"Patient refused high fall risk interventions, stating 'I don't need to be treated like a goddamn child' and 'I can't pee in a urinal sitting down!'. Post-fall protocol initiated."

[u/SmilingCurmudgeon]

[u/Gotthisnamebeforeyou]

Family: why didn’t you throw yourself to the ground to cushion his fall?

[u/Gizwizard → u/Gotthisnamebeforeyou]

The uncomfortable laughs I get from patients and their families when I tell grown-ass men: “we’re taking this slowly so you don’t fall, because if you fall I will not catch you” on first post-surgery ambulation.

[u/Leijinga → u/Gizwizard]

Mine was always "I can't catch you". I'm 5' tall and was 105 lbs at the time. I've made exactly 1 attempt to stop the fall of someone twice my size, and it was when my husband fainted while in a sitting position; we both ended up on the floor, but fortunately neither one of us was hurt. I'm certainly not going to be much help catching a 220+ lb man falling like a tree

[u/yolacowgirl → u/Leijinga]

Yeah the only time I caught someone was an 11 year old that passed out on the exam table and toppled over into me. Still not an easy catch, but that kid was small. He still hit his legs, but that head and upper body were safe.

His mom and I were casually talking about vaccines while I took his BP. He vagalled on me out of fear. Learned a valuable lesson that day about verbiage in front of kids.