http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/apr/21/cover/


Kind of a long read about a skateboarder's brain injury. But if you dont want to read just check out the picture on the link

5/6/2010 12:47:45 PM

I can tell from the pixels

5/6/2010 12:50:00 PM

at that pic which I am not going to post

I think that pic will incline me to make my kids wear helmets

5/6/2010 12:50:57 PM

one of my favorite posts on here was from BigHitSunday i think, when there was that thread about that chick that stole her dad's porsche, went nuts with it, hit a guard rail, and there were pictures of her all slumped in the car, top down, after the wreck, totally brained and you could see the inside of the base of her skull. she was all kinds of fucked up...


and he wrote

you hangin out the window so they can see you...



gold jerry, gold.

5/6/2010 12:53:18 PM

^^I know rite?


lately I've actually been a lot better about wearing my helmet while skating around, but not while I was riding my bike. I'll prob change that.


(not that I havent said that before )


^yea BHS brings the laffs often





FYI the story is also pretty disturbing (his wife kept a journal while he was in a coma) but also equally heart-warming, etc. If you got time to read it, that is.








[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 12:54 PM. Reason : arrers]

[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 12:56 PM. Reason : ...]

5/6/2010 12:53:20 PM

Quote :

"There is a student in here now and they are teaching her about neuro patients. That’s what they call Dorian, a neuro patient."

I hate when they do that. I was in the hospital for a respiratory problem years ago when a group of students came by to look at me.

Quote :

"The red scar along my head itched nonstop. I’d scratch it and feel the rough, thick edge of my skull. It dropped off about an inch to the inside of my head, which was protected only by my scalp and Gore-tex. The skin over the area where my skull was missing felt like a plastic balloon. If I pushed down on it, it would give, like the palm of your hand but without as much muscle. I didn’t push down too hard, scared that I would touch my brain."

Quote :

"The missing piece of my skull has been reattached. "

I wonder what he looks like now.

[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 1:15 PM. Reason : unless he has that cavity permanently ]

5/6/2010 1:15:31 PM

I feel like if they could do some cosmetic stuff they would. I would not be able to take my eyes off someone if they had that massive dent in their head

5/6/2010 1:31:54 PM

Bump as a PSA to wear your helmet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843iDd4a6Ic

5/6/2010 2:59:28 PM

sounds like the dude had a hemicraniectomy

they take a portion of the skull bone away to give the injured brain room to swell.

months later when it is safe to go back to the OR.......and if the bone flap hasn't become infected they will put it back where it used to be.


im reading the article now...........so far it sounds like a day at my job

[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 3:11 PM. Reason : .]

5/6/2010 3:08:27 PM

Quote :

"one of my favorite posts on here was from BigHitSunday i think, when there was that thread about that chick that stole her dad's porsche, went nuts with it, hit a guard rail, and there were pictures of her all slumped in the car, top down, after the wreck, totally brained and you could see the inside of the base of her skull. she was all kinds of fucked up... and he wrote you hangin out the window so they can see you..."

hahhaah i remember that i was laughin so hard tryna post that shit that i kept fuckin it up

5/6/2010 3:09:58 PM

heh, just noticed that the dude's wife was the first one to comment on the story

5/6/2010 3:13:10 PM

^ I guess this story was a little eye opening for me because it told how his injury affected his wife and family. What they had to go through was pretty shitty too.

Quote :

"so far it sounds like a day at my job"

What do you do Brainysmurf? Have you ever seen a brain before? (serious question)

5/6/2010 3:20:26 PM

Neuro ICU nurse

yes, ive seen brains.

ive worn them

sucked them out of noses and mouths

and washed them out of people's hair

and cut off dreadlocks with brains mashed in them.



BTW its national nurses week starting today..............go love a nurse.

5/6/2010 3:27:18 PM

dayum, glad its you and not me.


would you say a majority of the cases you see are accidents from skate/bike riding/rollerblading etc?


or more car accidents/ people falling off ladders/ etc?

[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 3:38 PM. Reason : also why does Nursing week start on a Thursday?]

5/6/2010 3:36:58 PM

so, so far you haven't had any zombie-like urges to ruminate on some central nervous tissue?

5/6/2010 3:43:31 PM

we see mix of things

Motor vehicle crashes
motorcycle crashes
ATV crashes--- ok drunken ATV or dirtbike crashes..........rarely a helmet in use
a few bike crashes
few people falling off of horses

at least one cracked out person falling off of a horse

tree limbs falling on peoples heads..... that was a doozy!

not too many skateboarders or rollerbladers actually the picu might see more of those.....we only take care of adults..........sometimes teenagers over 50kg.

a few unfortunate people beaten to death by "loved ones"

GSWs both self inflicted or otherwise

we dont really see THAT many traumatic brain injuries each year

mostly its intracranial bleeds, subarachnoid hemorrhages(from aneurysms or arteriovenous malformations) or really huge ischemic strokes that require a hemicraniectomy.

[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM. Reason : cuz nurse's day is always may 6th]

[Edited on May 6, 2010 at 3:58 PM. Reason : almost forgot..we see hundreds of brain tumor patients per year]

5/6/2010 3:45:44 PM

5/6/2010 3:47:12 PM

nah, i dont want to end up with kuru or some other TSE

so no brains n eggs for me

5/6/2010 3:49:56 PM

ok fine

5/6/2010 3:55:00 PM

^lol

and the pork brains reminds me of a story my coworker tells all the time.

He was staying a week with his grandfather when he was younger. They were about to work outside all day so his grandfather fixed them both a big breakfast:

coworker: wow grandpa, these eggs are great, but they are a little off-color, did you cook them in the sausage grease or something?

grandpa: Na, I cooked em in brains

coworker:

5/6/2010 3:58:24 PM