high pressure

Speaking of stories, here's a guy who can spin a yarn:

Me: Was there an initial injury or event that occurred, causing you this low back pain?

Guy: (abbreviated for brevity) You know those water slides? The ones where you go through the tunnel? Well, I used to be a lot fatter than I am now (He's still pretty obese). I was going down the slide and I got wedged in the tube and I was stuck. It was near the bottom of the slide. All this water started building up behind me and the pressure finally built up enough to shoot me through. But it was so much pressure that it shot me through the little pool at the bottom and onto the concrete.

Me: Wow.

Me: Any recent injury to cause this recent worsening of the pain?

Guy: Well, I was bending over to turn off this outdoor faucet....that kinda hurt.....but 2 days ago my new propane tank for my BBQ exploded. I was sent flying into the air and did a corkscrew and landed on my back. (To his credit, his face is red and his eyebrows are scorched off)

Me: Wow.

Guy: You know those big green freeway signs? I used to have to scrap those in California. And I was cutting one down with this big torch and a huge flaming hot ball of steel landed on my chest and I wasn't wearing a shirt, let me show you the scar. (Looks better than a cigarette burn)

Note: This patient has been awarded by my preceptor a Lifetime Achievement Award for Creativity and Originality with the Waterslide Story, that he had also heard a few months ago.
Th prize for this prestigious award includes a no-questions-asked Percocet upon arrival to the ER, and a free IM shot of Dilaudid with Phenergan before you leave. Quite an honor!