Goodbye Healthcare?

It is with a heavy heart that I announce my departure from healthcare. I let the poop water win

[matthewsmith]

“That’s it??”, all the floor nurses in the chat…

[sunincognito]

If the patient didn't purposefully throw the poop at you, it's a good day!

[maureenhopkins]

Watching this as I eat jello and drink Gatorade in preparation for my colonoscopy tomorrow morning!! 🤣🤣🤣

[greatvalue]

I’m an ER doc, and one time I had a mask with eye shield on while bent over drunk lady who had been in an MVC. She projectile vomited so high that it went over and inside my face shield and behind the cloth part of my mask into my mouth as well as down my scrub top. I had a drunk patient’s vomit IN MY MOUTH!

Another time I was doing a pelvic exam on a patient with chlamydia and trich. I did a straight catheter (without foley balloon) to collect urine in a sterile fashion. In the middle of the cath, she pushed out her urine so hard that the catheter flew out and I got a golden STD shower (hurricane) into my eyes, nose, and mouth. I had to take ABX for STD prophylaxis.

I hate to say it, but I think I have you beat lol.

[JChan-ruhf]

I’m in healthcare and many years ago someone coded in the hallway and one of the new nurses gave CPR mouth to mouth.. and the patient ended up vomiting in the nurse’s mouth. Nurse was trying to be helpful, but after that, I think she went into administration

[tinaperez]

A moment of silence for all GI staff and other healthcare staff who've taken the shower of poop.

[vy_you-vy_anybody]

I was worried until you said 'undigested corn' 😂😂

[kellyyork]

I taught in public schools for 34 years. Blood, poop, snot, and vomit at times. I feel ya.

[buffys]

I remember giving a young patient who hadn’t pooped for 3 weeks an enema and it backfired all over me - the whole 3 weeks. Had to borrow scrubs from midwifery ( have you ever tried to borrow anything from midwifery it’s like getting blood from a stone.) Cleaned my eyeballs with bleach but still traumatised.

[cowdoc]

I’m a Veterinarian that works with cows. I feel you buddy!

[pandachance]

There are so many ways poop can get sprayed. This is one i never thought of. Thank you! ❤ and please stay!

[Chris]

This happened to me so many times! We move past this.

[trigger]

May I suggest a neck guard similar to what a baseball umpire wears? 😀

[sq]

People, don't eat corn before a colonoscopy!!!

[willman]

“Occupational Hazard” really does mean a whole different thing for GI docs, huh?🤣

[doithimaceabhard]

We had a batch of faulty suction liners (where the poop-soup goes after we suck it outta ya) and one pressurised when full as i went to disconnect it to switch it out.
This was not a splash, (did you see that pressurised sewer main in Moscow the shot a 14 story tower of shite? Well scale model of that) as i was bent over top of it a stream of liqui-poop shot up into my face (and neck, i feel ya). I quick cleaned up so my colleagues werent contaminated too, actichlor and incosheet to the rescue, the said I'll be back in 25 mins

[Testuser]

I thought it's serious untill mentioned tech's name. Now I am confused

[stephkakisem]

I had to wrestle a poop-covered naked man once as a nurse. He was slippery. The floor was slippery. By the end I was as well and not in the fun way.

I don't think we fully recover from poopocalypses. My deepest sympathies for your neck skin.

[tinaperez]

Keep fighting the good fight, Doc Schmidt! And dodging the fire hose of poop. 😮😩

[carollewis]

Take a great deal of time for your understandable burn out to repair, then decide again about your future. Focus on the amount of people you have helped and who will be incredibly grateful to you and for you, including us. Be very kind to yourself and highest wishes to you ❤