TheMatzohBro

Hey, I recently had the misfortune of finding myself on one of your colleagues' fluoro tables, in desperate need of a percutaneous nephrostomy. It was 2:30 AM, the IR was irritated because he had to return for this procedure (ER didn't release me as they were supposed to, so...the IR team split, only to return an hour and change later). Dude used NO anaesthesia, just a couple of syringes of lidocaine. So....after the procedure, when they pried my fingers our of the ceiling tiles and brought me back down to the table, if I had ANY body fluids available to me....I'd have considered splashing them on Dr. Mengele. Please tell me this is NOT SOP.

Very entertaining AMA. Thank you for all your good work!

My cousin was in a car accident and suffered a collapsed lung, courtesy of some splintered rib. The Trauma surgeon VERY unceremoniously grabbed a tube and, though I didn't see bc I was too busy gagging, jammed a chest tube up through my cousins ribs. I recall him screaming. A lot.