Just had the grossest call I've ever been on...
Pt. (32m) was working on a piece of machinery used to process recycled cardboard. The machine utilizes a large, rotating auger with sharp blades to shred the cardboard. While attempting to clear a jam in the machine, the patient's clothing became caught on the auger, pulling him into the mechanism. The rotating blades caused a severe laceration to his abdomen, resulting in evisceration and perforation of the intestines before his coworker could hit the emergency stop button. (Why was this dumbass in there with me he blades still running?) Bowels, the whole nine yards, were spilled out on the floor, torn up real good, with shit leaking everywhere. Scoop and run, no time for pain meds on scene. He was tachy as hell, BP was 70/40. Can't believe he was conscious the whole way. We couldn't get IV access so we had to bust out the IO drill which is always fun. Kept talking about his wife and kids the whole way, poor bastard. Got him to the ER, trauma team ready to take him up to the OR. Don't know if he made it, but we did all we could. I have a pretty strong stomach, but DAMN. By the end of that call, I was covered in an ungodly amount of blood and shit and all the other gooey things. Never seen anything like it. Time for a shower and a DAMN STRONG drink. Anyway, what about y'all, what are your grossest calls?