I used to work in the medical field and had to have a nurse sign some paperwork. She reached into her scrubs and pulled out a thermometer and immediately went “Damnit, some asshole has my pen!”
I’ve had to bring my toddler into the ER a couple times over the last two months, and both times the nurse brought a little portable thermometer, like you’d get at any drug store, just for her rectal temperatures. Both times we were encouraged to bring them home. I think one of them might still be in my wife’s purse…
But yes, even if they sleeve them before they shove it up someone’s ass, I’d still prefer to have nothing near my mouth that has been shoved up someones ass.
Red means rectal in medicine. Labels are unnecessary. When you turn on the meter it will dictate RECTAL because the red insert is telling it to. You swap out the red insert for the blue insert and you now have access to adult under arm, pediatric under arm and oral settings.
A doctor is walking through the office when a nurse asks him to sing a form. He pulls out a rectal thermometer to sign it and the nurse says “doctor, you can’t sign this with a rectal thermometer”. The doctor says “hmm, then some a$$hole must have my pen!”
Once the oral one is used incorrectly, it is forever a new rectal thermometer. If the rectal one is used incorrectly, that is unfortunate for the patient, but it forever remains rectal.
“This one goes in your mouth, this one goes in your arm pit, and this one goes in your butt. No wait, this one goes in your mouth and this one goes in your butt.”
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhl5ObsQZfQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhl5ObsQZfQ)
Idiocracy was correct again!
Little known fact: The only difference between these two devices is the taste.
Blue for oral and red for rectal.
You know, in the heat of the moment
They need to be sterilized either way so it doesn’t actually make a difference…?
The boxes in the back contain ~10cm long single-use plastic covers, that go over the same-length probes that get inserted. Jus sayin’
I’m gonna swap them
I used to work in the medical field and had to have a nurse sign some paperwork. She reached into her scrubs and pulled out a thermometer and immediately went “Damnit, some asshole has my pen!”
I’ve had to bring my toddler into the ER a couple times over the last two months, and both times the nurse brought a little portable thermometer, like you’d get at any drug store, just for her rectal temperatures. Both times we were encouraged to bring them home. I think one of them might still be in my wife’s purse…
Thank god for those plastic sleeves lol.
But yes, even if they sleeve them before they shove it up someone’s ass, I’d still prefer to have nothing near my mouth that has been shoved up someones ass.
They use disposable covers so it’s sort of a non issue
If you have one of each, there is no need to clean them.
Ah, the classic ass to mouth
Wait…
Shuffle Shuffle…
Put THIS one in your mouth.
Red means rectal in medicine. Labels are unnecessary. When you turn on the meter it will dictate RECTAL because the red insert is telling it to. You swap out the red insert for the blue insert and you now have access to adult under arm, pediatric under arm and oral settings.
A doctor is walking through the office when a nurse asks him to sing a form. He pulls out a rectal thermometer to sign it and the nurse says “doctor, you can’t sign this with a rectal thermometer”. The doctor says “hmm, then some a$$hole must have my pen!”
99% of these commenters clearly dont work in healthcare…
Once the oral one is used incorrectly, it is forever a new rectal thermometer. If the rectal one is used incorrectly, that is unfortunate for the patient, but it forever remains rectal.
“This one goes in your mouth, this one goes in your arm pit, and this one goes in your butt. No wait, this one goes in your mouth and this one goes in your butt.”
But labelling everything is a pain in the ass.
I like how the rectal one has brown trim instead of blue.
They have plastic probe covers you weirdos, which is single use, they throw it away after the temp is taken.
The fact this needs to be explained is just … old
Wait, which holder did I take the thermometers out of? Oh well…
They labeled the wrong part
But they didn’t label the thermometer. They labeled the holder. What stops someone from switching the thermometers. Maybe I already did.
[This one goes in your mouth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhl5ObsQZfQ)
Don’t wanna come anywhere near that on April fool’s
> this is why labelling thermomemters is essential
but… but they didn’t tho. They labeled the carging station/holder.The thermometers themselves are “only” color coded.
Why would you have them next to each other…shouldn’t one be on top of the other 😆
Straight up Idiocracy
Yup. Definitely wouldn’t want that oral thermometer used for anal measurements.
I’m going to swap the stickers