[@ZiggyWhiskerz]

But honestly, if I ever am in trouble and Jason pulls up to help ... I'm gonna be too excited to focus on my situation. I love this guy!

[@FireDepartmentChronicles]

Hahahhahahhah

[@ashleykraning8773]

same i could be missing a limb but wouldnt even rember until someone reminds me.

[@RICDirector]

Best painkiller EVER!, totally agree.

[@ZiggyWhiskerz]

@@RICDirector big ol' dose of Dopamine!

[@j.munday7913]

Just laying there dying BUT squealing like a fangirl anytime he talks. XD

[@tristasayers1516]

I’m epileptic and about 4 or 5 years ago I had multiple grand mal seizures at my aunt’s house. She called 911 and when they asked me who the president was I apparently said “Don’t make me say it” 😂 I have no memory of this postictal comment

[@susanferretti5781]

I knew someone that had a seizure with facial injuries as a result. Police arrive before ambulance with 911 call, and ask, "Who did this to you?". It was appx Dec. 2016. The reply, "If I said Donald Trump, would you arrest him?".

[@randomrebecka6778]

😂😂😂😂 that sounds like a response I would’ve given😂😂😂😂

[@Cccaban79]

I, LOVE, YOUUUUUUUU!!! Oh my goshhhhh this is awesome!🤣🤣🤣

[@darkin1484]

The last one is perfect. They say nothing to emt on arrival and in the hospital 3000 new things are established which couldve easily been told to the initial EMT.

[@DeadHouseMouse]

Oh boy I was in an accident this April and my brother got a concussion Poor dude could barely remember what day it was, let alone his own name And yet, when the EMT asked him who the president was, with little to no hesitation, he pops out with “Joesph Robinette Biden Junior” That poor EMT was so confused

[@WalkerRae0601]

I'm impressed? Last amb. visit I couldn't even sign my name (vestibular migraine )

[@sophiatrocentraisin]

When everything else fails, shitpost is always there

[@phantom5731]

Meh, he got Biden, so close enough 🤷‍♀️

[@anzot6903]

​@@phantom5731 That's literally Joe Biden's full name.

[@phantom5731]

@@anzot6903 Shit, really?! Lol, guess the fact the name was long and out of the ordinary threw me off lol

[@m3gami_]

‘Who’s the president of the United States?’ My dumbass would answer ‘Boe Jiden’

[@orppranator5230]

Roe Jogan

[@enderdragoncrafter2412]

I would have said a talking donkey and if republican a talking elephant.

[@Asertix357]

"Why, doesn't he know either?"

[@jeffystevens]

That's what the president would say too 😂

[@spirals73]

If I have chest pain I panic and do stuff like that. Can't say things correctly, can't remember my own address. It's the adrenaline.

[@emilymurphy30]

Hit the nail on the head 🥹😮‍💨😮‍💨🤣🤣🤣 this is every time 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️😭😭

[@akkarin9932]

I feel that last one so much! Or when they randomly change their story and their „acute problem“ suddenly started 3 months ago. Or they don‘t know ANYTHING about their medical history, but take tons of medication and have at least 3 different notifiable diseases.

[@jzdude01]

That’s why I have a printed excel spreadsheet with all like 15 scripts and supplements I take, when I take them, and doses, what doctors I currently see and their contact info, and brief medical history. Have it hanging on my fridge next to the orgy of pill bottles on my counter.

[@SheepdogSmokey]

Jason, you forgot to include that on the pain scale there is the non-numerical answer, that being "Farmer didn't finish a task and showed up at hospital or called 911 because they couldn't," although that's like armageddon level SHTF stuff too.

[@starflier]

Ah. Dr Glaucomflecken. Rural pain scale: I'm here, ain't I?

[@thunderatigervideo]

My brother is an emergency md and did part of his residency in a fairly rural area. He came away pretty convinced that old farmers don’t actually feel pain. One night he went from a college student wailing over something minor to an old farmer who had broken something major (I forget what, but I *think* it was upper arm), finished his chores for the day, and then came to the ER because it wasn’t letting him sleep and his wife was nagging him to go. My paternal grandfather grew up farming and it never really left him. He was skinny as a rail but I’m pretty sure he could bench press most of his old farm equipment when he was 90. The man was a super quiet superhuman.

[@SheepdogSmokey]

@@thunderatigervideo My Grandfather (maternal) was a WWII MP and then a truck driver, it's not really farm only, just "old man" as he hated going to the doctor. His brother in law was a farmer and I'm convinced he had a switch he just turned off, he had a bullet in each leg from WWII and only in his last year when he couldn't walk would he take meds, and he was still mad he couldn't walk.

[@jafafafa9206]

Feeling called out here. I am young but my pain tolerance has skyrocketed. You just kinda shrug it off and finish shit

[@SheepdogSmokey]

@@jafafafa9206 It's not about age all the time, just about mindset.

[@skramzy6628]

As someone who works in retail, this really hits home! I've watched a ton of your shorts. I think this is my favorite!

[@hannahsanborn9020]

Oh my gosh that first one just strikes a cord, nurses get this all the time especially from elderly people, they feel like we need a full account of their entire life and every pain they’ve felt ever

[@Poemi10304]

Not even as a nurse, but as an SW, an elderly woman showed me her masectomy scars! 😳

[@MasterofTongs]

I feel like I've always gone lower on the pain scale just because nothing hurts like I imagine it can, or like that one time the dentist straight-up drilled through a major nerve ending.

[@athousandlives7231]

The way my jaw just clenched in sympathy. Yikes!

[@faolan2174]

Same! I'd always heard that childbirth and kidney stones are the worst, obviously a 10, so my head injury or broken bone can't be anywhere *near* that number. Side-note: having since experienced childbirth, I can honestly say that yes, it IS the worst pain I've ever felt. 💀

[@MandMs05]

Same. To me, 10 is "passing out from severe pain as a protective mechanism, the very limits of what the human brain is capable of handling before it shuts off altogether" Then I break a couple fingers and they ask me my pain and I'm like "Probably about 4. I mean, I'm conscious, and capable of talking to you, so..."

[@christinafidance340]

@@faolan2174 That’s what they tell me, but I honestly have nothing to compare it to since the one time I gave birth, I was on so much pain medication that I had to literally tell them to turn the drip down cuz I couldn’t feel when I was supposed to push. I didn’t feel ANYTHING! Except maybe a little pressure.

[@brigidtheirish]

Yeah, I *hate* the numeric pain scale, and often say so. Literally talked about this in physical therapy the other day. "Some people, the worst pain they've ever felt is a paper cut. Other people, it's being mauled by a bear."

[@TurboGomez]

Hands down the best shorts on KZbin 😂❤

[@MexicanAndaJew]

Legit saw a guy deny alcohol use. Get administered benzos, then turn into a jellyfish. Came out later that he had a couple of bottles. Correction: bottles of wine.

[@Mavendow]

Denial is a powerful drug

[@MexicanAndaJew]

@@Mavendow 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@jzdude01]

I have a pain condition that’s best treated with ketamine, last time it was bad enough to put me on the ER (thankfully has been almost 5 years) the nurse and doctor got spooked when I joined in the conversation after only being asleep for less than 5 minutes.

[@MexicanAndaJew]

@@jzdude01 woh, that sounds crazy. Did you get dreams or visions while you were "out of it"?

[@the_stewbear]

As an Athletic Trainer, I can confirm it happens in every field 😂 “can you point with one finger where you feel the most pain?” *draws a full Dali artwork on their entire leg* “Thank you for narrowing it down.”

[@Rina_Redfield]

Haha that's me, I can't localize pain for *anything*! Not sure if it's the autism or the chronic pain though

[@LinaLedbetter]

Haha. The PMH question is so accurate. Even happens to us nurses before they see the doctor.

[@lenssnel2656]

Sometimes especially with older patients I don't even wanna ask the president question lol they look at me like I just spit in there food

[@PokeMageTech]

That would wanna make me ask more.

[@Ryvaken]

"Why have you made me remember that? You want to know how I'm feeling? I'm feeling sad. I'm feeling sad now. The only thing other than sad is feeling happy that I'm not quite as old as the mold brain in the White House."

[@yellowcatmonkey]

why not just ask what year it is 😸not everyone is a couch politician..it sounds so weird to me to ask this question to determine their state 🙈😸

[@PokeMageTech]

@@yellowcatmonkey Citizens and permanent residents ought to know who currently holds the office.

[@pancakeandwaffle4849]

@@yellowcatmonkey i mean i assume it’s because it’s a question that requires a bit more conscious thinking since the year can be more reflex than thoughts sometimes and i still write the year wrong sometimes at the start of the year even if they go on a rant about politics it does give you more insight into their mental state

[@BlazeAintloud]

As a son of an EMT, I can confirm this is exactly what happens more often than you would think and then some.

[@itzdc2903]

“Pick a random number between 11 and 40.000.000” 😂😂😂

[@solidsnakedred]

As someone who literally saw one of my friends potentially overdosing in front of me and me screaming what did they take and no one answering that last one hits hard

[@killiansirishbeer]

When asking if they take any medication, it is useful to also ask about medication that are not pills. People often think of medication as pills you swallow and forget to mention medication that is administered differently. Like, for example, an inhaler or a shot or patches etc etc.

[@Palafertiil]

Yes! I always forget to mention my inhaler. LOL

[@aynDRAWS]

I do this all the time! I constantly forget about my injections as medications

[@MegaKhelditia]

I regularly remember my IUD/Implant, last, yeah!

[@aminchabbi]

Absolutely hit home, almost everyone of those. Ridiculously funny

[@alexaschoettelkotte]

Asked them if they had any allergies and they replied with “I’m only allergic to liberals”

[@analyticmoviereviews101]

LMAO! Well...some do have severe allergies to them. Think it's because of the 40 cats they own. Cat hair will do that. Although...I'm going to tell my mom this one. She'll get a laugh.

[@Frommerman]

Yikes.

[@Taniere]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂 I would have fell on the floor laughing. Smh

[@alexaschoettelkotte]

I should probably mention that they were suspected intox but to me It made it even funnier. Oh also I live in a place that is majority dem/liberal which also just makes it all the better 😂

[@kassi4837]

It would be more hilarious if you were actually liberal. The fact they made it to the ER without dying means it’s not true or the medication‘s you around on your ambulance work very well 🤣

[@bryanblake8607]

Being the person that has taken my grandmother to a few doctors appointments, this stuff hit the nail on the head pretty well. Wish I could remember all the good ones I have been force to hear.

[@lenasheridan9963]

God this guy makes me laugh so hard especially being in the medical field dealing with the same shit on a daily basis 😂😂😂

[@HanniballXII]

I am no emergency responder but this still feels relatable. All i wanna know is if the patient as any metal implants, before i put them in the MRI... not hear their story about the time they had to get surgery on their toe back in the 80s

[@rab7889]

Elderly patients tend toward all these, but they're still my favourite :) the stories and opinions I hear are a delight as I'm trying to keep someone from going into cardiac arrest.

[@thatonegrizz_]

Love how chill you seem.

[@sophie5454]

The last one!!!! Omg yes people do this all the time and I have to tell the docs and nurses "well thats news to me". Lol

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

You never know when a full life history just might be helpful 😆

[@courtneyr6645]

This is probably sarcasm lol but really, especially for those with chronic, undiagnosed illnesses like dysautonomia and that umbrella that have symptoms that can peak, and that doctors aren’t well-versed in and aren’t treated appropriately, you’ve been called hypochondriac and told it’s all in your head or it’s just anxiety, so you suck it up and deal with the symptoms and stay quiet so they don’t roll their eyes at you like usual. Lo and behold, one day you describe it all from the start and that doc is actually able to help you based on the initial onset of symptoms when you were 18 and your various complaints, and not just the new symptoms that decided to rear their head.

[@plsbepatientihaveadhd]

if a paramedic asks me who is the current president i would probably answer “yo mama” 😭

[@godismyhero2749]

What I would say: Do you take any meds? What they would hear: Do you take any meds but I don't need to know about the Viagra because that would be embarrassing and it's not like I can unalive you with this little bit of Nitro 👍...

[@WalkerRae0601]

"Viagra because that would be embarrassing and it's not like I can unalive you with this little bit of Nitro" *that* I did not know. Thanks

[@tylersharp5751]

@@WalkerRae0601 well viagra works in the body much to how a standard NO2 booster would work pushes more blood where it needs to go and cialis is also like this but other ED medication exists and if you have a concern I would rather you tell me than not cause If you are taking something that is a Vasodilator primarily or something that effects your hearts capability to pump blood like blood thinners or what not of that idea then yes a hit of nitro will kill you as nitroglycerin is used as a means to help angina usually as well as can aid in tachycardia symptoms as well ( I’m a little rusty don’t quote me haven’t worked a shift in years but yeah make heart beat normal.

[@godismyhero2749]

@@tylersharp5751 #🙄

[@tylersharp5751]

@@godismyhero2749 god is also my hero but I don’t know what that means man I’m like 49 I don’t get what rolling your eyes and a hashtag means unless it’s derogatory

[@godismyhero2749]

@@tylersharp5751 it wasn't derogatory. It was more because I can't put what I want to 😂... Your profile pic is fitting for this post about 🍆 enhancers. Don't get sensitive... Not everyone is a 🍆...

[@Evaine1]

I am a psychiatric nurse. I feel this in my soul.

[@rascaligan8122]

I love this man.

[@michaelmarin573]

As a Firefighter/EMT, I felt that last one to my core 😮‍💨

[@chrisnewsom2891]

Auto Accidents: What they here is: Despite this being a very minor accident, would you like to go to the hospital, so there is an official report that you believe will help you win the small claims lawsuit you plan to file against the other party, despite the fact you caused the accident?”

[@tangentfox4677]

Meanwhile, me, after wrecking my motorcycle, if I'd known they were going to try to charge me instead of my insurance: Fuck you I'll wait for my ride to get here, it's only a few broken bones.

[@WalkerRae0601]

LOL

[@firstcynic92]

The one time I was asked the pain question, they didn't say "10 being the worst pain you've ever experienced." I had fractured my right fibula and (stupidly) tried to stand on it. I rated it an 8 as I could still imagine worse pain... like being flayed alive.

[@dannyhale7645]

Very accurate. You should do one on things we want to say, or probably shouldn't have said. Like when the patient says, "I only had two beers", I probably shouldn't have said, "Oh, really. How big were they?" Or when a drunk condescendingly asked, "How much do you get paid?" I probably shouldn't have said, "Not enough to put up with your crap". The best one was a coworker of mine. He had a patient who had minor injuries, but was emotionally upset. A bystander started freaking out and yelled, "I'm a nurse! She's going into shock!" The veteran EMT, who was getting close to retirement age, and was losing his tolerance for idiots said, "When you say that you're a nurse, are you referring to a degree you earned, or something you once did for a child?"

[@Wolfenstein1984]

That last one. Had a child patient. Was told that they fell down a couple of stairs. Get to the hospital. Tells the nurse that the kid fell down a few flights of stairs.

[@HariSeldon913]

Must have been someone from my dispatch! When we take patients to or from home, dispatch always tells us 3-6 stairs. Last time around the "6 stairs" was 43 with some sharp corners.

[@itsgracei]

the 1-10 pain scale is funny to me. in my head 10 is like getting a limb cut off or like some kind of torture. so when i said i was at 7. they looked confused because i was in visible pain. when they asked me what a 10 was they immediately were ER today. turns out while part of my lower back pain was a kidney stone. the rest of my lower adnominal pain was an 8 lbs ovarian cyst strangling the circulation of my left fallopian tube. it died inside me. so i can truely equate the feeling of "a part of died inside" to reality.

[@Kanjiwinyan]

From a patient's perspective, the last question can be difficult. If my complete attention is on X problem, I might not even think about a medical condition I've lived with for 30 years, just because that part of my life is usually on auto-pilot. I never intentionally withold that info, it just happens in the stress of the moment!

[@n.maximo5505]

I mean heck, this happens to me ALL THE TIME and I’m not even medical staff, just registration! 😂

[@supportourmilitary4768]

Accurate too.

[@WalkerRae0601]

are you considered a first responder, 'cause you should be. You're stuck in the middle between weird hospital policies and Jason-level crazy patients (I was one when they wouldn't let me go into the ER with my 70+ yo mom thx to admin covid policies)

[@n.maximo5505]

@@WalkerRae0601 oof yeah I understand how frustrating it is dealing with those COVID policies. No, I’m not considered a first responder…TBH I’m not even CPR certified (which is admittedly bad behavior on my part) but I do occasionally call for an immediate triage if someone walks in gasping for air or vomiting blood.

[@brittpadgitt2970]

I work in a pain management clinic so I totally understand the pain scale question. I have to ask that question everyday multiple times a day.

[@williamheath9985]

This happens at my job as well. I work at a local grocery store and when we ask for either paper or plastic or even cash or credit, customers tend to give their life stories and never really answer.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

I prepare packages for shipping. I long ago lost count of how many times I asked "What's in here?", got a concise answer, and then got to the end where they sign the "I'm not shipping alcohol, tobacco, or firearms" paper and suddenly remember the bottle of scotch and glock magazine in the box.

[@asvir9110]

Last one hit home for me! Love it when they withhold info and then tell me they allergic to some medication that contradicts with the local anesthetic I’m about to numb them with 😅

[@NinjaMatt2201]

I love it when you ask someone a yes or no question, and they answer with a paragraph, so you have to take a moment to translate their answer into a yes or no in your head.

[@HopperYTRealChannel]

School has messed us all up and make every question sentence into a full 3 page essay

[@janTesika]

uh... no? that's not how that works.

[@machaxy6201]

No, they're right. That's all my assignments now, and it's so annoying. "It prepares you for college!" Is the excuse I always hear for this nonsense. 😂

[@nutella1757]

Last time I dislocated my jaw they asked me how much pain I was in. I was truly imagining the worst pain imaginable so I said 7. A little while later the doctor came back and was shocked at how I wasn't holding up as well as before because I "only said a 7". My jaw was dislocated for this entire encounter.

[@escha_b]

I think about the pain scale the same way too!! Has resulted in similar situations. The system doesn’t work if only a few people are actually rating out of 1-10 and everyone else is actually rating from 1-14! The worst pain I’ve experienced was absolutely horrible and yet I can always imagine pain so much worse.

[@Olivia-W]

@@escha_b I mean, the worst pain for me is fainting from pain, so for me that's a 10. I know what it would take. 0/10 do not recommend, don't try at home, I never want to experience that again, it's wanna-kill-yourself level pain but you can't move because movement is agony. Someone could have stabbed me and it would have made no difference. Just blinding (literally), searing, burning, throbbing pain. Never again. Never, ever, _ever_ again.

[@TheOutlawMan]

Worst pain imaginable... so you didn't give the highest number possible?

[@katymitchell8200]

As an RN for 30 years working ER for 8 yrs, everyone of these sinarios is absolutely TRUE

[@davidrenner6459]

My sister is a nurse and tells me this happens every single time. My mom will give you some crazy number for her pain level. Lol. Great channel! You are really hilarious!

[@pambronson4467]

I give weird numbers too; to be honest it is a relative to what the person has experienced. Example: I dropped a 15 lb. frozen turkey on my foot and had 14 green stick fractures on the top bones and two tendon avalsions. Waited two weeks before going to get an x-ray like an idiot. I gave a pain rating of 4.5; the triage nurse asked me what I based that number on. My answer was that a brain hemorrhage was an 8, labor without an epidural and tearing requiring more than ten stitches was a 9, and active kidney failure is a 10. She had to look up my medical records to prove my scale.

[@davidrenner6459]

@@pambronson4467 ow. That sounds terrible.

[@jimwatson1013]

My father had alot of ache's and pains, some from arthritis and others wear and tear. He was never on pain med and used alot of mental tricks to block out the pain, when asked about pain he would say "6....7?", once he had have medical stuff happen and they gave him Morphine he was ""OH GOD! I A FEEL GREAT! the pain is gone! If this is what being pain free feels like I am in pain on the scale of 20 most days!!" I cannot imagine the pain he went through day to day

[@ghost307]

When I had a pinched nerve in my back my response to the one to ten question was "That pain scale doesn't go high enough".

[@glenngriffon8032]

When my gallbladder was doing the gallstone shuffle I had a nice chat with the EMS guy about this channel. I also gave him the exact same medical history that I gave to the rest of the docs, nurses, and techs