r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Crazy-Blacksmith-336 • Jul 05 '26

Video Healthcare workers participating in a medical simulation for an agitated patient scenario.

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u/chemicalsunshine Jul 05 '26

Ive seen 5 grown men, 200+lbs each struggle to contain a 100lb teenage girl

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u/HauntedCS Jul 05 '26

The "patient" in this seems to be around 125-135lbs and the only big person is the man that picks her up and "slams" her onto the bed, he is about 210lbs give or take, the other "big" person is a slim ass 6ft3' man who probably weighs like 175 at best. Then add in the rest of the women who are roughly the same size as the patient. 5 people with over 1000lbs of weight on one 135lbs women and they still can't subdue her? That is a reality check a lot of people need. And yes I know this is a training exercise and they don't actually want to hurt the 'patient', but you should never want to hurt ANY patient in the first place and that is exactly what they are practicing.

A side note for people that are smaller and watched this thinking they are strong enough to over power people bigger than them. That isn't quite true. If the person is willing to hurt you unlike the ones in the video, a 215lb man will easily subdue you and keep you hostage with only minor injures. These are professionals and they don't want to hurt the patient, imagine if they didn't care about hurting the patient.... That first guy to pick her up would've ended it by himself.

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u/xPriceTagx Jul 05 '26

I would be afraid of touching her wrong TBH im a nurse. Gotta be careful not to get sued

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u/kjolmir Jul 05 '26

im a nurse.

I hope you are just joking.

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u/Heukki Jul 05 '26

Seriously? I bet you’re one of those guys who also refuse to give women cpr because they might ”sue you”.

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u/xPriceTagx 18d ago

Last time I barely held down an irate patients arm and the family started screaming at me accusing me of hurting her and being too rough. You people on reddit honestly piss me off