The classic 'nope he is completely healthy' - 'ok, does he have any medication?' - 'yes, for his diabetes, blood pressure, stage 4 glioblastoma.. (list goes on ad infinitum)'
@@georgewang2947 😂 It would be funnier if it wasn't also exactly how it happens in real life. Or do alternative. Do you have any medical conditions? No. Family brings chronic meds - you can stock a pharmacy, but still patient denies medical conditions.
@@georgewang2947 when patients start scrolling on their phone for a picture to show me or to find a previous doctors name it somehow takes forever, 2/3 of the time they can't even find it and frequently it didn't matter to me in the first place. "Oh, you use to see Dr Smith in Dallas? No I don't know him. My nurse will be back in to fill out a request of records with you."
As a medical interpreter, this is ON POINT! 😂😂 My favorite is, “sir, have you had a sore throat or coughing in the past 14 days?” “…Well, when I was four years old, I fell off a horse….” (And so begins the saga…)
That’s pretty funny, but I’m actually someone who often gets to lead with “I was thrown off of a running horse when I was 11 or 12” when I’m talking to a doctor about my hip and back pain. 😁
I ddnt realize my mom was like this to the nurses and doctors. Now that I'm in healthcare, i would like to apologise to the inconveniences my mother did 😆
I’m a nurse and I’ve (somewhat) done this before. But they were also probing to figure out what was going on. Sometimes we need this comprehensive medical story to get the big picture. 🤷🏼♀️If he was having trouble swallowing before the stroke, the stroke will only exacerbate the underlying issue. Just do the EGD, and there’s no bedside manner. At all.
I too would like to apologize for the antics of my mom. I gotta think some healthcare workers considered holding a pillow over my face just to close the door to her coming back in that capacity. I’m kidding. I’m sure they didn’t mind mom, because she was coming from a position of caring. I believe that’s true just like I believe there are Emergency Department Doctors, Nurses, PA’s, NP, etc who don’t have really dark senses of humor. I’ve never met any of them, nor do I know anyone who has, but I believe they’re out there somewhere:
Best part was when she mentions the speech consult and swallowing assessment w/ obvious issues prior to current hospitalization and then when asked by the doc about swallowing difficulties for a final time she says "No." Hahaha
Lol, but that was the answer right there. I think sometimes we don't appreciate that lay individuals don't really always understand what we're asking and what information we're looking for. Sometimes, if we're patient enough, eventually we get our answers lol. Even if it forces us into early retirement lol
I appreciate what you do, er, did. Thank you for the long hours studying Thank you for the financial & social suicide you volunteered for to complete whatever collegiate, graduate, doctoral, post-doctoral training needed for your area. Plus industry certifications and accreditation, and ongoing training and skill refreshers and expanding for the duration of your career. I’m vaguely aware of the requirements, but not what it truly costs to get to where you are able to actually help patients. Thank for taking that on, most people couldn’t do it but I’m glad you did.
Things I liked: -The attempt to round back to the original question. -The non-stop rambling that somehow speeds up naturally when you try to politely interrupt. -How the Dr. retired in the time it took this family member to answer a yes/no question. He forgot to add the part where the family member then writes a review or complains about how rude staff members are for rushing through care.
I remember taking my mom for cataract surgery. After the surgery (about a week later) the doctor asked my mom if she ever had any problems with her eye sight. My mom said no. I looked at my mom and said, "you don't read or crochet anymore because you can't see". My mom's response was, "well of course I can't do that anymore, the letters/needle holes are small. But other than that I don't have any problems with my eyesight". Ugggggh. Let's just say I'm the one that fills out all the medical papers and answers most questions for my parents. My parents, especially my mom, loves to go off on tangents.
To my mom (89yo), if there is no pain, then there is no problem. "any problems" is just not specific enough for her. But she's from the days where doctors (and hospitals) were almost literally only for life and death situations.
"No nothing, my 20 year old computer just started doing this after it got Windows 10." "So you installed Windows 10 onto an old device?" "Oh no. I just clicked yes. It installs the things itself."
My partner is in IT and I do this to him myself. He is so good at customer service. One time I inverted the colours and then refused to even see if it was a setting for about 5 minutes. (I just assumed I broke it cause im bad with tech myself) looked and it was right tgere in the scroll down menu. I apologize for us all. Cause most of us id10ts wont apologize.
As a family member to a stroke patient, I used to give fairly succinct descriptions but I understood this skit on a deep level because so many nurses (like the comment higher up thread) act as though we're bothering them or wasting their time when 2 hours or 2 weeks later they'll be back to ask us about some other part of the patient history that we tried to tell them before they interrupted us. Can't have it both ways... Either we tell you everything we know (as laypeople who don't know *which* of these bits of info is most important) or we keep it short and sweet and have you saying "I can't *believe* the family didn't tell us ___!"
@@cuterpooter the idea is to give the necessary and relevant bits of information as necessary and needed. Give too much info and it can go over our heads and the info can get lost, and we’ll come to ask you the same info again anyways.
@@Mukawakadoodoo I don't completely disagree with you but I dislike the contemptuous and condescending tone that so many hcw's have toward patients and their families. How are we supposed to know which of the 8,963 items what we know about our family member is the important one? Keep in mind that much of what is said to us is said in a rushed garbled and impatient tone -- heavy with jargon and acronyms -- that we then are supposed to just magically understand and convey to the *next* doctor and health care team who somehow never seem to read each other's notes. I laughed at this skit because it really is funny, but like I said higher up: hcw's cannot both talk down to us as if we're not that bright *and* yet still act as if we should know and understand as much as folks who spent years in school for this stuff.
I'm a speech pathologist in a hospital and mostly work with patients with swallowing problems... I can confirm this craziness (with family members of some patients) 😂 Or when they say the patient didn't have swallowing problems and could eat anything before, but then you ask follow-up questions and figure out they were basically pureeing meat for the patient. 🙄
Me...RN working in ER, on a cold day in January: older gentleman comes in with large laceration on scalp. I asked what happened. Wife: "It all started last July, we almost lost him". Yup.
As a patient who has suffered from multiple misdiagnosis directly attributable to family giving their opinion as if it were fact. I have to say that just as with most patients, take everything a patient's family says with a grain of salt. I think the most egregious incident was when while hospitalized my doctor started treatment for encephalitis without expressing that this is what he suspected was wrong. Had he taken a few minutes to discuss observed and disclosed symptoms he would have quickly found out that they were attributable to ocular migraine. I now make sure that no one at the hospital has any access to family members as it has done far more harm than good in the course of my treatments.
It is reasonable to treat meningitis or encephalitis even if ultimately the diagnosis is ocular migraine. Getting antibiotics u don’t need for 2 days it takes for cultures to finalize won’t kill you, but missing CNS infection will. Did they at least do a tap successfully? The cell count and chemistry and ME panel would help.
@@ericaeli3807 Perhaps some background might help. A family member had manipulated me into taking another antibiotic when my symptoms only indicated a mild virus infection. It was amoxicillin which I had taken many times previously but only when properly prescribed. A few months later I suffered a massive pulmonary embolism and would be diagnosed with both factor V Leiden and antiphospholipid syndrome. Positive for anticardiolipin, anti beta 2 glycoprotein 1, lupus anticoagulant, and polygonal phase. It is, I think reasonable to conclude that amoxicillin triggered the activation of what lay dormant previously. In this I have only myself to blame as I knew better but allowed myself to be manipulated into this. I went from being a relatively healthy young man into someone with permanent acute disabilities surrounding my lungs, legs, and heart. The phrase trust but verify comes to mind. I have since come to realize that any time I am admitted to the hospital that I need to make it abundantly clear that no one other than my doctors and myself contribute to the conversation surround my health. As such, I've seen very significant improvements over time. It is also worth noting that the family member in question at the time of the hospitalization referenced in the OP. Had been insisting for over two decades her belief/fear that I was going to contract encephalitis. And as such studied way to get medical personnel to come to that same conclusion. Not all family members have the best interests of your patients at heart. Sometimes due to ignorance, other times due to malice. Ergo, I stand by my assertion that it is far better to take what family members say with a grain of salt.
Love the idea of a patient with so many comorbidities getting accidental polycythemia vera venesection treatment due to huge numbers of blood tests haha
I hand out type written papers that has all the information any physician would ever need. From my date of birth to insurance information, allergies, medicines, testing, surgeries, all of my medical information, ALL. Used to work in a Doctor's office. Everyone I've ever handed it to has actually sighed in relief. They can take it with them. Easy to put everything into the computer and then if they have any questions they can come back and ask. I've had Physicians offices and hospital staff ask if they can black out my personal information and share it as an example. Always given permission. My guy has one also. We carry extra copies of each other's. It is also in my phone. Overhead too many of the above conversations... Elderly Woman: Then it was my son's 3rd birthday, or 4th, no, 3rd, because we got the new stove that year... Anyway, had a bunion and couldn't wear my favorite shoes to my nieces wedding.... Nurse: About your heart ma'am...
I need to do this! My body is having an absolute fit at the moment and it can be difficult to articulate all the info I need to with my brain fog. Thank you for sharing! Anything to make the medical professionals' jobs easier is wonderful.
This is my mama through and through!! Even down to the food she cooked!! Since I was a yr old she knew every med, doctor, nurse, hospital, and procedure that I went through. I guess getting a liver transplant at 19 months old will make any parent know your medical history!! Hababahhaha
"Hello, Sir, what has made you come to the emergency department today?" "Well, in 1987 I had a broken leg.." ALL the time. Just tell me what's wrong with you TODAY.
And then I had a doctor in an ER who didn't ask me my symptoms that were the reason I was there and twice interrupted me to ask me entirely unrelated questions before just walking out. He was very set on a misdiagnosis without caring about my actual symptoms.
This is exactly what it was like trying to get some coherent family medical history out of my older relatives when I most recently visited. Kept trying to direct back to the big picture stuff, please, can you just check the boxes on diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol before we skip to a new person? How hard can it be to answer the question "why did he have a pacemaker?" My dead grandpa's Christmas letters though? Absolute gold. Perfect medical timeline of the final years of anyone who had passed away ot was currently dealing with health issues. I wish I'd thought about family history before I was 21 and could have heard his accounting of everything.
I am this woman. I have been point of contact for my parents in law's medical for over a decade now. 🤪 . 1 time I was running out of breath and I asked the dr. how much more information do you need? He was like " that should do it" 🤤🤣.
Me at ER: what brought you here today? Them: well, for ten years I had such a backpain, that was before my surgery of course, but then I had this rehab therapy that went really well and... Me: any more recent issues? Them: yeah, see, my eyesight is not that good as it used to be and I wondered if it could be anything. Me: But what happened that made you think you need medical attention immediatly? Them: oh, well, my foot kinda hurts and feels heavy, also I have trouble breathing. Revealing their legs: four time their normal size, angry red and hot, leaking water out of tiny wounds already, jeans soaked. Me: Did you notice anything unusal with your legs? Them: yeah, they feel a bit heavy lately. Just a casual day at ER
As a medical interpreter I can confirm that people get used to edema. Their legs are literally leaking fluid and the skin looks like it's about to split open..... Yet, what brought them to the ER is something totally unrelated and much less serious.
It’s not the public’s faulty really....they do send you around and around to all these specialists and no doctors are ever connected much to each other. So, you get this.
As the caregiver to both of my parents, I was expecting to be called out in a mocking way... This is calling me out, but in such a painfully accurate way. Well done :)
That was awesome, and funny, but I’m fact the wife told you everything you needed to know for the feeding tube. He has had multiple strokes due to PV, with residual esophageal dysfunction and has been in nursing homes getting feeding assistance for years. So yes probably needs a feeding tube.
BUT the first thing to do is check the patient’s directives. They should specify whether he authorized a feeding tube. If those don’t exist then a multi-disciplinary team needs to meet with his wife/POA before inserting a long term method for artificial nutrition. This is my understanding as a pathologist. Your videos are gold!! Just adding another layer of insight....
Man, why are all of these videos so damn real? I am a doctor in a completely different country, with a completely different healthcare system, and all of this is just so spot on I'm getting PTSD
As a pharmacy technician trying to get a med list from the family, I can soooo relate! Thank you for this laugh! In my last week of school for my RN and I NEEDED it!
Kimberly M. when my mom was alive she typed out a list of for each of us,that gave a detailed medical history,any allergies,and current meds.I am always surprised that people don,t do this.I know adults who are on various meds and do not know the names of their meds,dosage,or what they are for ,eventhough they are supposse to be taking them daily.
I do exactly this for my husband! It’s such a time saver for everyone! He has dementia and occasionally we have a friend watch him for a few hours, and it also helps the friend feel confident that they could handle an emergency situation if I wasn’t there. I have listed meds and dosages, as well as medical history. I also included important information like “loves baseball - Mariners. Second degree black belt. Rock and roll bass player” which occasionally gives a doc or nurse a starting point for a quick conversation if needed.
I've seen patients who have their morning meds arranged one way. Their evening meds are together in a different place. Their morning AND evening g meds have a separate arrangement. So they're actually taking their meds properly even though they have no idea what they're taking or why.
This happens all too often.....literally a 30min tangent from every question. Some rooms you have to ask a co-worker to come grab you with a reason too leave otherwise your never get out of there..... You.feel guilty because usually the patient is just lonely but with the work load we're given we just do not have the time to have the conversations they want to.
Yes! It annoys me when the perception is that medical staff don’t care because we cut off stories before they gather wind, but I’ve got 3 buzzers going off in the background, a workload stacked past my ears and a family about to complain to my manager that their mum hasn’t been showered yet, and I just asked a closed yes/no question. The other day I asked for the name, DOB, and allergies of pt so my buddy and I could give an s8 and the pt started telling me about the history of the first heart transplant in Africa while the cup of Palexia hovered near his mouth and I just stood there praying for the s8s to be swallowed 😭
I have had people come get me out of a room if I know the person will monopolize my time. But also, if you think they are just lonely, mention it to the chaplain. They often might have enough time to talk to the person.
Thing is though, having spent a lot of time in hospitals as a patient, I know that doctors are very rushed and often do not have time to read your history. So things get overlooked/missed when it comes to diagnosis and treatment and that can be very dangerous. It’s honestly safer to just try and explain everything to every new doctor who comes in, as briefly and quickly as possible. Never assume they’ve read your file and know exactly what’s going on with you.
THIS! I keep a little one page medical resume with my bullet points from the last 16 yrs with all the major issues they need to see. When your case is complex, I feel like they probably give up on reading the medical chart, so I just put it in English. Greatest hits only.
@@bodyofhope my dad did a greatest hit list too but for some of the admissions he put "ditto" because the were really just readmits for the Last admit and then added the highlight. At admit # 18 of 30 he added " ...... and then he died" to see if they were paying attention. He would have my mom make 25 copies and hand them out so they didnt take notes and screw up his history.
This is so accurate, hahahahaha and then they always want to know if you've met the doctors who treated them before, even if it was 15 years ago in a different city.
I totally get where you're coming from on this. I have a tendency to give a longer history than they are asking for, with primary care especially. With multiple chronic conditions I have experienced that doctors miss a lot if you only answer their questions. I'd rather tell you everything that is going otherwise you just treat a symptom when there could be an underlying cause for multiple symptoms that a layperson would not put together. Of course the doctor actually has to be listening...that is an issue a lot of times as well.
Exactly. Multiple chronic conditions, all of which have fatigue as a symptom of as a result of compensating. I don't manage condition A the usual way because doing so would aggravate condition B. Got it? Now multiply by five. More often than not everything goes around in circles and nothing gets done or changes. More often than not docs are quite annoyed to find out that my info is accurate and I don't fit into a box. I'm just like, "Newsflash, doc! I'm eight years into my non -recovery from a mitral valve replacement and I've had zero quality of life improvement. NOBODY is more annoyed than I am!"
this was literally my mum when i was in the icu for sepsis. but imagine half the information being wrong on top of the other half being completely unrelated and unimportant.
These family members are a blessing on admission day. When they say the whole thing over again when you’re just asking for progress it becomes torture.
This was so accurate! I’ve talked to many family members like this. And I have definitely spaced out and repeated the “wow. That’s crazy” line more than I care to admit. 😆😂🤣
These are the most relatable videos lol I've literally had a patient tell me how it all started in 1989 when they fell off a truck and broke a rib.....and by golly nobody wants to listen to him when he says that's why he's got pneumonia in 2020.
You sir hit the nail on the head quite often with these. Laymen may consider it humor but those who know, know that this is more real than reality television.
As someone who did intake interviews for legal cases, you develop a multitude of ways of asking the same question because sometimes the "standard" way of asking it doesn't work for every client. I don't want to find out you have this whole medical history at the appointment meant for documents collection only to have to make yet another appointment for more documents collection.
Ugh, I’ve had to deal with this as the receptionist at a rehabilitation center… and sometimes, they’ll go over the same story AGAIN because they just can’t remember that they had this conversation with me already. I was just a receptionist 😭 I just needed to know where to transfer your call, not your whole life story
As a physiotherapist trying to get history, especially from a parent, I say, I honestly don't have the time right now for the full history I would love to hear it but just not now, I just need to know specifically '3 months ago, was (s)he like this' yes or no. Was (s)he ever on any breathing aids or medications, yes or no. Had (s)he ever have trouble breathing, snoring, sleep apnea etc. Yes or no. Ok good thank you.
Omg. Hahahahaha. Spot on. As new nurse I learned real quick to have a plan B for the one cant shut up. You ask a question and get a life story. I politely says "I don't mean to be rude but, oh my I have to use the bathroom, I don't mean to cut you off". You are great! Love this stuff
This was HILARIOUS 😂 I've been this person and I'm sorry! I guess the doc didnt need to know my son had a Spider-Man theme birthday party the year my Dad had his stroke?? 🤷🏽♀️🤣
🏥 This made my heart rate skyrocket. Am a retired Nurse now, you're very spot on, especially the scarf & run-on sentences😭 Could barely make it through Meds & PT 😂
Then of course you get the complete opposite. In my mid 20's I was referred to the hospital for problems that could be either neurological or psychological. The specialist requested speaking to my mother, my partner and I sat outside the room and could hear the conversation, mother (a nurse!) assured him I'd had a normal, happy childhood, no major accidents, illnesses and no stressful life events.... I can only assume she forgot I fell down a mine shaft as a toddler injuring my ribs; at 6 she took me from the loving home with my grandparents so overnight I lost security, friends and the rules changed; at 9 we went on 'holiday' when she left and subsequently divorced Dad; from 9 til leaving school at 16 I was relentlessly bullied, one point I had concussion, another the teacher caught the bully strangling me; mother frequently grabbed my ears and hit my head into the wall; at 17 I had an operation; at 19 she kicked me out (though she never admitted that to anyone); at 20 I was involved in a road traffic accident, resulting in permanent knee injury and mild concussion; at 21 I got pregnant, left my abusive partner and chose adoption over abortion. No, no stressful events or accidents at all! 😳
Since there are many patients here, I would like to say you should talk about problems in details. It helps doctors a lot as compared to staying mute. The problem comes when you avoid answering the question which the doctor asks to narrow the diagnosis list.
I subscribed to your channel today because watching you a couple times made me ugly laugh both times! But then it was one in the morning and I started watching this video instead of getting up and going to the bathroom like I was supposed to! Needless to say I laughed til I cried, wet myself and cried til I laughed! And now I probably have to unsubscribe because it turns out my apartment neighbors just don't appreciate all the noise at 1a.m.! Oh well, you were fun while I lasted!
Oh, good news! I can stay! Turns out if I watch you while I'm on the toilet...no accidents! Plus it turns out if you make crazy noises while you're in the bathroom no one complains because they're too busy pretending they don't hear you! It's a win-win!
DME works the same. Q: what is your current equipment. A. I have manual wheelchair but its too small and too heavy. I need something lightweight with x,y,z.... then my aide stole from me... I don't understand why I have to see a physical therapist... I'm disabled, I shouldn't....Do you all carry... I just have to complete the intake and make the appointment. The person is overwhelmed, frustrated, confused and anxious and I just wait for them to run out of steam. To those saying we need more compassion, I do. But the longer I spend with this one person the less time I have to call the other 240 (true number) under my name. I just need the data and get things moving. Lighten up. Humor keeps us from burning out.
You are so hilarious and informative! You have to deal with so many different personalities (patients, family members, various medical staff etc.) and the need for *conciseness* is very evident throughout your vids! Sometimes we just need to laugh as a stress reliever and I'm glad you're able to harness this through your creative comedic talent whilst still being able to be informative and giving us look into your perspective as a doc! Much respect! Thanks for everything you do! ♥️👍
This is multi faceted. On the one hand we are told to give complete medical histories and doctors who are listening will take all of this into consideration while developing treatment plans. On the other hand, this guy has been here a minute and the doctor asked a yes or no question. Patients who insist on giving me their life story w every interaction really try my patience.
Omg. Someone did this once during rounds with our surgeon and he straight up asked the lady to stop talking. It was EPIC. It was hard to not laugh. The CNA laughed so hard she had to leave the room. She stopped talking.
Surgeon sounds like a sickness. Don’t know why doctors only have 30 sec attention spans and miss important stuff because they are mentally trying to check boxes.
@@toomanymarys7355 yeah that’s fine but listening to the patient is important too. Source have had several major surgeries with major complications afterwards.
He could’ve approached that situation more respectfully instead of asking her to just stop talking. It might be “EPIC” for you guys but let’s not lose our humanistic qualities. We have scared and confused family members. And the CNA laughing and leaving the room. That’s demeaning, disrespectful and so rude of her.
@@mayl2773 my doc was great. He had an awesome bedside manner but to some it could be a bit harsh. The CNA worked with this woman for months and would joke about how much she talked and how she wished she could just ask her to stop talking. When someone else just...did it. It was pretty hilarious. Working in medicine can be tough and it takes a bit of weight off to laugh from time to time. And getting humor from a doctor is like trying to pet a stray cat. It's rare and it's usually nice.
I'm a 5th year medical student and this is exactly what happens when we go to take history 😂😂 and the fun part is that they always forget to mention the main things. You are just so hilarious. Please keep these videos up 😁
And this is exactly the reason why my dad didn't get very good medical care. He couldn't stop with the lengthy stories for every simple question. If asked how much he drank, he would launch into the 10 minute tale of how he had half a beer in 1950. Leg questions - the superficial injury story. There was a story at every turn. And he never understood why he wasn't being understood. Doctors just timed out and left the room.
Same here. Many nursing home patients also tell you a story of their life when you simply ask them "What do you need." Once I hear the story coming up to life I do director cut saying "What you want?." Short answer is :water", "snack" "diaper change" etc. I really do not need an entire biography. I do not have time for that.
This sounds so much like what has happened to my husband! He has never recovered from having had Covid in August of 2020. And today I was actually trying to track down a swallowing test he had had!!! ☺️ So I can definitely relate to the long stories which this "lady" is telling.
Phlebotomist here and it legitimately brings me joy to think about how I'm modern day, there is a legitimate reason for treatment via what one can literally classify as "Blood letting" to treat PCV aka "therapeutic phlebotomy." Just always makes me think there's some colonial era doctor ghost that feels really smug about the blood letting and leeches treatments they came up with long ago ranting, "they mocked my methods but I was right! Haha!"
There’s this lady, and then there was my father while in a heart hospital after a quadruple bypass. Told a nurse “no” when she asked if he’d been taking his blood pressure meds. The look on her face 😳. Then I had to jump in and tell her my dad actually had low blood pressure (not enough for any meds to correct it, if there’s such a thing).
The reason we do this so becasue either our loved ones or ourselves have been in and out of Drs and hospitals and are quite scared something is going to get missed, because it often is.
I'm afraid I am this person. I will give every bit of detail I can think of because I'm afraid I'll overlook the very detail that is life or death. To boot if I think of something later I will call in to make sure they know. I was in my late 20s early 30s when my Dad was in the hospital every now and then. I'm a mess 😁😂
Oh my god I work in a pharmacy and we get issues with allergy conflicts all the time and we try to ask people if they're allergic to whatever and instead we get a full life story of every reaction they've ever had to a medication that they think is maybe related (p.s. if you think you're allergic to something because "it made you tired one time" you aren't allergic, congrats)
The funniest thing was that the family would not only tell you how they got to the way the patient was, they also tell you stuff the staff missed on admission. "You... You did/took _what_ at home??"
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At least she KNOWS his medical history
Yes
True that
Ain't that the truth
The classic 'nope he is completely healthy' - 'ok, does he have any medication?' - 'yes, for his diabetes, blood pressure, stage 4 glioblastoma.. (list goes on ad infinitum)'
Right!! And doctors names and different tests!!
Oh and don’t forget when there’s more than one family member they’ll start arguing over small details. 😂
Yeah it was actually lasagna
It was Thursday! No it was Friday! We went to Linda's on Thursday! No wait... let me look it up... *scrolls on phone*
@@georgewang2947 😂 It would be funnier if it wasn't also exactly how it happens in real life.
Or do alternative. Do you have any medical conditions? No. Family brings chronic meds - you can stock a pharmacy, but still patient denies medical conditions.
@@georgewang2947 when patients start scrolling on their phone for a picture to show me or to find a previous doctors name it somehow takes forever, 2/3 of the time they can't even find it and frequently it didn't matter to me in the first place. "Oh, you use to see Dr Smith in Dallas? No I don't know him. My nurse will be back in to fill out a request of records with you."
That's my family and I all Day!
As a medical interpreter, this is ON POINT! 😂😂 My favorite is, “sir, have you had a sore throat or coughing in the past 14 days?” “…Well, when I was four years old, I fell off a horse….” (And so begins the saga…)
That’s pretty funny, but I’m actually someone who often gets to lead with “I was thrown off of a running horse when I was 11 or 12” when I’m talking to a doctor about my hip and back pain. 😁
I had a woman tell me she had been ran over by a buggy as a child when reviewing medical history. She was 92.
Hahaha I too have been on these consultations
YUP! Thank goodness for old medical charts and EMR.........
My wife is a medical interpreter and she tells me the same stories. Hilarious
I ddnt realize my mom was like this to the nurses and doctors. Now that I'm in healthcare, i would like to apologise to the inconveniences my mother did 😆
I’m a nurse and I’ve (somewhat) done this before. But they were also probing to figure out what was going on. Sometimes we need this comprehensive medical story to get the big picture. 🤷🏼♀️If he was having trouble swallowing before the stroke, the stroke will only exacerbate the underlying issue. Just do the EGD, and there’s no bedside manner. At all.
😂🤣
I too would like to apologize for the antics of my mom. I gotta think some healthcare workers considered holding a pillow over my face just to close the door to her coming back in that capacity.
I’m kidding. I’m sure they didn’t mind mom, because she was coming from a position of caring. I believe that’s true just like I believe there are Emergency Department Doctors, Nurses, PA’s, NP, etc who don’t have really dark senses of humor. I’ve never met any of them, nor do I know anyone who has, but I believe they’re out there somewhere:
Me, too. Sorry.
Lol. I’m on the other side of it now.
It's no problem. Such mistakes of not understanding which history is asked can happen. She must be a sweet and innocent person
"wow that's crazy" code for I stopped listening lol
I think everyone does that lol. I used to do nighttime ubering and pulled it a lot!
Lmfao the accuracy
R46.7 Verbosity and circumstantial detail obscuring reason for contact
Best part was when she mentions the speech consult and swallowing assessment w/ obvious issues prior to current hospitalization and then when asked by the doc about swallowing difficulties for a final time she says "No." Hahaha
Lol, but that was the answer right there. I think sometimes we don't appreciate that lay individuals don't really always understand what we're asking and what information we're looking for. Sometimes, if we're patient enough, eventually we get our answers lol. Even if it forces us into early retirement lol
I appreciate what you do, er, did.
Thank you for the long hours studying
Thank you for the financial & social suicide you volunteered for to complete whatever collegiate, graduate, doctoral, post-doctoral training needed for your area. Plus industry certifications and accreditation, and ongoing training and skill refreshers and expanding for the duration of your career.
I’m vaguely aware of the requirements, but not what it truly costs to get to where you are able to actually help patients. Thank for taking that on, most people couldn’t do it but I’m glad you did.
I wasn't the only one who caught that lol
Classic 👏👏👏
Wow, that's crazy
Things I liked:
-The attempt to round back to the original question.
-The non-stop rambling that somehow speeds up naturally when you try to politely interrupt.
-How the Dr. retired in the time it took this family member to answer a yes/no question.
He forgot to add the part where the family member then writes a review or complains about how rude staff members are for rushing through care.
You gotta, admit fantastic memory on that woman.
could be me 😂
They always do
She forgot whether she made nachos or chilli. 5/10 memory.
She’s awesome. I had a patient come in with a rash. When I asked him if it itches he literally started with “It all began in 1947….”
I remember taking my mom for cataract surgery. After the surgery (about a week later) the doctor asked my mom if she ever had any problems with her eye sight. My mom said no. I looked at my mom and said, "you don't read or crochet anymore because you can't see". My mom's response was, "well of course I can't do that anymore, the letters/needle holes are small. But other than that I don't have any problems with my eyesight". Ugggggh. Let's just say I'm the one that fills out all the medical papers and answers most questions for my parents. My parents, especially my mom, loves to go off on tangents.
Has she been able to go back to reading or crocheting since the surgery?
To my mom (89yo), if there is no pain, then there is no problem. "any problems" is just not specific enough for her. But she's from the days where doctors (and hospitals) were almost literally only for life and death situations.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So accurate!
Hilarious!
I like the “wow that’s crazy” blank stare😂
Lol and she got all the medical info wrong its soooo funny
He got caught up in the story... back to the swallowing
As an IT person I feel like it's a very similar response when I ask "Have you installed any software on this computer lately?"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and as a civilian, im guilty and apologize profusely
"No nothing, my 20 year old computer just started doing this after it got Windows 10."
"So you installed Windows 10 onto an old device?"
"Oh no. I just clicked yes. It installs the things itself."
@@NiaJustNia lol omg
Oh God. I have so little awareness of what I install I would probably not know what to say to that lol
My partner is in IT and I do this to him myself. He is so good at customer service.
One time I inverted the colours and then refused to even see if it was a setting for about 5 minutes. (I just assumed I broke it cause im bad with tech myself) looked and it was right tgere in the scroll down menu.
I apologize for us all. Cause most of us id10ts wont apologize.
My personal favorite “Is your child allergic to any medications?”
Parent: “Yes, the pink stuff. It’s a liquid”
As a nurse: yes!!! I always put off extra time for initial admissions. Most older spouses knows more about their conditions than I can read.
Yes, some people insist on telling you their life story. As nurses we learn to politely cut people off and interrupt.
... the number of times I wish I hadn’t “volunteered” to go talk to the family
Also, you never know if you get an autistic person like me that doesn't know social hints and has to live according to scripts and pre set boundaries
As a family member to a stroke patient, I used to give fairly succinct descriptions but I understood this skit on a deep level because so many nurses (like the comment higher up thread) act as though we're bothering them or wasting their time when 2 hours or 2 weeks later they'll be back to ask us about some other part of the patient history that we tried to tell them before they interrupted us.
Can't have it both ways...
Either we tell you everything we know (as laypeople who don't know *which* of these bits of info is most important) or we keep it short and sweet and have you saying "I can't *believe* the family didn't tell us ___!"
@@cuterpooter the idea is to give the necessary and relevant bits of information as necessary and needed. Give too much info and it can go over our heads and the info can get lost, and we’ll come to ask you the same info again anyways.
@@Mukawakadoodoo I don't completely disagree with you but I dislike the contemptuous and condescending tone that so many hcw's have toward patients and their families.
How are we supposed to know which of the 8,963 items what we know about our family member is the important one? Keep in mind that much of what is said to us is said in a rushed garbled and impatient tone -- heavy with jargon and acronyms -- that we then are supposed to just magically understand and convey to the *next* doctor and health care team who somehow never seem to read each other's notes.
I laughed at this skit because it really is funny, but like I said higher up: hcw's cannot both talk down to us as if we're not that bright *and* yet still act as if we should know and understand as much as folks who spent years in school for this stuff.
I'm a speech pathologist in a hospital and mostly work with patients with swallowing problems... I can confirm this craziness (with family members of some patients) 😂 Or when they say the patient didn't have swallowing problems and could eat anything before, but then you ask follow-up questions and figure out they were basically pureeing meat for the patient. 🙄
Me...RN working in ER, on a cold day in January: older gentleman comes in with large laceration on scalp. I asked what happened. Wife: "It all started last July, we almost lost him". Yup.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Dr Schmidt is the 3rd Green Brother
The ACCURACY.
Omg yes!!!
Can't un-see it now
YESS!! SOMEONE NOTICED
I'll never be not able to see this 🤣
The amazing, near-photographic memory of this character tho xD
As a patient who has suffered from multiple misdiagnosis directly attributable to family giving their opinion as if it were fact. I have to say that just as with most patients, take everything a patient's family says with a grain of salt. I think the most egregious incident was when while hospitalized my doctor started treatment for encephalitis without expressing that this is what he suspected was wrong. Had he taken a few minutes to discuss observed and disclosed symptoms he would have quickly found out that they were attributable to ocular migraine.
I now make sure that no one at the hospital has any access to family members as it has done far more harm than good in the course of my treatments.
It is reasonable to treat meningitis or encephalitis even if ultimately the diagnosis is ocular migraine. Getting antibiotics u don’t need for 2 days it takes for cultures to finalize won’t kill you, but missing CNS infection will. Did they at least do a tap successfully? The cell count and chemistry and ME panel would help.
@@ericaeli3807
Perhaps some background might help. A family member had manipulated me into taking another antibiotic when my symptoms only indicated a mild virus infection. It was amoxicillin which I had taken many times previously but only when properly prescribed. A few months later I suffered a massive pulmonary embolism and would be diagnosed with both factor V Leiden and antiphospholipid syndrome. Positive for anticardiolipin, anti beta 2 glycoprotein 1, lupus anticoagulant, and polygonal phase. It is, I think reasonable to conclude that amoxicillin triggered the activation of what lay dormant previously.
In this I have only myself to blame as I knew better but allowed myself to be manipulated into this. I went from being a relatively healthy young man into someone with permanent acute disabilities surrounding my lungs, legs, and heart. The phrase trust but verify comes to mind. I have since come to realize that any time I am admitted to the hospital that I need to make it abundantly clear that no one other than my doctors and myself contribute to the conversation surround my health. As such, I've seen very significant improvements over time.
It is also worth noting that the family member in question at the time of the hospitalization referenced in the OP. Had been insisting for over two decades her belief/fear that I was going to contract encephalitis. And as such studied way to get medical personnel to come to that same conclusion.
Not all family members have the best interests of your patients at heart. Sometimes due to ignorance, other times due to malice. Ergo, I stand by my assertion that it is far better to take what family members say with a grain of salt.
Love the idea of a patient with so many comorbidities getting accidental polycythemia vera venesection treatment due to huge numbers of blood tests haha
Then a schmuck puts them on an iron pill for the intended anemia because they didn’t realize…
I hand out type written papers that has all the information any physician would ever need. From my date of birth to insurance information, allergies, medicines, testing, surgeries, all of my medical information, ALL. Used to work in a Doctor's office. Everyone I've ever handed it to has actually sighed in relief. They can take it with them. Easy to put everything into the computer and then if they have any questions they can come back and ask. I've had Physicians offices and hospital staff ask if they can black out my personal information and share it as an example. Always given permission. My guy has one also. We carry extra copies of each other's. It is also in my phone. Overhead too many of the above conversations...
Elderly Woman: Then it was my son's 3rd birthday, or 4th, no, 3rd, because we got the new stove that year... Anyway, had a bunion and couldn't wear my favorite shoes to my nieces wedding....
Nurse: About your heart ma'am...
this is so so smart i needa do this as well 😂
I do the same thing. Especially for my son with epilepsy and autism. Going to a visit is contraindicated in my brain...
I only keep list of medications and Dr.s contacts. Will definitely add history as well . Thank you for sharing
I'd love to see an example of this so I can make my own and one for my mom (she's a storyteller)!
I need to do this! My body is having an absolute fit at the moment and it can be difficult to articulate all the info I need to with my brain fog.
Thank you for sharing! Anything to make the medical professionals' jobs easier is wonderful.
This is my mama through and through!! Even down to the food she cooked!! Since I was a yr old she knew every med, doctor, nurse, hospital, and procedure that I went through. I guess getting a liver transplant at 19 months old will make any parent know your medical history!! Hababahhaha
"Hello, Sir, what has made you come to the emergency department today?" "Well, in 1987 I had a broken leg.."
ALL the time. Just tell me what's wrong with you TODAY.
And then I had a doctor in an ER who didn't ask me my symptoms that were the reason I was there and twice interrupted me to ask me entirely unrelated questions before just walking out. He was very set on a misdiagnosis without caring about my actual symptoms.
This is exactly what it was like trying to get some coherent family medical history out of my older relatives when I most recently visited. Kept trying to direct back to the big picture stuff, please, can you just check the boxes on diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol before we skip to a new person? How hard can it be to answer the question "why did he have a pacemaker?"
My dead grandpa's Christmas letters though? Absolute gold. Perfect medical timeline of the final years of anyone who had passed away ot was currently dealing with health issues. I wish I'd thought about family history before I was 21 and could have heard his accounting of everything.
I am this woman. I have been point of contact for my parents in law's medical for over a decade now. 🤪 .
1 time I was running out of breath and I asked the dr. how much more information do you need? He was like " that should do it" 🤤🤣.
I feel you.
I am also but I pause in between and ask if I'm answering the question because I know I do this
Me at ER: what brought you here today?
Them: well, for ten years I had such a backpain, that was before my surgery of course, but then I had this rehab therapy that went really well and...
Me: any more recent issues?
Them: yeah, see, my eyesight is not that good as it used to be and I wondered if it could be anything.
Me: But what happened that made you think you need medical attention immediatly?
Them: oh, well, my foot kinda hurts and feels heavy, also I have trouble breathing.
Revealing their legs: four time their normal size, angry red and hot, leaking water out of tiny wounds already, jeans soaked.
Me: Did you notice anything unusal with your legs?
Them: yeah, they feel a bit heavy lately.
Just a casual day at ER
🤦🏽♀️ lol
Eighth person in a row in the ED: "So what brings you in today?"
@@pazza4555 well if the story didn't change so often we might not need to.
As a medical interpreter I can confirm that people get used to edema. Their legs are literally leaking fluid and the skin looks like it's about to split open..... Yet, what brought them to the ER is something totally unrelated and much less serious.
It’s not the public’s faulty really....they do send you around and around to all these specialists and no doctors are ever connected much to each other. So, you get this.
As the caregiver to both of my parents, I was expecting to be called out in a mocking way... This is calling me out, but in such a painfully accurate way.
Well done :)
This is why my RN mom always encourages me to have a med list and list of concerns. Time is always short and you get better care if you are concise.
That was awesome, and funny, but I’m fact the wife told you everything you needed to know for the feeding tube. He has had multiple strokes due to PV, with residual esophageal dysfunction and has been in nursing homes getting feeding assistance for years. So yes probably needs a feeding tube.
BUT the first thing to do is check the patient’s directives. They should specify whether he authorized a feeding tube. If those don’t exist then a multi-disciplinary team needs to meet with his wife/POA before inserting a long term method for artificial nutrition. This is my understanding as a pathologist. Your videos are gold!! Just adding another layer of insight....
Oh he has made the videos...being a doctor...his relative's impression is still providing fairly accurate and mostly relevant history.😂😂😂😂
Actually the most impressive thing is he survived through all that
As a 3rd-year med student this is how ALL patient histories sounded to me until a couple of weeks ago
What happened a couple weeks ago?
She retired
Now you get to delegate that😂
As a healthcare professional I can relate 😂 and Im not even american , this is so universal .
Man, why are all of these videos so damn real? I am a doctor in a completely different country, with a completely different healthcare system, and all of this is just so spot on I'm getting PTSD
As a pharmacy technician trying to get a med list from the family, I can soooo relate! Thank you for this laugh! In my last week of school for my RN and I NEEDED it!
Kimberly M. when my mom was alive she typed out a list of for each of us,that gave a detailed medical history,any allergies,and current meds.I am always surprised that people don,t do this.I know adults who are on various meds and do not know the names of their meds,dosage,or what they are for ,eventhough they are supposse to be taking them daily.
I do exactly this for my husband! It’s such a time saver for everyone! He has dementia and occasionally we have a friend watch him for a few hours, and it also helps the friend feel confident that they could handle an emergency situation if I wasn’t there.
I have listed meds and dosages, as well as medical history. I also included important information like “loves baseball - Mariners. Second degree black belt. Rock and roll bass player” which occasionally gives a doc or nurse a starting point for a quick conversation if needed.
I've seen patients who have their morning meds arranged one way. Their evening meds are together in a different place. Their morning AND evening g meds have a separate arrangement. So they're actually taking their meds properly even though they have no idea what they're taking or why.
This happens all too often.....literally a 30min tangent from every question. Some rooms you have to ask a co-worker to come grab you with a reason too leave otherwise your never get out of there.....
You.feel guilty because usually the patient is just lonely but with the work load we're given we just do not have the time to have the conversations they want to.
That's what non-medical people dont understand.
Yes! It annoys me when the perception is that medical staff don’t care because we cut off stories before they gather wind, but I’ve got 3 buzzers going off in the background, a workload stacked past my ears and a family about to complain to my manager that their mum hasn’t been showered yet, and I just asked a closed yes/no question. The other day I asked for the name, DOB, and allergies of pt so my buddy and I could give an s8 and the pt started telling me about the history of the first heart transplant in Africa while the cup of Palexia hovered near his mouth and I just stood there praying for the s8s to be swallowed 😭
I did this yesterday and it took three tries of increasing creative emergencies by the nurse to get me out of the room.
I have had people come get me out of a room if I know the person will monopolize my time.
But also, if you think they are just lonely, mention it to the chaplain. They often might have enough time to talk to the person.
She’s actually a lot more knowledgeable then most of them
Thing is though, having spent a lot of time in hospitals as a patient, I know that doctors are very rushed and often do not have time to read your history. So things get overlooked/missed when it comes to diagnosis and treatment and that can be very dangerous. It’s honestly safer to just try and explain everything to every new doctor who comes in, as briefly and quickly as possible. Never assume they’ve read your file and know exactly what’s going on with you.
THIS!
I keep a little one page medical resume with my bullet points from the last 16 yrs with all the major issues they need to see. When your case is complex, I feel like they probably give up on reading the medical chart, so I just put it in English. Greatest hits only.
"as briefly and quickly as possible" thats the important part
most people don't do that
@@bodyofhope greatest hits! hah
@@bodyofhope my dad did a greatest hit list too but for some of the admissions he put "ditto" because the were really just readmits for the Last admit and then added the highlight.
At admit # 18 of 30 he added " ...... and then he died" to see if they were paying attention.
He would have my mom make 25 copies and hand them out so they didnt take notes and screw up his history.
Yes, but doctors Should read the history. During times of crisis, people don’t know what’s important to tell the doctor.
This is so accurate, hahahahaha and then they always want to know if you've met the doctors who treated them before, even if it was 15 years ago in a different city.
I totally get where you're coming from on this. I have a tendency to give a longer history than they are asking for, with primary care especially. With multiple chronic conditions I have experienced that doctors miss a lot if you only answer their questions. I'd rather tell you everything that is going otherwise you just treat a symptom when there could be an underlying cause for multiple symptoms that a layperson would not put together. Of course the doctor actually has to be listening...that is an issue a lot of times as well.
Exactly. Multiple chronic conditions, all of which have fatigue as a symptom of as a result of compensating. I don't manage condition A the usual way because doing so would aggravate condition B. Got it? Now multiply by five. More often than not everything goes around in circles and nothing gets done or changes. More often than not docs are quite annoyed to find out that my info is accurate and I don't fit into a box. I'm just like, "Newsflash, doc! I'm eight years into my non -recovery from a mitral valve replacement and I've had zero quality of life improvement. NOBODY is more annoyed than I am!"
this was literally my mum when i was in the icu for sepsis. but imagine half the information being wrong on top of the other half being completely unrelated and unimportant.
These family members are a blessing on admission day. When they say the whole thing over again when you’re just asking for progress it becomes torture.
This was so accurate! I’ve talked to many family members like this. And I have definitely spaced out and repeated the “wow. That’s crazy” line more than I care to admit. 😆😂🤣
"wow, that's crazy" is my anthem
These are the most relatable videos lol
I've literally had a patient tell me how it all started in 1989 when they fell off a truck and broke a rib.....and by golly nobody wants to listen to him when he says that's why he's got pneumonia in 2020.
You sir hit the nail on the head quite often with these. Laymen may consider it humor but those who know, know that this is more real than reality television.
I'm not a doctor, but I feel this. It happens to lawyers in consultations too, lol
As someone who did intake interviews for legal cases, you develop a multitude of ways of asking the same question because sometimes the "standard" way of asking it doesn't work for every client. I don't want to find out you have this whole medical history at the appointment meant for documents collection only to have to make yet another appointment for more documents collection.
My heart nearly died watching this, so painfully true.
Ugh, I’ve had to deal with this as the receptionist at a rehabilitation center… and sometimes, they’ll go over the same story AGAIN because they just can’t remember that they had this conversation with me already. I was just a receptionist 😭 I just needed to know where to transfer your call, not your whole life story
As a physiotherapist trying to get history, especially from a parent, I say, I honestly don't have the time right now for the full history I would love to hear it but just not now, I just need to know specifically '3 months ago, was (s)he like this' yes or no. Was (s)he ever on any breathing aids or medications, yes or no. Had (s)he ever have trouble breathing, snoring, sleep apnea etc. Yes or no. Ok good thank you.
Join me in my movement to ask him for a physiotherapy post, id love to see his rendition 😂😂😂😂😂
Omg. Hahahahaha. Spot on. As new nurse I learned real quick to have a plan B for the one cant shut up. You ask a question and get a life story. I politely says "I don't mean to be rude but, oh my I have to use the bathroom, I don't mean to cut you off". You are great! Love this stuff
This was HILARIOUS 😂 I've been this person and I'm sorry! I guess the doc didnt need to know my son had a Spider-Man theme birthday party the year my Dad had his stroke?? 🤷🏽♀️🤣
All I see is a very loving wife 🥰 He’s lucky to have her.
The one thing they don't teach in med school!!
Seeing this helps a loooot emotionally with the over talkative patients' relatives, don't stop
🏥 This made my heart rate skyrocket. Am a retired Nurse now, you're very spot on, especially the scarf & run-on sentences😭 Could barely make it through Meds & PT 😂
Then of course you get the complete opposite. In my mid 20's I was referred to the hospital for problems that could be either neurological or psychological. The specialist requested speaking to my mother, my partner and I sat outside the room and could hear the conversation, mother (a nurse!) assured him I'd had a normal, happy childhood, no major accidents, illnesses and no stressful life events.... I can only assume she forgot I fell down a mine shaft as a toddler injuring my ribs; at 6 she took me from the loving home with my grandparents so overnight I lost security, friends and the rules changed; at 9 we went on 'holiday' when she left and subsequently divorced Dad; from 9 til leaving school at 16 I was relentlessly bullied, one point I had concussion, another the teacher caught the bully strangling me; mother frequently grabbed my ears and hit my head into the wall; at 17 I had an operation; at 19 she kicked me out (though she never admitted that to anyone); at 20 I was involved in a road traffic accident, resulting in permanent knee injury and mild concussion; at 21 I got pregnant, left my abusive partner and chose adoption over abortion. No, no stressful events or accidents at all! 😳
Sending young you hugs
Thankyou, appreciated.
Since there are many patients here, I would like to say you should talk about problems in details. It helps doctors a lot as compared to staying mute. The problem comes when you avoid answering the question which the doctor asks to narrow the diagnosis list.
When my aunt has me drive her to the ED, boy does she love sharing every recent test that came out negative. They really love that.
As a Firefighter, can def confirm it's either pulling teeth to get any sort of history, or this verbal diarrhea about their whole life story lol
The cordial "That's crazy" to show you're listening and being sympathetic while inside you're internally screaming is too accurate
I subscribed to your channel today because watching you a couple times made me ugly laugh both times! But then it was one in the morning and I started watching this video instead of getting up and going to the bathroom like I was supposed to! Needless to say I laughed til I cried, wet myself and cried til I laughed! And now I probably have to unsubscribe because it turns out my apartment neighbors just don't appreciate all the noise at 1a.m.! Oh well, you were fun while I lasted!
Oh, good news! I can stay! Turns out if I watch you while I'm on the toilet...no accidents! Plus it turns out if you make crazy noises while you're in the bathroom no one complains because they're too busy pretending they don't hear you! It's a win-win!
That “lady” is a pretty good historian! I am impressed.
DME works the same. Q: what is your current equipment. A. I have manual wheelchair but its too small and too heavy. I need something lightweight with x,y,z.... then my aide stole from me... I don't understand why I have to see a physical therapist... I'm disabled, I shouldn't....Do you all carry...
I just have to complete the intake and make the appointment. The person is overwhelmed, frustrated, confused and anxious and I just wait for them to run out of steam.
To those saying we need more compassion, I do. But the longer I spend with this one person the less time I have to call the other 240 (true number) under my name. I just need the data and get things moving.
Lighten up. Humor keeps us from burning out.
"It doesn't matter"
"Ok"
"HE COULDN'T BREATHE"
You are so hilarious and informative! You have to deal with so many different personalities (patients, family members, various medical staff etc.) and the need for *conciseness* is very evident throughout your vids! Sometimes we just need to laugh as a stress reliever and I'm glad you're able to harness this through your creative comedic talent whilst still being able to be informative and giving us look into your perspective as a doc! Much respect! Thanks for everything you do! ♥️👍
I appreciate the kind words!
HOLY SHIT 10 STROKES 10 ASPIRINS A DAY 8 STENTS
Lol and they wondered why he has a bleeding problem 😂😂😂 and why he had to go to the EGD for a scope
This is multi faceted. On the one hand we are told to give complete medical histories and doctors who are listening will take all of this into consideration while developing treatment plans. On the other hand, this guy has been here a minute and the doctor asked a yes or no question. Patients who insist on giving me their life story w every interaction really try my patience.
I'm a retired nurse and I can verify that this is completely accurate 😄
Omg. Someone did this once during rounds with our surgeon and he straight up asked the lady to stop talking. It was EPIC. It was hard to not laugh. The CNA laughed so hard she had to leave the room. She stopped talking.
Surgeon sounds like a sickness. Don’t know why doctors only have 30 sec attention spans and miss important stuff because they are mentally trying to check boxes.
@@mustafam956 many of the best surgeons have the personality of toads. Source: good surgeons in the family.
@@toomanymarys7355 yeah that’s fine but listening to the patient is important too. Source have had several major surgeries with major complications afterwards.
He could’ve approached that situation more respectfully instead of asking her to just stop talking. It might be “EPIC” for you guys but let’s not lose our humanistic qualities. We have scared and confused family members. And the CNA laughing and leaving the room. That’s demeaning, disrespectful and so rude of her.
@@mayl2773 my doc was great. He had an awesome bedside manner but to some it could be a bit harsh. The CNA worked with this woman for months and would joke about how much she talked and how she wished she could just ask her to stop talking. When someone else just...did it. It was pretty hilarious.
Working in medicine can be tough and it takes a bit of weight off to laugh from time to time. And getting humor from a doctor is like trying to pet a stray cat. It's rare and it's usually nice.
I'm a 5th year medical student and this is exactly what happens when we go to take history 😂😂 and the fun part is that they always forget to mention the main things. You are just so hilarious. Please keep these videos up 😁
This is my husband whenever he comes to my daughters appointment 😂😂😂
And this is exactly the reason why my dad didn't get very good medical care. He couldn't stop with the lengthy stories for every simple question. If asked how much he drank, he would launch into the 10 minute tale of how he had half a beer in 1950. Leg questions - the superficial injury story. There was a story at every turn. And he never understood why he wasn't being understood. Doctors just timed out and left the room.
I can truly relate. I'm a MA and this happens to be all the time with mostly elderly patients.
Not only the script and the acting, but the editing is crazy one-point. Good job doc!
The "Dr. Anderson, do you know Dr. Anderson?" did it for me.
No, I don't know Dr. Anderson
I had flashbacks to my 12 years working in a cardiology office 😂😂😂
I can even relate as a social worker. You ask them about their education/diplomas or something else specific and end up hearing a story of 2 hours xD
Imagine being an INFP and getting such patient for history collection during practical exams 😭😭, it will be a nightmare
You are spot on with these everytime! 😂
I loved this skit (super accurate) but I couldn’t stop staring at “her” scarf. Totally love it.
This is both relatives and patient. That's when I put my judge Judy impersonation and ask: Can you please answer my question?
Same here. Many nursing home patients also tell you a story of their life when you simply ask them "What do you need." Once I hear the story coming up to life I do director cut saying "What you want?." Short answer is :water", "snack" "diaper change" etc. I really do not need an entire biography. I do not have time for that.
This is slows down my days so much. Sometimes I just don't have the heart to interrupt.
This sounds so much like what has happened to my husband! He has never recovered from having had Covid in August of 2020. And today I was actually trying to track down a swallowing test he had had!!! ☺️ So I can definitely relate to the long stories which this "lady" is telling.
"Wow thats crazy" is almost verbatim my response in those situations
The healing doctor... thank you much for laughter that heals
Phlebotomist here and it legitimately brings me joy to think about how I'm modern day, there is a legitimate reason for treatment via what one can literally classify as "Blood letting" to treat PCV aka "therapeutic phlebotomy."
Just always makes me think there's some colonial era doctor ghost that feels really smug about the blood letting and leeches treatments they came up with long ago ranting, "they mocked my methods but I was right! Haha!"
I am actually really impressed of the family
Im dying 😂 😂 😂 😂
Ive heard that from family members so many times. Must drive u crazy. Lol xx
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There’s this lady, and then there was my father while in a heart hospital after a quadruple bypass. Told a nurse “no” when she asked if he’d been taking his blood pressure meds. The look on her face 😳. Then I had to jump in and tell her my dad actually had low blood pressure (not enough for any meds to correct it, if there’s such a thing).
Omg I needed that laugh. I'm an RN in Canada, and I think I had an almost identical conversation with a patient's wife a couple days ago! Genius!
The reason we do this so becasue either our loved ones or ourselves have been in and out of Drs and hospitals and are quite scared something is going to get missed, because it often is.
Then truthfully some people are homebound and hunger to chat with a well human.
This is one of the funniest videos ive ever seen by you. Keep it up dr.and God bless.
I'm afraid I am this person. I will give every bit of detail I can think of because I'm afraid I'll overlook the very detail that is life or death. To boot if I think of something later I will call in to make sure they know. I was in my late 20s early 30s when my Dad was in the hospital every now and then. I'm a mess 😁😂
Oh my god I work in a pharmacy and we get issues with allergy conflicts all the time and we try to ask people if they're allergic to whatever and instead we get a full life story of every reaction they've ever had to a medication that they think is maybe related (p.s. if you think you're allergic to something because "it made you tired one time" you aren't allergic, congrats)
The "Wow that's crazy" is too real
Omg sooooooo true!!!!! I love your videos!! They make me literally L.O.L. !!!Its always sooo hard to get medical history from family members!
Omg this is so accurate. She’s telling him everything except his history of swallowing problems. !!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The funniest thing was that the family would not only tell you how they got to the way the patient was, they also tell you stuff the staff missed on admission.
"You... You did/took _what_ at home??"
I'm literally the same way, always saying "wow thats crazy" when a family member goes on a never ending dialogue when asked a simple question.
The flip side of this is coming in with any kind of medical history and the doctors never want to hear it. Story of my life unfortunately.