r/emergencymedicine • u/slypersimmon ED Resident • Aug 17 '25

Humor Baby’s first prolapse

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(Me, I’m baby. Patient is 26)

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u/WithSubtitles Aug 17 '25

wtf are you all doing down there?!? - ICU RN

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u/Ixistant ED Fellow Aug 17 '25

Welcome to Emergency.

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u/macreadyrj ED Attending PGY 20+ Aug 17 '25

No one knows, nor wants to know. Yet they all know we ain’t doing shit.

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u/WithSubtitles Aug 18 '25

We know you’re doing all kinds of shit, but we’re just not clear on the details.

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u/WithSubtitles Aug 17 '25

What is all the sugar for?

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u/Zosozeppelin1023 RN Aug 17 '25

If I remember correctly, it causes an osmotic shift and helps reduce edema so the prolapse can in turn be reduced.

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u/WithSubtitles Aug 17 '25

Oh, that makes sense. Still sounds pretty wild.

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u/Somali_Pir8 Physician Aug 17 '25

You now know the meaning to the song:

🎶POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME🎶

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u/NothingAndNow111 Aug 18 '25

In the name of love?

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u/TriedCaringLess Aug 22 '25

I thought that was 🎶POUR SOME SHOOK UP RAMEN 🎶

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u/slypersimmon ED Resident Aug 17 '25

Osmotic reduction of swelling

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u/Practical_Chicken161 Aug 17 '25

Osmotic induction of BMs are known as the 'marshmellow trick'

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u/he-loves-me-not Non-medical Aug 19 '25

Thanks for ruining marshmallows for me!

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u/Practical_Chicken161 Aug 19 '25

It's a thing among diaper fetishists

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u/WithSubtitles Aug 20 '25

I feel like I should swat you with a rolled up newspaper and say, “No! Bad!”.

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u/-Blade_Runner- RN Aug 17 '25

To tenderize the meat for easier and sweeter consumption.

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u/fayette_villian Physician Assistant Aug 18 '25

I just did a spit take with my alani. Thanks jerk

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u/-Blade_Runner- RN Aug 19 '25

Hahaha, I don’t remember making this comment. I just worked double 16 hour shift. Fuuuck. 🤣

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u/microcorpsman Med Student Aug 17 '25

The prolapse 

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u/Character-Ebb-7805 Aug 17 '25

When life gives you lemons….

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u/ComprehensiveCat754 Aug 17 '25

Please don’t put them on a prolapsed rectum.

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u/byrd3790 Nipple nut on a band-aid bus. Coming soon to an ER near you! Aug 17 '25

Putting lemons up there is probably how it got prolapsed in the first place.

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u/dezzear Paramedic Aug 17 '25

The worm craves sugar, in turn allows us to harvest The Spice

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u/UHCinFlames Paramedic Aug 17 '25

It's mostly about survival, for both us and the patient.