Punching Walls

Those of you who know me will  know that when I’m not working on some crazy project, I work in a hospital Emergency Dept.

Now, one thing which astounds me is the consistency of things you come across in Emergency.  Like, every week, without fail, you will see one of these.  Sometimes several.  I’m not talking routine stuff like heart attacks and strokes, I’m talking about self inflicted injuries.  And not the borderline personality emo with their papercuts either.

The subject of ridicule in this post are people who punch walls.  You might not think it’s a particularly common thing to do, but it’s bread and butter Emergency Medicine.

Me: How did you do this?

Patient: I punched a wall

Me: Why?

Patient: I got angry/pissed off/pissed/felt like it/dunno/grunt (<—-typical responses)

Me: !!!!

(Well, what can you say?)

So we do the Xrays: Fractured metacarpal, sometimes several.

And it’s not the first one either…the things are bent out of shape, because they’d broken it before.  Doing the same thing.

Walls are usually stronger than bones.

Some people are stupid.

Current Mood:

Caffeinated

Some random musings:

-I’ve had 7 coffees already today…I think. I lost count after the first one.

-I didn’t get a Vale ntines this year, or last year, or the year before

-It’s raining…I like rain

-I pushed a tooth back in today (not mine)

-I can’t shake this bloody cold…and I’m getting ride withdrawal symptoms

-I tried to suck out a piece of lego from some kids ear today

-I’m down to raceweight, now just have to start training!

Eh, I think I’ll do some baking when I get home.

Current Mood:

Beano

And you thought the Daleks were tough!

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