Friday, July 10, 2020

Stupid things Medical Patients Did That Made It Worse


For some reason tons of people think that the worst thing that can happen if you don't follow a doctors orders is that they'll get caught and be scolded. But no, there's an actual reason a medical professional tells you to do something. Medical professionals see through lying patients all the time, and patients still try to deny the stupid things they've done.

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Text - Notmiefault 3.1k points · 21 hours ago I work for a medical device company that makes bone screws. We had a patient sue us for faulty implants - apparently his screws broke less than a month after surgery. This is a big deal, and not just from a financial standpoint, so of course we launched a full investigation. Turns out the dumbass decided to play tackle football less than a month after his major back surgery. Our bone screws are strong, but not "tackle football" strong. His case was t

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Text - CRRT93 1.2k points · 22 hours ago Somebody lit up a cigarette (in a no smoking area) with a nasal cannula on, and lit their face on fire. Had to come right back into the ER.

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Text - babynursebb 1.0k points · 21 hours ago · edited 19 hours ago Not after leaving but this older gentleman had his wife bring him in n out the literal day after his open heart surgery. I couldn't believe it.

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Text - Anokant 781 points · 21 hours ago Guy was discharged from our emergency room and wanted a cab voucher to get downtown. We wouldn't give him one because he didn't meet our requirements. He walked outside, called 911, and told the ambulance to take him to a hospital downtown.

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Text - trekbette 45 points · 11 hours ago When I went through bariatric class, the instructor told a story of someone who, after surgery, ate a burrito on the way home from the hospital. They had to have another emergency surgery to fix the damage.

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Text - paperconservation101 71 points · 14 hours ago Okay this was me. I had finished a sleep study (as to which I barely slept and had to redo it). I was 6am and I was leaving the hospital. I walked into a glass wall, which was clearly a wall, it even had the visibility stickers on it, twice. Twice I bounced off the same wall in my attempt to leave the hospital.

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