Reality Check 2 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 So not a huge fan of herpetic cockroaches then? What sort of PPE do you need for those - full body condom or targeted one? Fruit flavoured or not? SK A large dose of mineral oil spiked with lidocaine and me wriggling in the hall for an hour after being convinced that little monster was still alive and crawling on me. Don't even start with snakes. One of my surgeon attendings in school was a snake expert. They always called him down to the ER with any suspected envenomation. One subject brought the live snake into the ER in a milk crate. Surgeon comes down, whips the lid off, grabs the snake by the head and proclaims - "this isn't a viper. See. The head isn't triangular" and proceeds to show me the damn snake right up close to my face and body. I had good bladder control but probably suffered a moment of SVT. He just llooooooved snakes........................ was a blast to scrub with but had some pretty weird hobbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I think OP is a little OCD but whenever I see a pt with lice or Scabies I take 2 or 3 showers that night lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted April 23, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 23, 2016 Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Change clothes if shat upon or barfed upon. Wash ER clothes in nice hot water and hot dryer. Wash your hands. Just my thoughts to the OP: bears repeating Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. oh yeah and don't eat with out Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Vent, the dude/dudette has enough issues with OCD without having them wash their hands so much that they look like they got a barracks rooms shower with floor soap and scrub brushes...unless you actually are trying to drive them over the edge of course. If that's the case, well I'll just step aside and get a bowl of popcorn. SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanj59 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 OCD stuff aside, the live cockroaches would freak me out probably the most. But I think as others have posted the OP needs to learn to accept this is part of medicine. Along with any procedure or even a simple exam comes risks of catching something. I know we were told by our professors to expect to get sick on our peds rotations. If they can't deal with that risk then maybe other less procedure heavy areas to practice are a better fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcan Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Does this person have a license to practice medicine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAdmission Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Only one way to deal with cooties, crotch-rot, etc: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanime Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Herpetic spiders definitely require more than a thin yellow gown... Those bastards can get in there like swim wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatheadPA Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I hope this whole thread was a joke..... You need to go back to school or do some reading if not. Im guessing you are just trolling though. Im not going to feed the troll. HSV isnt a super penetrating acid/virus hybrid compound haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 This instantly came to my mind after reading your post.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I can't believe this thread has lasted as long as it has, lol SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 If they can't deal with that risk then maybe other less procedure heavy areas to practice are a better fit. I couldn't let this go - medical microbiology perhaps? SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nds1111 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It sounds insanely stupid when medical professionals use the term OCD to describe anything other than OCD. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpRegulated Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 It sounds insanely stupid when medical professionals use the term OCD to describe anything other than OCD. I agree. I'm a stickler for definitions and proper terminology. Personally, I try to be very precise, methodical, and technical before I label someone OCD, reviewing the case many, many, many, many, many, many times before I make a formal diagnosis to ensure my diagnosis adheres to the strictest of criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miaow Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Unless there is a new type of pelvic exam that I'm not familiar with ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 I agree. I'm a stickler for definitions and proper terminology. Personally, I try to be very precise, methodical, and technical before I label someone OCD, reviewing the case many, many, many, many, many, many times before I make a formal diagnosis to ensure my diagnosis adheres to the strictest of criteria. ...And that's only on the first review. I'm going to have to dig out the paper I jokingly wrote for the NEJM regarding observations I made of a couple of disorders I coined after many years service in the military, some of which this person (the OP) does have traits of. One is CRIS and the other is FITH. Neither have made it into the DSM-V as yet, but I'm hoping they will in the TR edition. CRIS is Cranio-Rectal Insertion Syndrome and FITH is F*&ked In The Head - the former essentially covers people that wander the earth completely oblivious to what they see, say or do (often in combination) and how those actions affect others and the latter, well, is generally self explanatory, but when I would come up with that on psych rounds, I'd explain it by the fact that there were too many traits of too many DSM diagnoses to fully encompass what was wrong with the patient...a politer way of describing it would be "Touched by the Baseball Bat of God". CRIS is profoundly noticeable in military, civil service, health care management and political circles; FITH is something seen in all aspects of the general population, including medicine. SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwarleyWoo Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 "let our hair down" except of course, when you're doing a pelvic exam. I put my hair back, then. ;) I feel like one of the good things about this board is the ability to let our hair down (so to speak, this is funny if you've met me) so I'm not necessarily worried about the "likes" and "I means" and "maybes." Seems to me that QM is trying to verbally acknowledge the idea that this is all probably silly, but he/she is worried anyway. And fair enough. But really, when you do that, please understand that if you pitch a question in terms of "I know this might be dumb, but..." then responses may follow your lead and mostly be "yep, you're being dumb."I agree 100% with Boats, and I also had thought back to that previous thread from a couple of months ago. Remember what I said in that one, about my own horrible first job after school, and how it made me feel totally unprepared and vulnerable to mistakes? Don't let the environment do that to you, QM. Like Boats said, you have the knowledge and probably the skill, now it's your mission in life to put it all together. And not for the sake of some employer who isn't being fair with you; for yourself. And for your patients.My god, the patients. I don't know how someone would feel if she came in, likely already feeling embarrassed about having a herpes outbreak, and the provider gowned up and did all this isolation stuff for a routine pelvic exam.Please, do whatever you need, talk to whomever you need to talk to, to get your mind a little more at ease. And don't forget to think about how your patients are likely to feel about this skittishness you display. This is a safe place to let it out, but make sure it's not also a vibe you're giving off all day every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwarleyWoo Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 It sounds insanely stupid when medical professionals use the term OCD to describe anything other than OCD. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ugh. Exactly. You're not OCD. Everyone thinks I'm "OCD" at work because I like organization and being efficient in my work. Nope, just organized and efficient. not OCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 To reiterate a previous statement, how is it that this thread has lasted this long? SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 To reiterate a previous statement, how is it that this thread has lasted this long? SK This thread is like herpes - the gift that keeps on giving..... rim shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 This thread is like herpes - the gift that keeps on giving..... rim shot Must...refrain...from...stupid...sexual...comment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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