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Man faints, dies after seeing epidural
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Justin Bailey
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As wussy as it sounds, the hospital shouldn't have asked someone without training to help out like that. They screwed up.
Ninja Scooter
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why the fuck is she suing the hospital?
Yeah, but is this really the fault of the hospital? Check this out:sp0rsk said:
I mean, holy shit. It was just something unfortunate. No one is to blame. Unless the 'aluminum cap molding' wasn't 'supposed' to be there or something. It would be very lame if the hospital was to blame thanks to that molding.
Cauliflower of Love
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Ninja Scooter said:
heh, loosely they got him involved.....either way.....the thread title is misleading, jerk(the op not you scoot, although....your avatar is an asshole).
Justin Bailey
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No it's more like the doctor asking the husband to hand him the scalpel while he cuts his wife open. Some people just aren't equipped to handle that shit.element said:
heh I was out of the room when they gave my missus the ep... not because I'd asked to leave, but because she'd asked me to go home and bring back a few things... she said it hurt like a mother.
So what they were suppose to remodel the floor before he did it? Come on this is tragic for sure but that quote/basis for the lawsuit is absolute bullshit.
This really does suck all around though.
So what they were suppose to remodel the floor before he did it? Come on this is tragic for sure but that quote/basis for the lawsuit is absolute bullshit.
This really does suck all around though.
Cauliflower of Love
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heavenly said:
Fine, misleading title, better? Please tell me it's better! PLEASE!
Cauliflower of Love
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element said:
Isn't the "holding" where the persong has to put his arms around her back/ and her legs while she's in the fetal position? (This is my knowledge of spinals from ER........... -_-)
Justin Bailey
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The impression I get from the story is that they had the husband sit there and watch this big-ass needle get injected into his wife's spine and he couldn't handle it.
BigGreenMat
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If she wins this suit. Or if the suit is even heard then the legal system will have failed. Simply put this is the epitome of a frivolous lawsuit. People who file these lawsuits are simply trying to hurt others to make themselves feel better. I appreciate her loss, but if her husband couldn't take it then he shouldn't have been there. All this will lead to if she wins is a precedent where the hospitals will no longer let husbands be with their wives during labor for fear of legal repercussions. These stories make me sick.
Ignatz Mouse
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Goddamn that's a frivolous lawsuit, at least from the details given. He fainted and fell, and it's the hospital's fault?
I hate all the usual dickering about lawsuits and I think that they're more often justified than the press/complainers would have you believe, but this is just silly.
I hate all the usual dickering about lawsuits and I think that they're more often justified than the press/complainers would have you believe, but this is just silly.
Ninja Scooter
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BigGreenMat said:
until another doofus sues for sexual discrimination for not being allowed into the hospital room while his wife is giving birth.
blahness said:
I'd most definately faint, those needles are fucking huge. But how does a hosipital lose a paintent from fainting especially since their response time would be near instaneous I'd hope.
Edit: Nevermind, I really should read the articles before responding. He hit is head on something, that'd would explain the death.
It was the episiotomy that freaked me out. I didn't know the doc was going to do one and then I saw him give her a shot and it swelled all up and then he cut it like you'd cut a raw chicken breast or something. I know my vision got a tad blurry and I looked out the window for about 5 seconds when that happened but I was good after that. I had no idea what an episiotomy was before then.
yikes
yikes
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
belgurdo said:
*dies total*
That looks like a drill! Holy fu...and I thought needles didn't bug me...this one does.
Squirrel Killer
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You realize that your experience doesn't mean that all epidurals are painless, right? I had a root canal and after everyone told me it would hurt like hell, I was amazed when the dentist told me she was done because I had had absolutely no pain whatsoever. Doesn't mean I go around telling people who say their root canals hurt are just being whiny bitches.Incognito said:
Did she die?Incognito said:
an epidural is absolutely painful. There's really just no way it could NOT be, unless the person receiving it had nerve damage.
The thing is, by the time you are getting the epidural, whatever pain you might feel from the huge needle being shoved into your spine is FAR outweighed by the pain of labor. I was so grateful to be having it I just remember thinking "wow that didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would."
The thing is, by the time you are getting the epidural, whatever pain you might feel from the huge needle being shoved into your spine is FAR outweighed by the pain of labor. I was so grateful to be having it I just remember thinking "wow that didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would."
Hitler Stole My Potato
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Umpteen said:
An epidural isn't absolutely painful. Pretty much all hospitals use an anaesthetic like lidocaine on the site so most patients don't feel a hell of a lot during the injection. Plus with the cortisone being injected right into the spine, what pain their was during the initial shot usually goes away quite quickly.
If you guys want to see a real needle, you should check out what they use for a bone marrow biopsy. That thing is a fucking rail.
teruterubozu
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Nothing like a good ol' SPINAL TAP!
When my son was born my wife had a C section. As the Father your allowed to be in the operating room. They tell me just to go in and there will be a stool next to my wife and that I have to sit on it. I go in and the stool is like one foot of the ground, I was like what up with that. The nurse tells me it so you dont hurt yourself if you faint.
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