What happens if you are ina car accident or something and you are unconscious and you have a moon cup or tampon in?

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Do they check??

Well no you can't see it, which is why I was wondering if they start rummaging up there. It's quite high up

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Well fitting dentures will be left (certainly while in A&E) as they provide structure to the mouth which is part of the airway

When I first started wearing contact lenses in the mid 80s I was given a card to keep in my purse saying I was wearing them for this reason, but it always seemed silly as they'd check your eyes pretty quickly I guess. They used to get gritty very quickly if I dozed off in them in those days so I guess harm could be done quite quickly, modern ones are much better. It must be fiddly getting the contact lenses out of the eyes of an unconscious person but I suppose there's a knack.

um they certainly don’t go checking every woman’s vagina who’s unconscious from an accident! Tampon string would be noticed during catheterisation and removed but a moon cup wouldn’t be checked for. Rest assured though it will be visible on the trauma CT and then be removed.

Yes, contact lenses etc

The smell would!

Good point about contact lenses. They could be a real issue if left in.

I expect these are part of the standard admission process for an unconscious casualty once the are stabilised.

I think they must check as I had a petit mal seizure while on my period and woke up in hospital with the tampon removed! Have never felt the need to ask more questions on that, but it was either my mum or hospital staff

If you are unconscious then you'll be in resus in hospital, and they'll need to put a catheter in so they'll see what's up there.
But so what?
It seems an odd question.
Like someone in my family used to say, 'always wear clean underwear, in case you get run over.'
I was like, 'well they won't be very clean after that then will they?'

Given your near miss this morning, perhaps you ought to think about concentrating when driving more. Or even having an eye test if you have not had one recently (the one at an opticians, not at Barnard Castle).

It would depend on your flow, but on my heavy days, even with a cup, they'd notice the leakage after a couple of hours. Towards the end of my period, less chance of that happening, but then I might have a pad rather than a cup anyway.

At the point of catheterisation they will know, it's not that urgent compared to stabilising the patient!

Although they might wonder about internal haemorrhaging on the bad days...

Part of the trauma assessment would be checking your pupils so they would see contacts then

Just heard back from a&e consultant friend quickly, obviously a bit quiet today (actually was on well earned lunch break) yes they check once stabilised for a long list of things, but he pointed out that number of females of menstruating age unconscious in a&e suddenly is very small.

I get this OP. I often wonder random stuff like this too

So if they put a catheter in and remove a tampon, do they then put you in some knickers and a pad?

I would hate this. I cannot bear people interfering with me.

If you were unconscious then we would notice contacts while doing eye exams, Tampons while doing cathter insertion and dentures when securing your airway.
Mooncups arent obvious and could easily be missed tbh unless you had a body scan and they showed up.
With the increase in frequency of people using them I suppose it needs to be considered now. But a vaginal exam isn't standard practise for an unconscious patient unless you were specifically checking for injury there.

Hahahahahaha actually gas 😂😂😂

This is the type of thing I think about OP. Glad it’s not just me!

Those really attractive netty pants they put you in for surgery I reckon. Or a pad underneath you.

Pair of disposable or net knickers and a hospital issue pad (horrible cheap thick mattresses) or if on ICU, probably just an inco pad underneath you.

If you were unconscious you wouldn't be too bothered.