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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You ever try to get blood out in a hurry?

I mean, obviously this is the internet and nothing is real, but it's not impossible that they still had some blood on them in the frenzy to get to the hospital.

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I don't know how hospitals work in the US (assuming that OP is a US citizen, because that's what we do on the internet), but where I come from, determining the cause of an injury is very important to decide on an effective treatment. Bites in particular are very nasty and can lead to a lot of scary complications (including human bites!).

There's no way in hell the nurse just said "yeah ok got it fam" and went along with her day like it wasn't important.

And maybe I'm too jaded, but I read "we also got engaged" and my mind automatically added "and everyone clapped" at the end of the sentence lol

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There’s no way in hell the nurse just said “yeah ok got it fam” and went along with her day like it wasn’t important.

I suspect that, if true, it was clarified further down the line before treatment. Or, considering how I've been in-and-out of the ER, the nurse just wrote down 'human bite' regardless of what the patient claimed lmao.

Like I said. It's the internet. I'm not saying it's definitely real. But it's far from impossible.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

She would chart the cause as accurately as she can; whether she also writes down the obvious lie is up to her. Which means she would write down "human bite"; not because it's best for the patient, not because of liability, but because every other staff member (nurses and doctors included) would laugh at her if she didn't. Nurses got a pecking order, and writing down obvious nonsense in a patient's chart is a good way to drop ranks.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 21 points 1 month ago

As someone that has worked in healthcare and knows what ER staff see every day:

Lol, bet?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I feel like there's not much hygiene difference between a human bite and a rat. They're probably both equally bad

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably different types of infections you can get from that.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And all treated with broad spectrum antibiotics so...

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We like to use the narrowest spectrum antibiotics possible to limit side effects and breeding resistance. Also, the really broad spectrum ones are expensive.

[–] azrendelmare@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Preface: I am not a doctor, this is just my understanding. Human bites are, on the whole, much worse. You have to consider that the human mouth is full of bacteria that the human immune system hasn't already dealt with, so human bites can infect really bad.

Not that rats don't have awful things in their mouths. Get it looked at either way.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cat bites as well. Cat scratch fever is a real thing, but it's far easier to contract directly from the source. I would extrapolate to carnivorous animals = bad infection when bit, but somehow dogs don't have as much bad bacteria in their mouths, should still get a dog bite looked at, even though there's way less chance of infection due to saliva bacteria.

That's where the myth that having a dog lick a wound is a good thing. They don't have as much bad bacteria, so back in the day before antibiotics and Neosporin, having a dog lick the wound would help clean away some of the bad bacteria.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, there is plenty of time to lick lips on the way to the hospital.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Use water? It takes 2 seconds to wash blood off of skin with plain ol water.