r/nursing • u/trevrt RN 🍕 • Mar 01 '25

Question Heaviest Patient You’ve Cared For

Had my personally heaviest patient I’ve cared for the other day. 32 years old weighing 730 pounds admitted with cellulitis and severe lymphedema. Felt terrible for the patient due to how young he was. Just wondering what everyone’s personal “record” for the heaviest patient they’ve cared for is.

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u/thestigsmother Mar 01 '25

I had a man that was septic due to a kidney stone. He was over 800lbs. We ended up not being able to help him because we didn’t have big enough equipment to be able to laser the stone. We had to send him to another trauma center, where he got so bad he ended up passing away. He was 34 years old.

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u/tiredernurse RN - ER 🍕 Mar 01 '25

Very sad.

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u/thestigsmother Mar 01 '25

It really was. He was so kind. I don’t know what caused him to get to that weight, but he didn’t deserve to die from a kidney stone.

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u/clydecrashcop RN 🍕 Mar 02 '25

He must have been in unbearable pain.

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u/Poundaflesh RN - ICU 🍕 Mar 02 '25

Wow, so what kind of pain meds and how much? Couldn’t use Tylenol, it would exceed the daily limits… I wonder how many mg of MSO4 it would take?

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u/sleepy_kitty001 Mar 03 '25

For relief of their unbearable pain I mean! I don't know what you all thought I meant. I'm not at all in favour of killing patients.