tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post2174861246278142158..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: Caring For Amputated LimbsOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-90455992017140602532019-12-01T18:35:34.680-08:002019-12-01T18:35:34.680-08:00Feelings related to loss of a limb are probably di...Feelings related to loss of a limb are probably diverse and vary from patient to patient. <br /><br />Treating severed body parts with respect did make old school surgeons and nurses feel a whole lot better about the messy business of amputations. Today, so many of the feel good aspects of healthcare have been derailed by dollar signs. I'm certain it's a lot cheaper to toss a severed leg in the trash than lease a cemetery plot and bury it. Times change, but not always for the better.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-75455515232298634982018-09-01T18:36:29.288-07:002018-09-01T18:36:29.288-07:00Patients grieve over the loss of a limb, but I'...Patients grieve over the loss of a limb, but I'm not sure they care about what happens to it once it's off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-89636102673307366282018-08-29T18:17:55.425-07:002018-08-29T18:17:55.425-07:00I suppose incinerating body parts in a dignified m...I suppose incinerating body parts in a dignified manner would be similar to cremation. I guess that would be OK as long as the limb is separated from the nasty detritus of other hospital waste. Just tossing something as significant as a limb in the trash stream really creeps me out.<br /><br /><br />I sometimes wondered what conclusions future anthropologists would come up with if a dig in the next millennium unearthed a cache of interred limbs. Now that could prove interesting.<br />Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-20384183612171412772018-08-29T01:11:37.891-07:002018-08-29T01:11:37.891-07:00In my day amputated body parts were incinerated at...In my day amputated body parts were incinerated at the hospital - but now we actually get reports in the newspapers of amputated limbs being found at public council dumps. I'm with you & cantankerous Alice on this one OFRN & glad I'm long out of the hospital system quite honestly! SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-2923018338583989782018-08-27T21:19:20.247-07:002018-08-27T21:19:20.247-07:00I remember, very early on in my career, doing a dr...I remember, very early on in my career, doing a dressing change on an old diabetic patient with a gangrenous foot...<br />Sure enough, as I gently unwound the voluminous Kerlex dressing, one of the gentleman's toes came off with the dressing.<br />No blood, no muss, no fuss.<br />I remember being stunned and awed, and thinking "Now what the h*** do I do with it?!?!"<br />You can be sure I treated it with respect!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.com