This post is dedicated to Sarah Alvey.
Nursing school is full of stimulating information. Some of it is obvious, others not. This would fall into the obvious category.
Wound dehiscence or evisceration is essentially when things that are supposed to stay inside your body come out through a fresh surgical wound. I'll keep this squeaky clean for all you faint-hearted out there.
But here is a paragraph from one of my books:
If wound dehiscence or evisceration occurs, call for help and contact the primary care provider immediately, stay with client, monitor the client for shock, cover with sterile towel, and do not attempt to reinsert organs.
If wound dehiscence or evisceration occurs, call for help and contact the primary care provider immediately, stay with client, monitor the client for shock, cover with sterile towel, and do not attempt to reinsert organs.
Maybe you have to be a certain kind of sick sick person, but I laughed really hard at this. Can't you just see a student nurse--much like myself--saying: "OOOHHH!! OOOH!!! I took Anatomy!! I think I kinda sorta mostly remember where the pancreas goes! Let me!!"
Darn you nursing school. Now that this has been in my assigned reading, I'm legally accountable if I try and reinsert the organs. Darn you for dashing all my hopes and dreams.
Who wants to be my patient...?! ;)
2 comments:
surprisingly tons of people would try to put the organs back in. If it's in your body your ok right?
hahaha, i love you. and i love this post. and i loved our lunch date. we should really do it again sometime.
thank you for telling me what to do in case this happens. i mean, i do pretty much worry about it all the time. its number two on my list of fears. right after nailfiles. ;) (but really, i am afraid of nailfiles)
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