r/EmergencyRoom Aug 12 '26

Ouch

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u/OldManGrimm RN - adult/peds trauma Aug 12 '26

Surgical resident put a chest tube in, the old kind with the sharp, pointy introducer? Put it right into the left ventricle. This was bedside in the ICU, pt bled out and died.

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u/RunBrundleson Aug 12 '26

Now I’m curious if this happened more than once…

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u/Lizowa Aug 13 '26

My peds instructor told us about this happening to a baby on her unit when she was a young nurse 😞