Reflections on the morbidly obese patient...
1. they are hard to intubate
2. they are near impossible to resuscitate
3. they sometimes do not fit ambulances...
4. veins.... can be a problem....
5. chest x-rays? urrrghhhh...... okay, we know there are lungs there but...
6. CT scans? well, most CT machines can't take people > 200 kgs.
Then there's the girth of the detector ring...
7. Ever tried reducing a fracture/dislocated ankle in someone like this?
8. Well first you gotta diagnose it... Sometimes without an x-ray it's hard...
So you see apart from the usual medical reasons for not being overweight, there are practical considerations as well...
Be good to your body. Do not abuse it!
Posted at 10:09 am by erdoc
