I have a dent in my forehead.
“Why do you have a dent in your forehead?” you ask me.
I have a dent in my forehead because:
(A) Layrngoscope blades occasionally become detached from their handles
(B) They sometimes become detached while in the hands of a nervous intern
(C) Said nervous intern, while trying to grab the blade, instead knocks it through the air
(D) When people are doing CPR, they’re in a big huddle and there’s not much empty space
(E) Gravity works
In case that wasn’t entirely clear, then let me sum it up – I got hit in the forehead by a laryngoscope blade when a nervous intern (bless him!), trying to intubate in the midst of a mock-code, knocked it off and it went sailing. Its gotta land somewhere, so why not smack-bang to the left of center of my forehead? Chris tells me its not noticeable, but I can still feel it!
It could’ve been worse, though. A guy that I know was once shocked with 360 joules of electricity when an intern forgot to announce that she was about to shock the patient (this was during a training module). He happened to be touching the “patient’s” leg, and BAM, he went up on his tiptoes, chest flung out, and he flew back about a foot. He said his joints ached for hours afterward.
Clear!
No picture of the dent? What kind of a blogger are you? 🙂
Hope your dent is better!!
OH MY GOODNESS! I’m so sorry this happened to you … but I almost choked on my dinner I am laughing so hard. It sounds like something I would do!
Ha ha, no doubt! At least during training sessions, right?
Ha ha, I know! I personally think Twinkies are gross, but then I love Papa John’s pizza and I know that there are a bunch of people who think its disgusting. If there was a way to ship it over here, I would so do it! So, I guess its a matter of taste 🙂
I’m glad you’re okay! Goodness! That is dangerous work you’re doing and I feel terrible for the guy who got shocked. Scary!
P.S. I just read your Twinkies post and just about fell in the floor laughing. Those things are so gross – and I didn’t even know about the beef fat until now. Double yuck. I’m going to try not to judge though. Maybe if I was far from home, a Twinkie would make me feel less homesick. But I doubt it.
Oh goodness! Glad you’re okay!
lordy mercy….i’m glad you came away with only a dent! talk about a health hazard! maybe you should invest in a helmet with eye shields? xoxo
Yikes! I’m glad you only came away with a dent & not fried hair!