Nurses, What Dangerous Health Tips You've Heard People Give Out? (Reddit Stories r/AskReddit)

doctors and nurses offered it what is the dumbest health tips you've heard people give out not so much advice but I had a patient who was having an asthma attack we arrived at her house and she was smoking a cigarette I try not to be a dong two people if I explained to her that next time she's having an asthma attack smoking might not be the best idea her response was incredible nah it's all good I switched to menthol I was interning at a hospital and observing a pap smear of a 16 year old girl when the doctor said she had a yeast infection the mother who was in the room at the time tell the girl to just soak in Bleach when the doctor explained to the mother why this was bad she refused to listen and go super upset so we left them and went to lunch dumb us people my vagina just cringed I had a woman come into the ER with very heavy postpartum bleeding as I was setting up an IV for normal saline so freaked asking if it would affect her breast milk I assured her it wouldn't and she then asked if the IV pole could go outside when I asked why she was asking she said she needed to go out for a smoke this just got worse and worse paramedic and CPR instructor here I was teaching CPR to a room full of cops and we were talking about he'd use after I finished the leftenant comes to the front and explains to his officers that each police issued taser can be used in place of a need by shocking directly over the heart I was dumbfounded I quickly told everyone that was not true and the act could get them in a lot of trouble the left tenant was visibly mad that I corrected him in front of everyone and he ended up calling my supervisor I upvoted you but you should still submit us to Mythbusters medical malpractice defense attorney here I read through all the records and depositions of plaintiff's patients and doctors nurses defendants one plaintiff in sworn deposition testimony said that a doctor told him to alleviate constipation by eating cheeseburgers to number that does not work the doctor apparently broke out laughing when he learned of this testimony plaintiffs and to an admittedly much lesser extent caregivers make crap up all the time to win cases not a main issue of the case but funny made-up medical advice anyway if you're having trouble pulling eat all food groups but vegetables and fruits fastest way to crap that I'm aware of is eating Haribo sugarfree gummy bears any time someone tries to predict their outcome based on some relationship doctor sir you had a heart attack you weren't out of the woods yet and we need to talk about some serious lifestyle changes going forward double-quote patient doctor my wife's mother's cousin had like four heart attacks and lived to be 99 years old and he smoked and ate bacon and eggs twice a day until he died I'll be fine in that same vein when a doctor makes a recommendation for treatment or surgery and the person whips out web and and tries to one-up the doctor the patient must have been a redditor I don't need to know the facts from an expert I can use the internet to find someone to agree with me school nurse here so people automatically assume I'm an idiot I had someone tell me that insulin makes their sugar go up and it's just like that in some people I've also been told that it's best to keep drinking diet sodas because stopping abruptly can make you very sick my doctor told me I need to drink diet cokes or I may end up in the hospital and don't get me started on the best treatments for lice bTW don't put gasoline on a child's hair watched a Facebook pity party morphed into a curing cancer by bathing in hydrogen peroxide and quitting chemo discussion naturale news.com seriously recommended drinking hydrogen peroxide to cure cancer the dumbest thing I've ever read nurse here any and everything relating to dr. oz I go into fits of Rage the second he's mentioned unless you're getting advice from him on cardiothoracic surgery also people thinking you need to hold someone down who's having a seizure so they don't get hurt that's how we break bones just move furniture and whatnot out of the way and call appropriate help grabbing the arms and legs of a thrashing person is bad juju a patient's brother came in to visit after his blow had a seizure he said to me so I was reading about seizures online next time I see my brother having a seizure I'll put a spoon in my brother's mouth and hold his head still my response absolutely not do not stick anything in his mouth and do not hold his head unless you want to break his neck get him a pillow and set it under his head and move objects out of the way so he won't hurt himself scary paramedic here this isn't really a health tip I've heard but rather witnessed if I respond to a seizure call or an unresponsive party about 1 in 10 will have a bag of frozen vegetables in their parents for some reason the people in the city I serve think frozen vegetables will fix anything I've got an ex whose parents believe apps a trip to the chiropractor will fix everything sinus infection zero yeast infection zero depression zero pneumonia zero diabetes zero asthma flare ups zero iron deficiency zero stomach flu zero ear infection zero going to the doctor thing can't trust them not necessarily a tip that's given out but rather ignorance misinformation out of med school I worked at a Women's Clinic in an inner-city area very often someone would be treated for an STD and contract the STD again because their partner was not treated oftentimes the reasoning was that the antibiotics gave me immunity to the STD this is exactly why enhanced and accurate sex education is so crucial especially in areas with highest TVN teen pregnancy rates similarly natural remedies that involve sticking a garlic clove parsley cilantro into the vagina are guaranteed to end in disaster so this cilantro in my snatch never mind goddammit a lot of stuff from dr. oz there's a video on CBC that disproves his whole detoxing I am not sure why people think he is a legit source when someone says to put butter on a burn this is the 21 century people we should know better reason for butter on burn in rural areas it was the coldest thing they had in the house as there was no cold water like there is today and butter was stored in the cellar in the dark and stayed cool for long try these weight loss pills and you won't need to workout in can eat whatever you want the parents of a child with cerebral palsy who told me they stopped her anti-seizure medications but they justified that it was okay because they were giving her lots of MonaVie I've been told to stop taking my various medications for cystic fibrosis and bacterial infections stemming from having it all I apparently need his Oregon oil and probiotics cause you know Oregon oil will rewrite my DNA so my lungs work properly and the probiotics in my gut will be so ultra powerful they can kill all the germs in my lungs and sinuses as a registered dietician in a hospital I'd say a solid 90% of my job entails hearing people's balls so eating a tablespoon or so of cinnamon each day is going to control your blood sugar no need to follow a meal plan or take your meds dr. Oz says that tumeric come in whatever random spice will speed up your metabolism so you don't need to change any of your habits to lose weight outstanding people who offer to share antibiotics with their friends a you shouldn't really have any after your course of treatment be they expire see yours may not work for what someone else has not a nurse we've had to add this my aunt just tried to tell me that taping a cut onion to the bottom of your foot will cleanse your blood of toxins I've always just used my liver and kidneys I'm a bit old-fashioned like that pediatric nurse here wrapping someone with a high fever up to let them sweat it out is not a good idea warming something that is too warm does not make it cooler rapid escalation in body temperature can lead to convulsions especially in children tilt your head back with a bleeding nose this is stupid because instead of having the blood run out oh no your clothes floor will be soaked avid ITL be unclean herbal or throw up and have blood go down your throat this doesn't mean hang upside down with your nose pointed to the ground just forward a bit patient was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of tongue and told they had a 98% survival if willing to undergo surgery and radiation therapy instead they decided to go to Mexico for alternative treatments consisting of super doses of vitamins and pseudo-scientific treatments a number of months in tens of thousands of dollars later I'm anticipating a return to real medical treatment shortly the problem is that they have become so sick that I fear they will be beyond much hope of successful treatment at this point then when it gets worse or kills then it will be the medical treatments fault vet hospital worker here I hate when people say they give their dog garlic as flea and tick prevention not only does it not work it's toxic it can cause anemia also dark beer does not prevent fleas or ticks and just because your pet doesn't go outside doesn't mean they're immune to heartworms mosquitoes get inside the house - not in us yet working my way through nursing school but I used to work with a guy who would always say I drink nothing but Red Bulls and coke and smoke two packs a day but that's okay because if your blood pressure is zero that means you're dead so I'm trying to keep my blood pressure as far away from zero as possible so I won't die I once heard a diabetes educator tella insulin-dependent diabetic to drink fruits juice as a serving of fruit Holy Mother of God paramedic here once heard a man suggest to his friend with third-degree burns that he should put toothpaste on the burned area because the mint will help cool it and then you can scrub it off I had a mother put coffee grounds in her son's scalp laceration she said it helps stop the bleeding it took some effort to scrub out the coffee so we could suture the wound I'm not in the health field but my BFF has a degree in nutrition she was telling me that one of friends told her that if you drank water when you are scared you will get diabetes what the actual freak put some Windex on it a lot of older women who were in their heyday during the 50s and 60s whereby douching with cleaning liquids such as hexyl and Lysol no amount of warnings yeast infections research or logic will make them change their minds either that's because Lysol was originally marketed as a vaginal disinfectant if you call an ambulance to take you to the hospital for your ankle pain finger laceration chronic back pain et Cie you won't have to wait into the waiting room people think the best way to wake up a drunk drug person is to yell at them and shake them instead take your knuckles and rub them against their sternum wakes them right up it is also a good way to see if somebody is faking you most definitely have to be very unconscious to not react to the oleh knuckle chest rub we had some volunteers that were leading a diabetes education class for low-income uninsured patients at a free clinic the volunteers were not health professionals but were given worksheets and a clear list of talking points they were also told that if they didn't know the answer to a question they should have the patient submitted via email where one of the volunteer nurses or physicians would answer it the worksheet basically walked them through diet and exercise advice how to measure blood sugar levels appropriately during the day what kind of follow-up care podiatrist ophthalmologist et Cie is important what symptoms of worsening disease to watch for that kind of thing anyway two months ago one of the nurses had some free time and was able to sit in on one of these sessions the volunteer who had been there for a little over a year at this point was telling type 2 diabetics to go on juice cleanses this bares repeating a volunteer at a free clinic who is going to come across as a health expert to these patients who generally have low health literacy is telling glucose intolerant individuals to eat nothing but sugar as a diet strategy the nurse asked her for a quick word outside and then told her she wouldn't be leading those sessions anymore nursing student here I once heard a nurse from the Philippines say that this patient who had a stroke should be eating as much leafy greens as possible when they get home the reason why this is stupid is because we give people who have strokes coumadin warfarin for treatment at home because it's easier than injecting themselves daily vitamin K found very commonly in leafy greens is the direct antidote for this medication and promotes blood clotting leading to another stroke let's just say that when the Mr P found out this nurse was in deep crap not a doctor or nurse but paramedic each month I get a pregnant woman who has the worst case of indigestion and diarrhea of their life why someone told them to drink castor oil and eat spicy foods to bring on labor in all reality it just makes you crap your brains out in your ass feels like an inferno due to the spicy foods the Bayer commercials kill me the ones that say take an aspirin save yourself from a heart attack no just no an aspirin alone will not save you in conjunction with a CABG stent placement strong anti platelets and other fun drugs aspirin helps it is not the magic pill of life OMG yes I got into an argument with a stranger on Facebook over this her argument well I took castor oil when I was pregnant and two weeks later I had the baby that's not the castor oil love that's cost babies have to come out eventually you have been visited by the water puppy you will be blessed with sunny Beach days but only if you come and swim safe papa if you are new to the channel you can subscribe I publish new videos every day until then check another video or don't either way have a great day you magnificent people

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Length: 14min 52sec (892 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 22 2019