ER Nurses React to the Craziest Lab Values Ever | The ER Edit Ep. 10

In this episode of The ER Edit, we react to the craziest lab values and vital signs nurses have seen, including wild blood pressures, glucose numbers, sodium levels, troponins, ethanol levels, DKA, alcohol withdrawal, rhabdo, and BNPs that made us question reality.We also get into the ER moments that stick with us, from patients saying they are going to die to an emotional Christmas Eve STEMI story. Then we open the Whisper Line for anonymous confessions, ICU secrets, relationship red flags, and one hospital room affair we were not prepared for.— — — — — — — — — —LISTEN TO THE ER EDITSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theEReditFOLLOW THE ER EDITTikTok: @theEReditInstagram: @theERedit_CONNECT WITH THE HOSTSCaitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89Business inquiries: [email protected]— — — — — — — — — —00:00 Tell My Wife and Daughter I Love Them00:25 Clocking In to Episode 1000:55 The Podcast Hits the Top 20003:13 Craziest Labs and Vitals Nurses Have Seen03:53 A Blood Pressure That Should Not Be Real05:22 White Count, Sodium, Troponin, and Ethanol Chaos08:31 The Critical Troponin Call That Taught a Lesson10:31 Nursing Diagnosis Did Not Teach Us This12:01 Blood Sugar of 2020 and DKA Explained14:33 Hemoglobin Drops and a Ruptured Spleen Story17:16 Alcohol Withdrawal Patients Are Terrifying19:15 Rhabdo, CK Over 40000, and Flu Complications21:54 BNP of 122000 and Heart Failure Fluid Overload23:38 The Whisper Line Starts Getting Unhinged26:09 The Stroke Confession That Hit Hard31:22 Marriage Red Flags and No Caller ID Panic35:02 When Patients Say They Are Going to Die37:31 The Christmas Eve STEMI Story42:29 The ICU Room Affair Nobody Was Ready For44:00 Caught in the Hospital Bathroom