This has happened before. Male doctors examined female patients’ mammary glands. After that, female patients cried and cried for indecent assault. Finally, doctors were accused of sexual harassment.
In fact, doctors and nurses have a set of systems and methods to avoid embarrassment when facing such private parts.
Electrocardiogram
The most common clinical embarrassing examination is electrocardiogram. Because women’s breasts must be exposed.
Therefore, in the electrocardiogram room of a large hospital, male doctors and female doctors will be arranged to work at the same time. If it is really not possible, there is no problem for female doctors to examine male patients. However, male doctors will try their best to avoid examining female patients.
Finally, I would like to add that when women do electrocardiogram, they should not wear dresses, you know.
Urethral catheterization
In the ward, catheterization is the most common operation, at this time, female nurses to male patients catheterization will also be avoided. If there is no male nurse, will let the male doctor to operate.
Because once the male patient is nervous, it will cause genital erection. At this time, it is not only psychological embarrassment, but also the failure to insert the catheter and delay the treatment. It is really embarrassing.
Operation
In the operating room, anesthesia is usually given first, and there is basically no distinction between men and women after anesthesia.
Avoid embarrassment, mainly to avoid patient embarrassment. Apart from the occasional blushing of new intern nurses, for the vast majority of doctors and nurses, there is no embarrassment at all.
Perhaps the operation itself is breast removal, breast augmentation, tumor removal of uterus and vagina, radical cure of prostate cancer, and even hymen repair. It is common for doctors, nurses, and anesthesiologists to perform such operations every day.
Embarrassment does not exist.
Listening to the heart and lungs
Listening to heart and lung is a very common and basic examination method. Most heart diseases, pneumonia, emphysema, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, etc. can be detected by stethoscope.
The basic requirement for auscultation is that the stethoscope contacts the skin directly.
However, in order to avoid embarrassment, many doctors will choose to listen through clothes or even through several layers of clothes. In fact, this is a little irresponsible for both doctors and patients.
Because this affects the accuracy of auscultation, turning important examination methods into a formality and omitting a lot of important information.
At this time, the patient can be generously explained the importance of stethoscope direct contact with skin.
Palpation
Examination is more prone to embarrassing situations.
We know that many obstetricians and gynecologists are women, while breast surgery, urology and male doctors are the majority.
The outpatient service of male doctors in obstetrics and gynecology is very crowded. However, female doctors in mammary gland and urology are definitely crowded.
Because most women do not like male doctors to examine themselves, they would rather queue up for female doctors. Sometimes, there is only one male doctor in the clinic, and many women even choose to come again another day.
If it is [a famous doctor], the situation will immediately reverse.
No matter how old a woman is, she will rush to let the professor feel whether there is a mass in her breast or whether there is a recurrence. And the director of anorectal surgery, waiting for them to examine [chrysanthemum] is countless.
In the face of life and disease, embarrassment seems to be completely forgotten.
Finally, when life is endangered, there is no need to have any scruples!
During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, remove clothes for pressing and mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. Don’t hesitate, because at this time, tens of seconds may be the difference between life and death.
To avoid embarrassment, the following three points need to be remembered:
No matter whether they are of the opposite sex or not, medical staff must communicate clearly with patients or their families before the examination, do a good job of explanation, and get full understanding and consent before starting. Some doctors do not stick to small sections and directly examine, which may cause misunderstanding.
If the patient is of the opposite sex, it is mainly male doctors versus female patients. During the whole examination or operation, a female doctor or nurse must be present at the same time. In fact, there is no need for family members to be present.
In China, to avoid unclear explanation, many outpatient examinations also require doctors not to close the door. Generally, they will pull a curtain or leave the door unlocked. At this time, other patients are required not to rush casually or surround them to watch the scene of bustle. This is disrespectful to other patients.