A 23 year old male comes to the ED after a motor vehicle accident. He was a driver and rear-ended the car in front of him when he didn't see the car slow down to make a right hand turn. He wasn't wearing his seat belt, no air bag deployment, and no loss of consciousness. He was a trauma green, meaning he was pretty stable. In a sense he was fine.
To practice, we did a Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma, or a FAST exam, which finds free fluid (usually blood) in the belly. To be humorous we added, "Sir, we are going to use this machine to make sure you are not pregnant." The patient got an upset look on his face and replied, "There is no way I'm pregnant---I'm not a bisexual!"
Maybe he did have a head trauma afterall.....
To practice, we did a Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma, or a FAST exam, which finds free fluid (usually blood) in the belly. To be humorous we added, "Sir, we are going to use this machine to make sure you are not pregnant." The patient got an upset look on his face and replied, "There is no way I'm pregnant---I'm not a bisexual!"
Maybe he did have a head trauma afterall.....
1 comment:
SCAN HIS HEAD! SCAN HIS HEAD!
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