Medical things you didn’t know?

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Just watching a medical drama and wondered what happens if you die on the operating table? Do they just sew you back up without repairing anything inside?

but also had me thinking what other medical things didn’t you know until you maybe experienced them or learned?

Mine are size 3.

2 1/2 in a flat.

Common Myth I'm Afraid..

Cardiac Sarcoma is real, but thankfully exceptionally rare.

That dogs can give blood. I suppose it's obvious that it would be needed but only heard about this recently.

I'm a nurse too (though in mental health and haven't worked at all in end of life care) and have never heard of this. When I googled it, it seems very common in Denmark.

It sounds odd for a country that while nominally CofE is very diverse. I would've thould this was done with discussion with the patient (when alive of course!) and/or the family.

I'll give you about the smell though!

When our gorgeous Labrador was alive, our vet called us to ask whether we would be willing for her to donate blood as they had an emergency case and she was such a relaxed dog.

I used to be a porter, and I would always talk to the deceased when moving them too. I recall helping some nurses prepare someone for viewing, and they would still talk to them despite the person having died several days before.

I trained as an ODP, and during my first placement, we lost a patient on the table. I did talk to them as we did last offices, and I was absolutely shunned by the other staff. They made me feel utterly stupid. Maybe things are different in theatres. No opening of windows there either, but for obvious reasons.

When I was at Uni, the medical students I knew told me that the bodies they dissected sometimes had no appendix, even though it had never been removed and one body had three natural kidneys.

That is indeed the reason, a tradition still carried out today.

Quite a boring one. Alcohol, especially certain types, contains lots of histamine and so can exacerbate allergies. I only recently discovered that this is a likely factor in my long standing nighttime allergic rhinitis.

My mum said it was like a white mist that came from his mouth. She said it was beautiful. For many years after his death she would become very emotional describing the experience, it wasn't spooky at all.

Doesn't Julia Roberts say this to Richard Gere in the bath scene of Pretty Woman?

Oh wow,that must've been very comforting for her. What a way to go, with the person who loves you.

Love this ❤️ Thank you for sharing

I guess the window opening is like other stuff. You don't HAVE to do it but..

Like as a carer
Wearing the same deodorant/perfume so people with visual impairments can recognise me as I come in (obviously you shout hello too!) and it's comforting for people with dementia
Remembering someone prefers seams on the outside
Knowing that someone wants talc or deo or prefers very hot water to wash with
Keeping sweets in my pocket for when you're rolling people for care (certain people would grab my pocket to see if I had any sweets)
Sending cards/flowers from your own wages

None of that is clinical stuff and yes you could just not do it but it's human nature

My mum has been part of a trial using cow's valves! (My kids call her Nanny Moo 😂). The trial has Ben successfully for the past 8 years and praying that it continues that way! ❤️

@XenoBitch ODP?

Yes, for me that's fascinating as it's such a widely used and relatively safe painkiller. Obvs within the dose limits.

Operating department practitioner. Think scrub nurse in theatre, but there's a whole profession who do this who are not trained as nurses but specifically trained for medical theatre. It's a great job, wish I'd known about it before I chose my current career, though I'd probably have thought I'd be squeamish, but actually I'm not.
Odps, are the NHSs theatre backbone.

My foot is smaller

Everyone I know who have ever tried this, also have the same length foot as their inner arm (from wrist to elbow). I'm pretty sure this is FACT and works for everyone?!

I'm a nurse too. I've never opened the window to let the soul out

Here is a photo of foot and forearm

I managed to try out the foot forearm thing this morning and it is true for me.

It is to let the soul out! The body does not decay that quickly I promise. I am a nurse!!

My feet are smaller than my forearm too. Size 6 feet. Size 6.5 forearms I guess.