for this last 4-ish shifts i've had a pretty big patient. there was some abdominal surgery so the patient also had some JP drains. JP stands for Jackson-Pratt, and it is a bulb suction system that collects fluid from inside bodies after surgeries.
anyway, like i said, i've had this patient for a coupla shifts already, and everything had been peachy-keen. last night, i go in there to strip and empty the drain, and they're kinda trapped under my patient's pannus.
guess who decides to gently give the tube a tug to see if he can work the bulb free without having to lift the pannus? yeah, me.
so of course the tube that is connected to the inside of the patient comes off of the bulb part and whips JP juice all over the place, including in my left eye.
nice.
hey, there's no way someone's bladder cancer can mets to my eye right?
also, nerd alert; i will now be wearing goggles whenever i have to empty one of those suckers ever again. or i can be more careful and less lazy.
5 comments:
Blech.
I've had more than one JP drain shower in my day as well.
*Shudder*
I was cristened by a very high pressured rectal abcess my third year in medical school. Unfortunately for the resident who was incising said abcess, my attending was standing right next to me and got sprayed as well.
I've had pee and blood all over me. Nastiness.
Welcome to the club. You are now initiated.
I've always referred to JP drains as pus grenades for a reason...
Post a Comment