Listening to the EMS radio out at triage, I overheard a patch for an incoming GSW punctuated by sounds of screaming from the back of the ambulance. I made my way over to the trauma bay and helped prepare the room. A few minutes later, EMS arrived with a 28 year old female sporting a single through and through GSW to the left lower extremity just below the knee.
In between shrieking about her pain and swearing at us for cutting off her clothes, we learned that she had been parking her car when her ex-boyfriend approached her. The two argued, and he promptly shot her in the leg before she could even get out of the car. All the screaming quickly stopped, however, once the ultrasound machine was brought over to check for internal injuries.
As the probe moved over her belly, she smiled at the resident, and politely asked, "As long as you've got that thing out, would you mind checking the placement of my IUD?"
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