Because there’s no way X-Rays and specific types of medication could possibly hurt an unborn baby. All hospitals should just assume women are not able to be pregnant- or, essentially the same as men- and just treat them accordingly. I mean, it’s not like this shit isn’t taught in med school.
Imagine the outrage if hospitals stopped asking and just treated women with procedures and medications that are fatal to the unborn.
Yep. Even as a mere medic, we are supposed to at least consider any woman from 9 to 99 could be pregnant. And it fast and easy to ask, assuming a responsive patient. The overwhelming number of times it didn’t play into my treatment plan doesn’t matter. All it takes is just one time to not consider it and someone can be severely injured or dead because I didn’t consider it. If I had any doubt about pregnant or not, I asked the patient straight up.
I think explaining rationale for what you’re doing can be very helpful for patient comfort (not to mention compliance). Cis man here, but on the one hand I hear about enough women’s medical concerns getting dismissed to understand why that might be the assumption even when there’s good reason; and just from my own experience I like to understand what providers are thinking / working on with me.
Because there’s no way X-Rays and specific types of medication could possibly hurt an unborn baby. All hospitals should just assume women are not able to be pregnant- or, essentially the same as men- and just treat them accordingly. I mean, it’s not like this shit isn’t taught in med school.
Imagine the outrage if hospitals stopped asking and just treated women with procedures and medications that are fatal to the unborn.
Apology in advance for the nuanced take.
Yep. Even as a mere medic, we are supposed to at least consider any woman from 9 to 99 could be pregnant. And it fast and easy to ask, assuming a responsive patient. The overwhelming number of times it didn’t play into my treatment plan doesn’t matter. All it takes is just one time to not consider it and someone can be severely injured or dead because I didn’t consider it. If I had any doubt about pregnant or not, I asked the patient straight up.
I think explaining rationale for what you’re doing can be very helpful for patient comfort (not to mention compliance). Cis man here, but on the one hand I hear about enough women’s medical concerns getting dismissed to understand why that might be the assumption even when there’s good reason; and just from my own experience I like to understand what providers are thinking / working on with me.