"Coffee Ground Emesis"

[Aidey]

See poll.

 

[RocketMedic]

There's a different, poopier smell.

 

[NYMedic828]

Just about every time I've seen it, it looks like brown water with black flakes. Pretty distinct.

 

[zmedic]

I thought it was the taste.

(Note to Rookies, don't eat your patient's puke)

 

[NYMedic828]

See poll.

So what spurred this poll?

 

[VFlutter]

So what spurred this poll?

I am guessing someone was trying to argue its not coffee ground because is not ____ color or not ____ texture.

 

[Tigger]

The first time I saw I was shocked at how dead accurate the term coffee grounds emesis actually is.

 

[Aidey]

Got into an argument with an RN over it. The guy was throwing up what looked like brown water. She said coffee ground. I said no.

 

[VFlutter]

Got into an argument with an RN over it. The guy was throwing up what looked like brown water. She said coffee ground. I said no.

Hmm could be a number of things but I wouldn't really consider it coffee ground without the texture (Ie. clotted blood)

 

[ffemt8978]

The first time I saw I was shocked at how dead accurate the term coffee grounds emesis actually is.

Same here.

 

[mycrofft]

VISUAL texture, not tactile. And I've seen many more that looked like they'd been eating cigarette tobacco, plus that everlovin' stank.

 

[Ewok Jerky]

the first time i saw it i asked my partner "is that coffee ground emesis?".

once in the back of the rig my Pt said "i dont eat coffee grounds"

:rofl:

 

[mycrofft]

http://www.nuts.com/chocolatessweets/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/?gclid=CMbtje6P6bMCFSTZQgod6yEAPg

 

[Aidey]

Hmm could be a number of things but I wouldn't really consider it coffee ground without the texture (Ie. clotted blood)

Oh it was definitely blood. He had been vomiting true coffee ground emesis earlier in the day, and I think by the time we got him he had thrown up all of the clots and just had blood tinged bile/water left.

 

[Amberlamps916]

Tis very smelly....