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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“It’s Not Like You’re Paralyzed!”
“It’s not like you’re paralyzed!” – L&D nurse to a mother who was having trouble following orders to turn to her left side because of her heavy epidural block.
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road2vba2c had this to say,
Oct 22, 2011 @ 3:38 pm (Quote)
Tell that to my DH & mom who had to put my leg back on the bed whem it fell off and I couldn’t move it back.
Idiot.
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Alyson Miers had this to say,
Oct 22, 2011 @ 4:57 pm (Quote)
Nurse Numbskull? Why don’t you save the sarcasm for the staff lounge and just help Mama get into the right position? I think that would fall under the category of “taking care of patients,” which I hear is a major part of your job description. I mean, it’s not like you’re paralyzed or anything.
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You know, of the few births I’ve attended where mom had an epidural, 2 were totally paralyzed from the waist down, and 2 were able to feel and move everything, except their hips. So, the epidural numbed the contractions, but nothing else. I wonder how that works, exactly, but maybe this nurse was coming up against her first heavy-handed epidural?
But even if this was the case – there is NEVER an excuse to be rude to a patient.
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Arzt4Empfaenger Reply:
October 23rd, 2011 at 6:45 am (Quote)
Sheva, it’s called a walking epidural and I think the dose makes the poison. My husband’s an anesthetist and he says that a walking epi is what they aim for in L&D, but anesthetists who have little experience there (and usually do general surgery or intensive care units) often do them wrong – simply lack of experience (and in some black sheeps’ case, certainly lack of care). An anesthetist skilled with L&D epidurals should be able to make a walking epidural without much effort, though.
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Arzt4Empfaenger Reply:
October 23rd, 2011 at 6:52 am (Quote)
Sorry to be so vague; there are certain “recipes” for epidurals – what local anaestheticum you choose, which opiate to add etc. – and some are more suited for a w.e. Again, if you’re no specialized anesthetist, no one might have taught you the fine differences. Especially at nights the on call anesthetist might be responsible for the whole hospital (ER/ICU, emergency surgery etc.) while not “being interested” in L&D (as in: rather spends time studying intensive care literature than L&D – you can’t read it all, that’s why you specialize!).
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Considering that one of the biggest excuses for failure to assist moms to fully upright positions for pushing is due to the paralysis of the epidural…I’m going to have to raise the eyebrow of dooom towards this nurse. Sorry, can’t have it both ways.
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Um, well, it kind of is. . . ???
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Lisa Reply:
November 4th, 2011 at 11:00 pm Lisa(Quote)
Lisa, that’s what I was gonna say! (Sorry, I’m easily amused)
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