Ever Had a Fat Patient Break Your Back?

[LisaO925]

I really have to say thank you to the most of you who have been respectful about your overweight / obese PT's when talking about how you handled them. I used to be a big girl, but have worked hard to take it off, and keep it off. Its a shameful world to be in, and any amount of dignity and respect is always much appreciated by them. Knowing where I used to be, I will always treat them with respect and dignity. Part of me will always be a fat chick, and that fear of going back is always there. But there is no reason to be mean, or hurtful, or to call them names.

[FireGuard69]

I really have to say thank you to the most of you who have been respectful about your overweight / obese PT's when talking about how you handled them. I used to be a big girl, but have worked hard to take it off, and keep it off. Its a shameful world to be in, and any amount of dignity and respect is always much appreciated by them. Knowing where I used to be, I will always treat them with respect and dignity. Part of me will always be a fat chick, and that fear of going back is always there. But there is no reason to be mean, or hurtful, or to call them names.

Lisa, we don't disrespect our pts. We don't know all the circumstances behind the illness.

Plus, its grossly unprofessional.

[firedoc5]

Yes, compression fx of T-7. But the patient wasn't fat. What is was, we were lifting a wheelchair patient chair and all into back of the rig. When the front wheels got caught on the lock-down bar I pulled it toward me. When I did the chair didn't move and my back buckled. And of course, we've all done it so I kept working and finished my 24 hr. (actually turned out to be 32 hr. shift). I was in agony, couldn't breath, etc. When I did finally get to the doc he showed me the x-ray and pointed it out to me. He asked me what did I see. I just said that it looks screwed up, and he added the usual bawling out for keeping on going. Put me flat in a La-Z-boy for seven weeks. That was almost 25 yrs. ago and for a long time that was the part of my back that gave me the least problems. But I'm paying for it now.