This is Spinal Tap

I had an extremely busy day today in the hospital. Many of the patients have complicated problems, but one of them all of a sudden became unable to stand up or walk.

To investigate, we ordered a bunch of brain scans. But in addition, we need to check his spinal fluid for any signs of infection. It's up to me to suck the spinal fluid from his back. This procedure is commonly known as the spinal tap, but doctors like to call it "lumbar puncture".

To do it right, I had to align his spine perfectly without any rotation. Too much flexion would prevent the needle from reaching the spinal space, and too much rotation would twist his vertebrae so the needle could not advance.

Luckily, I had a good nurse to help me hold him down. His mother was also in the room, comforting him. I got it with a single stick. There's no bleeding. Crystal clear spinal fluid streamed out from the needle like pure mountain stream.

Boy, that felt even better than getting a head shot in CS:S.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

You f**king nutter, well done.

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Ill be the first to say: Good job, I realize that that procedure is
complicated in every aspect. My father had to get one when he was
having back diffuculties, he was extremely nervous, but luckily he got
a talented doctor like yourself to do the procedure sucessfully.

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Posting And You

How you can compare spinal taps to headshots in CS is beyond me... :biggrin:

BOOM! SPINESHOT!

Thats pretty cool, I'd like to be able to do surgery (like tracheotomies and stuff). Not that I probably ever will, but it'd be a useful skill to have.

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"If you talk at all during this lesson, you have detention. Do you understand?"

• My yr11 Economics teacher

But our needles go up to 11...

Well done. I can imagine to work under pressure is one of the hardest things to do. Especially in your business.

I have had a spinal anesthesia once. But it wasn't half as exciting as a spinal tab must be.

First I thought about sending my injured neighbourkids to you. (Due to
the remarkably bad qualifications of our local hospitals' personnel).
But I assume you've got enough work already.

Keep up the good work (And you might be promoted to "SnarkPits best pediatrist with outstanding achievements")

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Never try to be perfect - just try it and make the best out of it

Did you scream out owned when the spinal fluid came out?

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Reckless disregard for childrens well being, women and nothing but utter contempt for other cultures.

I don't suppose you used a 2.5 half-automatic needle? :biggrin:

Anyway, good job. :smile:

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Nice job there, precision in things like that is incredibly difficult

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I need a new sig

Well done :wink:

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What the Snarkpitters listen to!

very well done, my mother is a nurse, but she's just there to help the patients when they wake up :l

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Boo f**king Hoo

This reminds me of an operation my dad went through, except that it was
the opposite thing, injecting iodate (i think) rather than extracting.
It's a very primitive way of determining whether someone has damage to
the inner-spine. The rack you have to be layed on reminds me of
medieval torture as it stretches and squeezes it's victimy excessively. So, if
you don't have a damaged spine after all,you will after this test.

Well done dude :biggrin: ..

but be sure next time you wouldn't suck his brain out while thinking about css or something :razz:

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

...was I the only one who got what Crash Car Start said?

Anyways great job. Playing CS surely pays off.

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''Everyone wades in s**t until they're competent enough to walk on it. Jesus style.''
Dystopia - Empires

You know, sometimes I feel that the satisfaction you feel when you do a
job perfectly is the ultimate feeling in the world. That feeling of
elation at that moment just can't be beaten... You feel like you want
to remember it forever, and tell everyone about it, like you want to
put it up on a banner for everybody to see. I imagine it must be all
the more so for a job such as yours.

I'll stop before I get any more sickening :wink:

nice job, my dads a vet, but i dont think hes ever had to do a spinal tap on any animals if they have such a thing

IMPRESSIVE!!

SPINESHOT!!!!

GODLIKE!!!

QUAD DAMAGE!!!

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Did you scream out owned when the spinal fluid came out?

I did not, but I really wanted to. It would not be appropriate to yell that out in front of the mother.

You feel like you want to remember it forever, and tell everyone about it

That's why I started the thread right after the procedure. In fact, it was the first thing that occurred to me when I successfully performed the tap. I wanted to share the experience with all my SnarkPit mates.

I still get a bit nervous every time I do the lumbar puncture, because there are times when I simply could not get the fluid.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

But our needles go up to 11...

I almost pissed my pants laughing at this....

NICE WORK SATCHMO!!!!!

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Nickelplate is my dad

Nice job. Woot!

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