TGIF- Sorry, I Just Had To Share

Sorry, just HAD to share this. It was posted over at People of Walmart. And like they said, we never make fun of people with medical issues, but seriously, this is inconsiderate.

Top 10 Grossest ER Dilemmas

picture by Salvatore Vuono

Just had to share this post from Girlvet over at

madness: tales of an emergency room nurse

She titled it "I think I just threw up in my mouth."

And this was her post:

I mean seriously there are days we deserve combat pay. Like today.

In the spirit of grossness, I present the top ten gross things a nurse deals with:

10) feet that haven't been wash for a year

9) a heroin addict with sores

8) scabies

7) bed bugs

6) drunk heavy smoker who has peed their pants

5) rectal abscess that needs an incision and drainage

4) bad GI bleed

3) grandpa who laid on the floor for hours and is covered in dry stool

2) diarrhea from C diff

AND THE NUMBER ONE GROSS THING WE DEAL WITH IS:

1)Maggots

What are some of the grossest things you have seen?