What is your random skill / knowledge that you know because of your job?

[FMyUterus]

Inspired by a TikTok trend (humour me I'm
in hospital with no visitors for the foreseeable and it's really boring/ hard)

Mine are;
Shaving foam will help get rid of sticky poop if it's everywhere

The heart will beat alone in a bowl for about 10 mins after being removed from the body.. that's creepy to watch

You can live without a pulse for many years, we now have devices and pumps that take over the function of the heart so the patient has no pulse but as long as their battery is fully charged they can live for many years, i met a patient the other day who had had their Left Ventricular Assisted Device for 11 years!

disclaimer I'm a nurse but give me your random facts / snippets of knowledge, you don't have to say what you do

I know a lot about the production/importation/distribution of drugs, blunt force, sharp implement and gun shot injuries, vehicle ringing, Mobile phone tracking, money laundering techniques, drug and alcohol withdrawal/absorption/effects etc. Plus lots of other random stuff.
Lawyer - crime.

@yelyah22 I cut the LVAD wire 🙋🏼‍♀️

Blimey. Rasputin's penis is huge!

12 inches long!

"Dr. Knyazkin says he bought the penis in a wooden casket from two French antique dealers in 2000 for $8,000."

He's convinced it's real.

Me thinks NOT.

If you put a wodden spoon in the door of the oven when making meringues it stops them getting too moist and is the secret to the hard outside, chewey inside.

Bicarbonate soda gets the sick smell out of car seats

I know how to view the content of someone's social media even if it's set to private.

I'm a private investigator, a mum and a Baker!

@Spanielmadness

How very repulsive some older men’s testicles are........

To be fair, they’re not the most attractive of body parts at the best time..

I'm not great to watch action film with, as I usually comment on how the guns used in particular scenes don't actually have the range to be accurate from that distance ! I usually point out that five baddies don't usually wait their turn to be beaten up one by one either !
Can't tell you my profession but amazingly it's not a film critic !

People do not answer withheld numbers

@FredtheFerret

Hmm..I know the lyrics to too many Stormzy songs and am far too able to translate teenage slang for a woman heading towards 60.

I also know Rasputin's penis is kept pickled in a jar. I have seen it. (Ra ra! Russia's greatest love machine).

Me too.

I know the chemical composition of most rocks, how exciting 🙄

if someone is doing a poo and it is stuck you must not pull it, i am not sure if that is true but i believe it is

and the poo will fall out if you lift the person off the commode, and land on the carpet or bed

you must not lift people up by putting your hands under their shoulders.

I can tell if someone has taken (in the past) class A drugs or lots of steroids just by feeling their pulse. I've the years I have about a 90% accuracy rateo out of 100s of people. Some people are very surprising.

@Skipsurvey I have to answer withheld numbers in case it's work calling with an emergency hate it though!

If you give me a map of the UK and the first letters of a postcode I can point out where the postcode area is

I know how much an average GP is paid as opposed to the figures the Daily Fail bandy about.

I know that many people have no idea what the medication they are taking is called and believe it can be identified by description ‘it’s the little white ones’!!!!

Not really a skill (bitter)!

If someone has grabbed handfuls of your hair in tight fists, gently bending their hands forwards will loosen their grip.

If someone has a bite reflex, let go of the spoon or toothbrush so there’s no feedback, and it will fall out. Tugging at it will make the teeth clamp down harder. Same if it’s a finger although that it admittedly harder to manage.

Fold the top flappy edge of an incontinence pad back inside the pad to create a dam and stop things wicking up into a t shirt.

And a fun fact: it is possible for projectile diarrhoea to reach and stain the ceiling.

I am good at catheterisation, I am bad at cannulation

@Pearsapiece - well now I have to ask how you view someone's social media even if its private?!

Part of me feels guilty for asking, the other part really wants to know what my high-school nemisis is up to now

I could save your life if your tracheostomy fell/came out while you are on a ventilator.

I can tell you with a level of expertise exactly what 30 different pieces of very complex equipment

Some councils collect and store dead cats found in the street to be claimed by their owners but don’t collect and store any other pets.

Bloody hell, posted by accident!

I can tell you with a level of expertise the function and can troubleshoot over 30 different pieces of equipment that will keep you alive, all at the same time, while you are critically ill.
I bloody love a medical device me!

Mines not very exciting but I can tell you the carbon footprint of a lot of things.

@Shouldbeworkingnotreadingtalk

I'm sorry I had to google it .... look away now if you don't fancy it ladies ..

Ha ha ... More rather ... Hands up who didnt google it...

@Doublechins

If you give me a map of the UK and the first letters of a postcode I can point out where the postcode area is

Snap. I also know all the telephone dialling codes.

@Doublechins

If you give me a map of the UK and the first letters of a postcode I can point out where the postcode area is

I used to know that in London