Clothes cut or taken off during emergency trauma exam

Julie13 Your experience in the ER, How old were you ?

I have been in that situation and my clothes were cut off. I was not happy as I was wearing one of my favorite tees and pair of jeans. If that was not bad enough, they also cut off my underwear as well, which had been expensive and that I liked a lot! It still makes me angry to think about my clothes being ruined like that! The only things they didn't destroy were my shoes and socks. Right after that they put a catheter in me, and none too gently!

As a trauma nurse , I typically take this into consideration. If my patient is there for a “minor“ trauma (ie: in a minor car wreck and I feel that they may be discharged after evaluation) I always try to take their clothes off without cutting them (within reason). Otherwise if it’s a major trauma or isolation injury (broken arm or leg) yes I’ll cut the clothes.

I would enjoy both.

As a former EMT. We only cut clothes to expose bleeding injuries or to evaluate what could be a serious injury.

As someone who enjoys medfet I would love to include cutting clothes off as part of the play. I once did a tickling play where my clothes were cut off rather than removing the restraints.

Having had an emergency experience, i was fortunate enough to not need my clothing cut off. When i was admitted to to the hospital (after being to two ERs) they gave me a hospital gown to wear and i opted to leave my pants on for the night while i took off my shirt. The next day they had me take a shower where they disappeared my pants into the same closet as my shirt and shoes/socks and i was stuck, bare assed, in a hospital gown.

When I was 15 and I fainted, at the beginning they put me on the floor, they checked if I had broken anything, they auscultated, they pressed me on my stomach. All fully clothed. When I was in the ambulance, they started to undress me, they didn't cut anything. They took off my shoes, socks, T-shirt. I was wearing shorts and a top, which they pulled up to auscultate me, to check my abdomen, chest and back more carefully.

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I had the same experience as a couple of the others who posted in this thread. When I was in 6th grade I rode my bike like crazy. I thought I wanted to be a competitive racer.

The summer before 7th grade started, I had a really bad crash going down a hill. I got knocked out. I had a lot of road rash, a concussion, and a chipped tooth. The paramedics came and took me to the hospital.

I think the paramedic was pretty worried that I had serious injuries. I had all my clothes cut off in the ambulance while he checked me over. He did cover me with a blanket before we got out, but when I got in to the trauma center they took the blanket off while the did their initial checks on me. Once the first exam was done, which took about 5 minutes, they covered me back up.

27 years ago while riding a motorcycle on the interstate at about 65-75 mile an hour I was hit by a black bird in the lower leg, if you've ever been on a motorcycle and get hit by let's say junebugs or other assorted flying insects you know that shit leaves a mark and hurts like a bitch! A bird is an entire different feeling , imagine a softball sized rock coming at you at 65 miles an hour😣 broke , crushed both lower leg bones. Now I have jeans and leathers on and I stayed on the damn bike by the way! Was able to pull off the road, and at that moment I wasn't feeling any pain, but I knew , just knew that wasn't going to last! Anyhow called an ambulance, and the first thing they said was don't cut anything off, it was basically holding it all together. Once in the ambulance the medic was great, he said sweetheart we're gonna get the pain meds on board now and thanked me for not freaking out! Hospital more meds and normal checks, they did x-ray with jeans on leathers have snaps so easy to take off, good news was they didn't cut them off untill I was in surgery, so I was knocked out before flashing my bum. 😎 They let me take my shirt and bra off myself. All said and done two surgeries and 8 months later I could ride again, only problem is was February in the Midwest, freezing cold😡.

In a “play exam” setting, for sure cut them off!

However I was in a vehicle vs pedestrian accident when I was 5. I couldn't tell you what I was doing before this happened, I only remember walking out to get a ball that was next to the road, next thing I remember was a loud screech and I was in the driveway being told not to move..and felt like an eternity waiting for help.. though I was for the most part unharmed other a fractured humerus and a bit of road rash from it on my right arm I was unfortunate however to have my clothes cut off of me before I even got to the trauma room, I remember thinking they were going to cut my arm off when they had the scissors near my sleeve on my shirt and I FREAKED out! Only thing that I remember that was actually even taken off was my shoes even though they cut my shoestrings.

About 20 years ago, I had an emergency where my finger was nearly removed and had to be rushed to the ER. At the time, I was not able to enjoy it, but two ER nurses stripped me completely nude and then put a sheet on me. My one arm was completely immobilized and they cut my t-shirt off. They pulled my jeans and underpants off without cutting them.

Not for real, but I do it in play. Both myself and the dr find it really erotic, and it gives them immense power over me.

Definitely would not want to be a trauma case in real life, but in play, I love the thought of having my clothes cut off. It’s been a fantasy of mine ever since I watched those ER documentary shows on Discovery.

For Trauma / unresponsive patients the clothes are cut off for STAT evaluation.

It also helps avoid more exposure to any drugs on the clothes.

Had a bad car accident where I had a shoulder and rib injury. Medics cut my shirts off and left pants on but unbuttoned them. When I got to the ER - high on pain meds at that point- I recall the doctors and nurses talking a lot to each other and as that was happening one said - let’s check in for lower extremity injuries- at that point- someone pulled my pants and boxers off at the same time. They rolled me to check my back and then rolled me back and covered me with a small sheet.

I was travelling somewhere with an army medic who was a close friend, a few years ago, and tripped in the street where there was a hole in the sidewalk. I was wearing jeans and boots and blood started seeping through my jeans and I couldn't quite get up, so my friend ran to a nearby convenience store to get scissors and got out his medic kit and cut my jeans out in the street. He only cut around my knee area where the blood from coming from and cleaned my cuts and loosely bandaged around my jeans, and then carried me to our truck. Later at the base he continued examining me and found my ankle was sprained and he bandaged that as well as my knee again.

He was adorable but I definitely remember the adrenaline of him cutting through my pants out in the street and me lying back helpless just letting him.

Obviously I would not want to be in that kind of situation for real

But having my clothes cut off in a role play would be hot. Even if not a medfet play. But being restrained and than having clothes either cut or ripped off.

I was in a car accident, a side impact collision when I was 20 in far reaches of northern Ontario, Massey Ontario to be exact Had three broken ribs, a slight concussion and other minor injuries. When fire dept arrived, i did not know what happened, they saw I was short of breath and in in extreme pain so they told me to take deep breaths which I could not so they cut off my shirt and loosened my pants, gave me an IV for pain, asked me where I hurt I pointed to head and said everywhere. I was driven a long way to a small town hospital in Little Current there the ER nurse and Doctor, both female eveluated me but first pulled only my pants off. Then they did some s rays and imaging tests to determine extent of injuries. after spending he rest of the day I was kept for observation to ensure my head injury did not get worse. All was good so I was released the next morning. I then paid a person in town the doctor new to drive me 60 miles to our family summer home on the north channel in Gore Bay So, overall when in this situation I had no fantasy just needed help.

When I worked Trauma for a few years and even in flight. The patients I would say were 95% delivered to Trauma with clothes on. The shirt may be cut to attach equipment and even to get an IV started. Pants usually only cut if they needed to access a vein and or if there was an arterial bleed or something of that nature where they need to get in to save your life. In the trauma bay is usually where your clothes are cut off. Before films are shot and before being taken to CT/MRI. They need to access the body for other injuries and to see if you have any pacemakers etc. But it is all done really fast and you are covered really fast as well.

If for any reason I’m taken to the ER, whatever they do to save my life or treat me is fine. Do what’s necessary to find out or rule out issues. Not a fantasy to be stripped And be exposed.

They don't always cut them off.

When my mother landed in the ER, two nurses said if she (Mom) didn't mind they had a way to get her clothes off quickly without having to cut them off but it might be embarrassing. Mom said “Do it!" the nurse by her head grabbed her sweater and bra strap

s and pulled them off in one fell swoop while the nurse at her feet grabbed her pants legs and nylons and pulled. One put a sheet over her while the other started putting EKG leads on her. Mom told them “Good job! Thank you!”

This was at Cedars Sinai in the late 90s.

My clothes are expensive so this is why i shop at Walmart at 2am in my PJ's in case i have an accident

Work in EMS and if we work any major trauma we are cutting your clothes off. by doing we have to move you less. You are usually going to be strapped down to a back board. It all really depend on how you were hurt and what all could be hurt as to how much we will cut off.

@Sweet_Stephanie curious, what was the whole sequence of that? Like, did your parents see you crash and call 911? What did they check when you were in the ER? Did they move you around a lot? Was your bike racing dream shattered?!

Also I hope you got some sort of pain killers at some point… I work at a hospital (nothing medical) and felt REALLY bad for this young woman who was obviously in so much pain coming into the ER. Though that's common down there, I'm sure everybody felt it..

This is an older topic, but I ran into it while searching for something else. In fantasy anything can happen. In play it can be even better.

The reality is there is no glamor, no pleasure in the experience. My body was so high from adrenaline rush I was not interested in finding pleasure in the experience.

When they asked about cutting off my shirt I let them. They needed to get me into a more accessable outfit so they could diagnosis my medical issues -- broken bones. The shirt would not be missed so cut it. I wasn't able to.move either arm to get it off anyway. The bra was new so I asked to have it saved. Same with the jeans.

Maybe in a play exam, "emergency", it could have some sexual rush. But the memory of the real experience has to fade first for that to happen..for me.

I don't work in ER. When i did rotations during training, any unstable / trauma patient they would cut the clothes off. Would help in faster evaluation and examination.