Doctor vs. Firefighter | Never Have I Ever

What?

>> Yeah.

She takes the phone,

goes right into the I sent it to the owner of this company

and is like,

"This is what he just told me to do."

That guy was like, "Fired on the spot, bro."

>> What?

Never have I ever.

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>> Never have I ever removed anything strange from a person's body.

>> Oh, of course.

>> You don't understand what I pulled out of my patient the other day.

>> Okay.

>> It was huge.

>> Huge?

>> Huge.

Splinter.

>> Wow.

>> Yeah, I >> Uh you >> Kind of a buzzkill in there.

>> >> You were like explaining.

>> So, good thing uh in my field is anything

that goes in the body stays in the body.

We're not even allowed to take things out of people.

Once >> Really?

>> are in the field of >> Just in case there's tamponade from the >> Yeah,

we I ran into guys with uh 3-ft lightning rods sticking out of their

back.

They fell off the >> lightning rod?

>> Like uh something that's you on the side of a building

or or This was actually I'm sorry.

This was a pole

that was in the ground

and he fell off the roof.

>> What?

>> Yeah.

>> Impaled.

>> Yeah.

We didn't We cut it, bring him to the hospital.

They do a quick X-ray.

They're like, "Good.

Pull that out.

Didn't even touch anything."

>> Wow.

That's so scary.

Oh, uh I've had a bunch of kids with like Legos

and stuff in their nose.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> I pulled that out. >> what you have removed from someone's body?

>> Their soul?

>> ANOTHER PERSON.

>> OH, I DELIVERED 38 babies. >> 38 babies?

>> Yeah.

Last week.

>> Last week?

>> During my residency.

>> Jeez, let's go.

>> Never have I ever been physically scarred on the job.

>> I was uh burnt on my knuckles really bad from a fire.

>> Ooh.

>> Yeah. >> punching it?

>> Yeah, I was punching the fire and the fire said, "Not today, bro."

I was like, "I'm going to punch you in the We were fighting a

uh a shed fire,

a bunch of gas and stuff inside of there, super hot.

We came out and I had second-degree burns on my knuckles.

But, that went through the gloves, yeah.

>> The only cool scar I have on my body is I don't know

which hand is it on.

Do you see this on my hand?

>> Yeah, yeah.

>> Punch it.

Um I fell on a train set

when I was like five before coming to America.

And it penetrated.

>> What kind of train set was this, bro?

>> Russian.

>> I was going to say it's got to be Russian.

>> It's the Russian steel.

>> Never have I ever dated a patient.

>> No.

>> I don't I don't refuse to even date co-workers.

>> Yeah.

>> Patients.

Patient would be the worst.

>> No way, dude.

>> Yeah.

>> I've never like gone on seeing a patient like, "Oh, yeah.

That's a good one."

Like, no.

>> No?

>> No.

>> Never have I ever been genuinely scared at work.

>> Oh.

Yeah.

>> Oh, yeah.

I mean, holy.

When was the most scared you've been at work?

>> So, we had a fire at a a UPS or shipping a factory,

and the fire was in the middle of the entire factory.

For stuff like that,

it's it's it's producing enough smoke that it's it's banking down to the ground.

We can't really see as we're going in there.

So, we can follow hose lines into where it's at.

And I was about three quarters of the way

or quarter of the way into the building,

and I ran into a bunch of like shipping equipment.

And in that moment, I was like,

"If this building collapses or something happens because there's so much smoke around me,

>> Your crew won't even know.

>> I I Yeah, it's going to be

so difficult for me to find my way back out of this before everything

collapses."

So, that was probably one of the first times that I was like,

"I could actually die doing this."

>> In those scenarios, is there any kind of dumb guy question

that some kind of goggle you could put on

that allows you to see through the smoke?

>> They are trying to develop stuff like that.

But, we do have right now we have thermal >> more dumb guys asking

good questions,

man.

We would solve some stuff.

>> You would.

You would.

>> We do have We do have thermal imaging cameras.

So, we carry around thermal imaging cameras,

so we >> you to see a door if it's hot or >> No,

we can see through the smoke with that.

Yeah, we can't see that, yeah.

But, it's just not built into our masks.

>> I wasn't scared for my life,

but I I would raise my hand on that.

When you're on your first night shift

or one of very few first night shifts

as a resident and you're the senior everyone admitted into the hospital with exception

of the ICU is under your care.

So any page about any patient comes to you,

any rapid response meaning some medical scenario starts happening with a patient comes to

you,

any code blue is run by you,

anyone that comes into the ER

that needs to get admitted into the hospital is on you,

and it's just you and your junior resident who doesn't know much,

who's just there basically helping you out.

So there were times when you're like four admissions, two rapid responses, code blue,

you're trying to juggle all this stuff, and you're not doing it perfectly,

but you're just doing enough to stay afloat.

>> Yeah, I've I've dropped off a couple times at hospitals where there's two

nurses in a very large facility.

Like there's it's two nurses and one physician, and there's you know,

whatever 15 beds.

This is crazy, man.

Like >> >> like I don't I that is that to me is genuinely insane.

>> That's why we have emotional support animals in the hospital.

Not for the patients, for us.

>> >> Never have I ever seriously considered quitting my job.

>> Nope.

You did.

>> Yeah.

There was a time where I was stuck at a station with a crew

that I did not like.

>> Oh.

>> And >> For a long time?

>> Yeah, for a long for a year and a half.

The calls were we were running 19 20 calls a shift, just getting blasted.

I wasn't getting no sleep and then >> Why you drank on the job?

>> I no, I didn't drink on the job.

>> You said you're getting blasted.

>> No, blast Oh, sorry.

Remember that's different some people.

Like we were getting beat We were getting beat up.

>> What made them bad?

>> Um they just you are with someone for 24 hours,

and imagine you their personality types aren't the same,

you don't like vibe on the same stuff, you don't watch the same TV.

>> So it's not that they were evil.

>> No, no, no.

One of them was.

But >> Say his name to the camera.

>> Yeah, I should do that.

>> So he knows.

>> Never have I ever had equipment fail when I needed it most.

>> I have such a bad one.

>> You won't be able to empathize.

You'll be able to sympathize.

I don't know which one is right, but it was a speculum.

Are you familiar with what a speculum is?

>> >> So, I'm about to perform a pap smear.

And as I take it out,

and technically you're not supposed to use lubricating jelly on speculums

when you're doing a pap cuz it could interfere with the results of the

pap.

But, if you do put it on a specific part of the area

that doesn't make contact with the cervix,

it could be okay.

So, as I'm putting it on,

I realize that this plastic speculum has a beveled broken edge.

So, that if I went to insert it,

it would just slice right through the tissue.

>> Holy crap.

>> Can you imagine what that would have been like?

>> No, I'm glad you saw that.

>> And it was

because I got kind of touched the edge

and I was like,

"Oh!"

We filed a complaint with the manufacturer, lot number, like huge investigation happened.

So, >> Holy crap.

>> But, imagine just like cuz it was razor sharp.

Like, you know, like thick plastic when it slices right at that angle.

Oh.

>> We were on a fire, and I'm pumping this fire from the engine,

and we're pumping one of the hoses.

They say we need a second one cuz the fire starts to >> pumping,

I don't know what actually that is.

>> Oh, sorry.

So, >> Is that opening the >> So, when we pull up on fires,

we have a pump that's inside of the fire engine

that we turn on through what's called a PTO system,

and it spins, and it's pushes the water out at the pressure

that we need. >> a button,

or like are you >> No,

I have to pull open tank to pump is what it's called,

and then the engine spins the and then it pushes out through discharges.

So, I'm pumping one one of those out.

Everything's fine.

They say we need a second line,

a second hose because we're uh the fire's spreading.

So, we go to pump the second one,

and the pump just starts to fail.

So, Um, was an issue with it.

There was a hole one of the intakes and it was pulling in air.

So, it wasn't a sealed system.

So, both of these um >> It's like a new motor ax,

but inside of a >> That's what we were screaming.

We were like, "It's a new motor ax!"

>> Really?

Oh, I was about TO SAY SIX.

WAIT, TOO MUCH.

>> WHAT HAPPENS WITH PEOPLE, NOT EVEN THE HOLE IN THE HOSES,

if there's no hydrants available,

like you live in an area where there's no hydrants,

you wouldn't think about this.

You go to rural areas, they don't have hydrants every so often.

>> You have to start bringing in water tenders.

You start bringing with big tanks.

We start bringing in water

and they'll pump out of the water tender into >> Is it true

that if a car's parked at a hydrant,

you just go through the window?

>> Yes, if they're parked in front of our only hydrant,

we're going to go through your window.

Yeah.

>> Never have I ever been blamed for something that wasn't my fault.

Oh, I got a really good one.

When you're a med student,

a lot of times you're sent into the exam rooms, especially in the ER,

to interview the patient

and then present to the junior resident who

then interviews the patient,

presents to the senior.

And I would go in, talk to the patient,

ask some pertinent questions that are important to the case.

They would answer them.

I would go present it.

And then when the resident would go in, they would tell a different story.

And the resident would be like, "Bro, like,

you shouldn't lie about what you asked."

I'm like, "Are you kidding me?"

And I wanted to take the person like, "TELL THEM THE TRUTH.

I ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION."

And it happens and it's I don't know

if they misremember or they feel something different

or they perceive the question differently,

but it happens all the time.

>> No, that happens to us when we're when we're dropping off patients.

Yeah.

>> We'll we'll get them with the >> the draw,

give me past medical >> And you're like, "No anti-coagulation."

And then the patient's like, "Plavix."

>> Yeah, yeah.

They coumadin every day.

Oh, wow.

So, that happens all the time.

We'll sit they'll they'll no medical history, I don't take any meds.

All right, cool.

We'll drop we'll drop them off at the hospital

and they'll just start listing things off

and the doctor's like,

"What are you what are you doing?"

And I swear to god they're lying.

>> Never have I ever had someone refuse my help when they really needed it.

>> One of my favorite things ever was we show up to this lady

and she says,

"Hey, my husband needs to go to the hospital."

I'm like, "Are you sure you want to go to the hospital?"

He said, "I don't want to go to the hospital."

I'm like, "Come on, you you you should go to the hospital."

She's saying, he's like, she's like, "His foot, he's got to go."

He's like, "I'm not going, I'm fine."

All right, fine.

She was like, "Can you just can you just look at his foot for

you leave?"

Cuz we're not allowed to take people, it's kidnapping, that kind of thing.

I was like, "All right, fine."

>> Is it kidnapping?

>> If someone says, "I do not want to go to the hospital," they're

alert and oriented,

then we're not allowed to take them.

>> Mhm.

>> Uh, assuming there's they're not a danger to themselves

or anything. >> like

if they're sick and you think they need to go,

isn't that a danger to themselves?

>> I mean, what are we talking?

Like their their leg hurts, but >> Yeah, it so,

I go to look at his foot.

You can see right through his heel to the bone.

Like, you can see the bone.

I was like, >> decubitus.

>> "Oh, no."

I was like, "Dude, you need to go to the hospital, man."

And he's like, "Really?

You think I need to go?"

I was like, "Oh my god."

So, >> Probably diabetic scenario where he's burned off his nerves because in diabetes,

you have high sugar levels in your blood, which can impact inflammation levels,

damage these peripheral small nerves

that give sensation to your lower extremities

and your fingers,

which is why uniquely in diabetes,

there is a scenario called hand hand-stocking syndrome, hand-foot-stocking syndrome,

and it's like you lose sensation in your hands

and feet because of the diabetes.

>> When we got him in the rescue, he was like,

"I guess I should go, man."

He was like, "I guess I should go, man."

I'm like, "Yeah, you're >> Oh, so he did go?

>> You're about to die.

Yes, yeah.

I don't know.

That So, at that point, I'm like, "You're going to the hospital,

just so we're clear.

You got to go, dude."

>> I had a patient similarly, also foot,

come in to our office and was just recently hospitalized, left AMA,

against medical advice, and now I'm seeing him and his wounds,

he has really bad lower extremity cellulitis, worsening since he was there,

didn't take any of the follow-up medications,

and I worked so hard to try and not convince him,

but explain why the need for him to get IV antibiotics was so important.

>> Mhm.

>> And he was negotiating with me

as if he was

so flippant about his life.

Like, "Well, if I stay like this, how long do I have?"

>> Oh my >> And I was like, I can't say with any certainty,

but it's just it's you're putting yourself out at unnecessary risk.

And he was on house,

so he was worried about his one car that he lives out of.

Where can he park it?

I got him free parking in the hospital.

>> He was very worried that they wouldn't allow him activity to walk around.

He'd be subjugated to sitting in his bed.

I made sure that the resident

that would admit him would put activity orders

that he would get out of bed with assistance.

Like, we try to do everything.

And he said he was going.

And I checked next day, didn't go.

>> Mhm.

>> Never have I ever worked a 12-hour shift without food.

>> Oh.

>> Yeah.

So, I definitely have.

>> Yeah, yeah.

>> Yeah, of course.

>> I I've gone 18 hours without eating on a shift.

Right?

I'm sure you have, too.

>> Yeah, I've definitely gone periods long periods of time where I'm not eating.

When we go to these uh the hospitals, they're cool.

They have EMS rooms, so they'll have little snacks and >> Yeah,

we just jam them real fast, yeah.

>> But definitely not a proper meal.

>> No.

No.

That's a big thing I hear from a lot of nurses.

It's like they just don't eat for 12 hours or 16 hours.

Like, that's crazy.

>> Never have I ever yelled at a coworker like Dr.

Robbie on The Pit.

>> I yelled.

>> Yeah.

>> I yelled.

You yelled at somebody?

You strike me as such a nice guy, so calm, chill.

>> God, you're the first person ever to say that to me.

That's insane.

We were arguing about um something that happened on a call.

We neither of us were very happy about it.

And once I start uh rolling, I become quite passionate.

>> Okay.

Well, passion is good.

>> Yeah, yeah.

>> I uh I got into an argument with one of my nurses.

She's been on this channel.

She's awesome.

Her name is Nurse Jenny.

She's been a nurse for 175 years.

>> And I asked her to order an EKG

because in looking at the patient's labs,

they were hyperkalemic, elevated potassium.

And I needed to make sure that there was no arrhythmia as a result.

She assumed that I was saying

that the patient had chest pain

and needed an EKG.

And was like, "The patient has no chest pain.

I'm not ordering the EKG.

Leave me alone.

I'm busy."

And I was getting really mad.

I said, "You don't understand why I need an EKG.

I need an EKG."

She's like, "You're always bossing me around.

I'm not getting an EKG.

You don't need an EKG.

There's no chest pain."

And then my boss came in and he settled it and we're okay.

>> Oh, that's good.

>> Oh, we had that mom son relationship.

>> Yeah.

>> Where she was my mom.

>> Yeah.

>> I wasn't her mom.

>> Never have I ever thought a co-worker should be fired.

>> I think at all points in time and sub toward toward time.

>> Yeah, let's get him.

>> Say the co-worker's name.

Let's get him.

Let's get him out.

Let's get him out.

>> When I was a med student,

I was rotating through all sorts of different medical hospitals

and clinics and I remember I was on my surgery rotation

and I was scrubbing into a procedure.

I believe there was a small tumor identified in the chest cavity

and we were going in to take a biopsy of it

and the chief resident was in the room along with the attending

and they started operating

and they're being very casual.

All of a sudden, the resident goes, "Shit."

And the surgeon goes, "What?"

He goes, "I think I may have nicked the heart."

And everyone freaks out.

I said, "No, no, no, no.

No, you No, you didn't.

No, you didn't.

Step over No, you didn't."

And they're like, "You can't really see.

It was really bad access."

So, they're feeling with their hands.

They can't tell.

Blood's pouring out.

We can't tell if it's just a bleeder

or he actually nicked like the pericardium.

So, we're freaking out.

No one knows what to do.

And he's like, "Let's just crack him."

So, right then and there, crack the side of the ribs,

open up the chest fully, convert it to open.

Turns out it was just a little bleeder, didn't a nick the heart.

And here's where the bad part is cuz everyone's allowed like an error.

That's human error.

It's part of the risks of going for the procedure.

The chief resident was really upset and the surgeon very arrogantly goes,

"What are you upset about?

This guy works for UPS.

He'll get disability.

He's just be chilling."

>> Aw.

>> And I was was "Wow, man, you you lost your humanity.

Like full on gone."

>> You see people get burned out in the medical field

or in in all fields,

but um and it's a it's a sad day to see that, man.

Just to like to to lose that humanity.

>> No, I had a a supervisor.

I was working for an ambulance company

and the supervisor decided he could control the overtime

and when people could get it

or not.

So, this girl comes in,

she says she wants the overtime or wants to be on a specific truck,

and he says, "Okay, uh here's my phone.

You uh go go in the bathroom

and figure out what you want to do with this phone,

and uh if the pictures are right, then I'll give you that that's What?

>> Yeah.

So, good news is they uh she she takes the phone,

goes right into the I sent it to the owner of this company

and is like,

"This is what he just told me to do."

That guy was like fired on the spot, bro.

>> >> What?

Bro, like that that means if that comfort level was there,

he's doing that before.

>> Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Just openly like, "Here you go."

But, I'm glad she went right into the person that owned the >> Well,

cheers to her for standing up for herself.

>> Yeah.

Never have I ever laughed at work when I probably shouldn't have.

>> Yes, that's daily.

That's I I think dark humor is where that falls in. >> yeah.

The health care humor is the darkest.

>> I had a lady cut in half from a vehicle.

>> Oh my gosh.

>> You show up there

and you're like staring at like your your brain doesn't even process what you're

looking at. >> halfway there.

>> Yes.

She's that was hit hit a hit by a car hit a pole cut

in half and you're like what like it's the same what your brain will

do where it won't allow you to um process

that like this doesn't make this can't be real.

There's no way.

And just getting back

and that was actually I

that was my third dead person for the day.

So >> And you're having 20 calls in that >> Yeah.

So, I got back to the

and I was like trying to write the report

and my captain was like,

"You good, bro?"

Like I was like, "Uh man, I'm alive."

Like we >> >> we both just start laughing

and that was the end of the day,

so.

>> You have to to maintain your own sanity find space in in dark

otherwise dark places.

That's very understandable.

Yeah, like I've had patients tell me a dark story

and the way that they feel

that I have a good rapport with the patient

and they tell me a dark story

that like they should not be telling

as sarcastically and flat

as they are.

>> Yeah.

>> And it made me laugh and I apologize the patient go no, no, no,

I still laugh at this too.

And they're telling me something tragic but we both found some humor in it.

I'm like I shouldn't be laughing

and he goes I know I shouldn't be laughing

and I explained I'm like the reason I'm laughing right now is

because of the way you're presenting this.

And they go no, no, I totally get it.

So thank God.

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