Embarrassing injuries that require a trip to ER

[mfd25wife]

My son-in-law cut his hand on a knife and my DD had to take him to urgent care. It was bleeding badly and he had it wrapped in paper towels. When they got to the car the towels were soaked through and she wrapped his hand in a sanitary napkin from a box she had in the trunk. When the nurse at Urgent Care saw his hand she asked "Is that what I think it is?" He was SO embarrassed.

Well as embarrassing as it is. I've taken a number of first aid classes, and that's what they all tell you to do.

DH is a paramedic, and he keeps some in his personal jump bag.

 

[DeaverTex]

Maybe the most embarrassing thing of all is to be a grown man who's never been to the ER at all? That would be me. I've always been such a cautious soul, I guess, that I just didn't get hurt that badly. Plus my Mom would have NEVER considered taking someone to the emergency room for anything short of amputation. (And maybe not then, depending on what had been amputated.)

 

[Disney Doll]

I once cared for a patient many, many years ago who had to have a champagne flute removed from his rectum.

 

[smallblackstars]

After a particularly cocktail filled night I returned home a little worse for ware as I do not drink often and when I do it doesn't take much to get me tipsy. I sat down to remove my make up before getting ready for bed and was feeling rather woozy, in my cocktail fueled state I grabbed nail polish remover instead of eye make up remover and proceeded to smear a cotton pad loaded with the nail polish remover over my eyes, ooops!! This was one of the most painful experiences of my life, I arrived at the ER after trying to wash it out but my eyes were swollen and bulging out my head and I couldn't see for the swelling. Little tip ladies, do not keep your eye make up remover beside your nail polish remover!!!

 

[jrmasm]

I once cared for a patient many, many years ago who had to have a champagne flute removed from his rectum.

Ouch!

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

I cannot help but think of this...

Fusilli Jerry! Lol!

 

[cobright]

I once cared for a patient many, many years ago who had to have a champagne flute removed from his rectum.

Then one time ... at band camp...

 

[Carriemel]

Yeah, great topic.

We'd just moved into a crappy apartment for 6 months while our house was being built. Sliding glass doors led out to the "patio". I wanted fresh air in the place, so I opened the sliders.

If anyone can see where this is going, raise your hand.

If you can't...

A while later, we get ready to go out. I go to close the slider. Yeah, it's stuck. So, stupid me...I pull. And pull. And pu...oh crap - it shuts...right on my middle finger.

That was fun trying to explain *that* one.

 

[MissMichigan]

I've actually never gotten hurt badly enough to go to the hospital, though I do have an embarrassing story. I once went to the ER around 4am because I couldn't breathe, and I thought I was going to die. Turns out is was just my first case of heartburn.

My best friend in elementary school broke both of her collar bones playing Red Rover at recess. They called her over, she ran, hit the other line and flipped completely over their arms. Just landed weird and didn't get back up, started screaming and crying. She had her whole upper body in a cast for quite a while, and the game got banned.

 

[abbyreads]

I broke my arm during marching band. We were rehearsing in sections and I tried to do some sort of running jump over a low-hanging cord in the parking lot and, in saving my instrument, broke my arm at the elbow.

I probably should have just gone to the ER, but the school nurse wouldn't put it on the accident report and ended up sending me back to class! I was in so much pain, the teacher just let me leave, but that was hard to explain to the office staff!

 

[aaarcher86]

I once cared for a patient many, many years ago who had to have a champagne flute removed from his rectum.

DH just had an ER patient that had a GIANT zucchini in the rear. I can't even describe the sheer birth of this thing.

They removed it. The next day someone brought in zucchini bread for everyone lmao!

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

DH just had an ER patient that had a GIANT zucchini in the rear. I can't even describe the sheer birth of this thing.

They removed it. The next day someone brought in zucchini bread for everyone lmao!

I thought this said ear.... That was confusing enough.

I wish it DID say ear now haha!

 

[castleview]

Once jabbed my hand with a skewer for a chocolate fountain which eventually got infected.

 

[laughinplace199]

Maybe the most embarrassing thing of all is to be a grown man who's never been to the ER at all? That would be me. I've always been such a cautious soul, I guess, that I just didn't get hurt that badly. Plus my Mom would have NEVER considered taking someone to the emergency room for anything short of amputation. (And maybe not then, depending on what had been amputated.)

I'm a 45 yr old mother of 3 and I've never been to the ER either, well, for myself at least. All of my kids have been at one time or another.

 

[cobright]

DH just had an ER patient that had a GIANT zucchini in the rear. I can't even describe the sheer birth of this thing.

They removed it. The next day someone brought in zucchini bread for everyone lmao!

I was about to go all word-correctness on you and suggest 'berth', or maybe even 'girth' but then I figure why not ... I've grown zucchini the size of newborns before.

 

[dimimi]

When my son was about 13, he was up late watching TV and decided to cut his nails. He started twirling the stainless steal scissors around his finger. It got stuck! He tried everything and finally woke us up. We tried everything and eventually took him to the ER.

At the ER the nurses kept bringing in everyone working to "look at this!" They had to use a blow torch....slowly....to break off the scissors!

 

[krcit]

I once cared for a patient many, many years ago who had to have a champagne flute removed from his rectum.

Happy New Year?

 

[PigletsPal2]

The Friday before Mothers' Day when DD#1 was in 5th grade, I got a call from my after-school caretaker advising me that DD had been run over by a Big Wheel, that they suspected her finger was broken and that her DH had taken DD to the hospital.

I met them in the ER, and the Dr. asked DD what happened. I started to explain what the babysitter told me, when the Dr. FIRMLY interrupted, saying "(Princess Aurora), what happened? Your mommy can wait in the hall if you want." DD way crying, saying she was embarrassed to tell, so I was "invited" to leave the room so DD would talk. Turns out that DD was standing on the back of a Big Wheel, the "driver" made a sharp turn, DD fell off, and the driver ran over her hand. All four of the knuckles on her left hand as well as her "naughty" finger were broken, and she was put in a cast from her fingertips to her elbow.

When we got home, I suggested that DD lie down until dinner was ready. She agreed, walked into her room, tripped over a coat hanger she had left on the floor, and fell face-first into her stucco bedroom wall. She was bloody from forehead to chin. She was scheduled to go to the dentist the next day, but I cancelled, not wishing to spend Mothers' Day in jail for child abuse.

We cleaned her up and she said she felt well enough to go to school on Monday. She attended a private Christian school with no playground, so the kids played wherever there was no traffic. Unfortunately, the was poison ivy. She came home covered in the stuff! Luckily, it was the last week of school, so I just kept her home the rest of the week. It may have been one of the worst weeks of my life; I KNOW it was one of hers!

Queen Colleen

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

Years ago one of my best college friends was ridng her brother's ten speed bike over break. She crashed, hit the bar on the men's bike - hard - and gave herself what can only be described as an episiotomy. She had to go to the ER and have it stitched up - by a handsome male doctor no less. It was pretty embarrassing for a teen age girl!

 

[aaarcher86]

I was about to go all word-correctness on you and suggest 'berth', or maybe even 'girth' but then I figure why not ... I've grown zucchini the size of newborns before.

Lmao complete auto correct of girth!

And I've grown newborns the size of zucchini! Perfect match!