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This week on The ER Edit, Caitlin and Karlie talk about the sex injuries that end up in the emergency room, from cock rings and foreign objects to retained tampons, penile fractures, priapism, and the ER stories patients are usually way too embarrassed to explain.

It is chaotic, uncomfortable, very nurse coded, and somehow still practical. If there is one message underneath all the horror and laughing, it is this: just tell us what happened. The CT scan is going to tell on you anyway.

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00:00 The ER call nobody wants

02:19 When sex sends you to the ER

03:28 Sex injury quiz time

04:06 Cock rings and fire department backup

05:30 When foreign objects require hospitalization

06:47 Who ends up with genital foreign body injuries

08:00 Why the base matters

09:06 Reddit sex injury stories begin

10:15 Retained tampons and ER removals

11:39 Jalapeños and terrible timing

14:08 The Halloween bathroom injury

15:02 Penile fractures and the loud pop

18:05 When sex becomes a real emergency

24:00 Priapism treatment is gnarly

31:13 Why honesty matters in the ER

This episode is all about the hospital superstitions and spooky ER stories nurses swear are real. We talk full moons, never saying quiet, deaths and traumas coming in threes, haunted hospital rooms, weird call lights, near death experiences, and the nurse gut feelings that make you stop and pay attention.

It gets funny, creepy, and a little heavy in the way only ER conversations can. Caitlin Armstrong and Karlie Tooley also get into patient safety, unsafe encounters, prisoners in the ER, and why nurse intuition is not something to ignore.

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The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of Caitlin Armstrong and Karlie Tooley and do not represent the views, policies, or positions of their current or former employers, hospitals, healthcare organizations, or any affiliated institutions. This podcast is for entertainment and general discussion purposes only and should not be considered medical advice.

00:00 Motorcycle ghost story cold open

00:23 Welcome to The ER Edit

00:33 Candy, chaos, and a deleted episode

02:59 Hospital superstitions and supernatural stories

04:06 Never say quiet in the ER

05:48 Full moons and hospital energy

07:44 Death, codes, and traumas come in threes

08:47 Crash carts, RSI kits, and warding off disaster

10:19 Nurse intuition and the sixth sense

12:31 Frequent flyers and the Beetlejuice rule

13:10 Vents, BiPAP, and comfort care timing

15:03 Never switch your own assignment

15:39 The haunted hospital room

19:13 Empty rooms, call lights, and ghost stories

21:08 Spooky hospital stories from nurses

28:07 The motorcycle patient who disappeared

33:46 Black eyes, unsafe patients, and trusting your gut

38:04 Prisoners, high profile patients, and ER safety

42:18 Why ER nursing can feel genuinely scary

This week we are breaking down the ER myths that make nurses twitch: ambulances do not automatically get you seen first, chest pain does not always mean a bed, normal labs do not always tell the whole story, and the waiting room is absolutely not the DMV.

Caitlin and Karlie walk through triage, EMS wall time, imaging expectations, pain protocols, fevers, head injuries, and the nurse anxiety that comes from seeing what can go wrong.

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00:00 Triage is not vibes

00:26 Current events before the chaos

03:06 ER MythBusters begins

03:49 Ambulance arrivals do not skip triage

06:30 When ambulance patients go to the lobby

08:46 Wall time and the EMS backup

11:00 The medic wall confrontation

15:15 Chest pain is a trigger word, not a guaranteed bed

17:37 What the ER is actually built to do

21:30 MRIs, CT scans, and imaging expectations

23:40 Pain protocols and narcotic misunderstandings

26:29 The ER is not first come, first served

32:25 Normal labs do not always tell the whole story

40:29 Rapid fire ER myths

43:41 Head injuries, helmets, and nurse anxiety

This episode is heavy. We talk about the death of Ada Doss, a nurse who was killed walking to her car after work, and the bigger conversation it brings up about nurse safety, hospital security, workplace violence, and the way healthcare workers are expected to keep showing up after terrifying things happen.

We also get into the behind the scenes reality of ER codes, caring for one of your own, DNRs, medical power of attorney, organ donation, and honor walks. It is honest, emotional, and very real about what nurses carry and why protecting healthcare workers has to matter before tragedy happens.

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00:00 Opening Moment

00:17 Weekend Catch Up

02:05 Scrub Trends and Danskos

02:57 A Heavy Week for Nurses

03:08 The Ada Doss Case

05:01 Walking to the Car Alone

08:13 When the ER Responds

10:27 Hospital Safety Failed Her

12:14 You Did Not Sign Up for This

16:14 When It Is One of Your Own

23:07 Protecting Healthcare Workers

29:32 What Codes Really Look Like

32:37 DNRs and Family Decisions

35:28 Organ Donation and Honor Walks

43:30 Why This Conversation Matters

We recorded live at NurseCon 2026, and this episode went exactly where you would expect: medication errors, ER nurse chaos, wild audience stories, burnout, nurse ratios, and one very unfortunate cruise laxative situation.

We react to shocking med error stories, including insulin mistaken for Lasix, Lantus pushed IV, mannitol into a lumbar drain, cough syrup through an IV, and the kinds of medical stories that make every nurse double check everything forever.

We also talk about our own early nursing mistakes, why errors are often bigger than one person, the Swiss cheese effect, post-Covid burnout, bad preceptor experiences, and why nurses need spaces where they can laugh, vent, and feel understood.

The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of Caitlin Armstrong and Karlie Tooley and do not represent the views, policies, or positions of their current or former employers, hospitals, healthcare organizations, or any affiliated institutions. This podcast is for entertainment and general discussion purposes only and should not be considered medical advice.

00:00 Struggling for My Life

00:27 Clocked In Live at NurseCon

01:08 Who We Are and Why We’re Here

02:11 From Secret TikToks to Med Errors

03:14 Taking Medication Errors Live

04:48 Every Nurse Has a Med Error Story

05:13 Blood in 15 Seconds and Morphine Allergies

06:13 Insulin Instead of Lasix

07:19 Amiodarone for Bradycardia?

08:09 Full Bottle of Lantus IV Push

09:19 Cough Syrup Through an IV

10:23 The PCA Pump That Went Nowhere

11:47 Why Nursing Mistakes Are So Scary

13:14 The Allergy Miss That Became an Airway Emergency

14:30 The Swiss Cheese Effect

15:19 Nurse Ratios Around the Country

16:36 8 Patients on Night Shift

17:29 The Most Unhinged Nurse Would You Rather

20:11 Alcohol Withdrawal or Psych C Diff?

21:27 ER Nurse Red Flags

24:18 NurseCon, Burnout, and Finding Your People

24:55 The Cruise Laxative Incident

28:12 Taco Bell in the Driveway

28:43 Nurses Know How to Let Loose

32:26 Why We Talk About the Hard Stuff

34:42 New Nurses, Burnout, and Bad Preceptors

39:12 How Covid Changed Healthcare

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.

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00:00 Tell My Wife and Daughter I Love Them

00:25 Clocking In to Episode 10

00:55 The Podcast Hits the Top 200

03:13 Craziest Labs and Vitals Nurses Have Seen

03:53 A Blood Pressure That Should Not Be Real

05:22 White Count, Sodium, Troponin, and Ethanol Chaos

08:31 The Critical Troponin Call That Taught a Lesson

10:31 Nursing Diagnosis Did Not Teach Us This

12:01 Blood Sugar of 2020 and DKA Explained

14:33 Hemoglobin Drops and a Ruptured Spleen Story

17:16 Alcohol Withdrawal Patients Are Terrifying

19:15 Rhabdo, CK Over 40000, and Flu Complications

21:54 BNP of 122000 and Heart Failure Fluid Overload

23:38 The Whisper Line Starts Getting Unhinged

26:09 The Stroke Confession That Hit Hard

31:22 Marriage Red Flags and No Caller ID Panic

35:02 When Patients Say They Are Going to Die

37:31 The Christmas Eve STEMI Story

42:29 The ICU Room Affair Nobody Was Ready For

44:00 Caught in the Hospital Bathroom

This week on The ER Edit, Caitlin Armstrong and Karlie Tooley are playing Would You Survive the ER? We are talking wild triage moments, homeboy transport, PPE surprises, decon showers, scabies versus bedbugs, skin snow, a nursing school toe story we truly were not ready for, and the ER cases that make you realize anything can walk through the door.

If you are an ER nurse, nursing student, new grad, healthcare worker, or just here for the chaos, this one is funny, disgusting, honest, and painfully accurate. Clock in and let us know which scenario would have sent you home.

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00:00 She Pulled Off a Toe?

00:22 Would You Survive the ER?

01:18 The Wildest Triage Story

04:53 Homeboy Transport Chaos

07:08 Decon Showers and PPE Panic

14:05 Scabies Family Plan or Bedbugs?

17:32 Skin Snow and the Toe Story

21:04 Period Pants in a Trauma

24:27 Guess the Triage Level

27:11 Grandma Fell on Baby Aspirin

30:23 The Aortic Dissection That Scares Nurses

35:33 How Patients Accidentally Make the ER Worse

In this episode, we are talking about the nursing stereotypes that are way too accurate. We get into the personalities every hospital seems to have, from the OG nurse and the Gen Z nurse to the know it all nurse, male nurse stereotypes, and the ER nurse who thrives in chaos.

We also break down specialty stereotypes for psych, NICU, peds, PICU, flight, ICU, PACU, and ER nurses, and have way too much fun guessing which specialties different celebrities would work in. This one is funny, specific, and painfully relatable.

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0:00 The Tailored Scrubs Debate

0:19 Welcome Back To The ER Edit

0:43 Why Nursing Stereotypes Are So Accurate

1:43 The Legendary OG Nurse

3:33 Male Nurse Stereotypes

7:28 The Gen Z Nurse

9:36 Scrub Trends And Nurse Style

13:09 The Scary Know It All Nurse

17:06 Psych Nurse Stereotypes

18:18 NICU, Peds, And PICU Nurses

22:15 Flight Nurses Are Built Different

26:56 ICU Nurses Vs ER Nurses

32:05 Why ER Nurses Are Their Own Breed

33:32 Celebrities As Nurse Specialties

37:24 Wrapping Up

In this episode, we talk about what happens when nursing becomes more than a career and starts becoming part of your identity. From nursing school to years in the ER, we share how the job can shape our minds, our relationships, and the way we carry stress long after a shift ends.

We also open up about how motherhood changed the way we experience nursing, trauma, anxiety, and work life balance. This is a vulnerable conversation about nurse burnout, mental health, PTSD, boundaries, pride in the profession, and learning how to be more than just the title of nurse.

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0:00 The PTSD That Comes Back

0:20 Welcome Back To The ER Edit

1:46 When Nursing Becomes Your Identity

5:19 Why Karlie Chose Nursing

7:21 College, Setbacks, And Alaska

11:17 Caitlin’s Path Into Nursing

14:21 You Are Not Too Old For Nursing

18:28 The Pride Of Being An ER Nurse

20:13 Leaving The ER And Becoming A Mom

23:56 How Motherhood Changed Nursing

31:06 Boundaries, PTO, And Mental Health

37:15 You Are More Than Your Job

We are reacting to some of the wildest ER stories involving objects stuck in the rectum, from cue balls and shampoo bottles to Maglites, broken toys, and curling wand tips. We break down what actually happens in the emergency room, when sedation or surgery is needed, why some patients wait too long to get help, and how quickly these cases can turn serious with bowel perforation, sepsis, and other complications. It is funny, chaotic, and very nurse coded.

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