The most outrageous excuses from patients.
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by brian Admin Nov 23, '12I know there are a lot of outrageous excuses from patients. Please share them!
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Nov 23, '12 by MeriwhenSomeone who failed a drug test: "I had a really bad headache last night, and I didn't know I had taken a Percocet."
(ever try reading the bottle before you take the pill?)
Another one came in with a .20 BAC. Looked us all straight in the face and swore they weren't drinking: instead, they tried to blame it on the Nyquil they were taking for their cold.
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Nov 23, '12 by GitanoRNPt. at ED, "I really don't know how that got in there"
nurse... "Yeah, right..." nuff said. -
Nov 23, '12 by That GuyQuote from KatieP86Amen. I didnt know so many people kept lightbulbs laying around their houses."I slipped and fell on it". -
Nov 23, '12 by tewdlesQuote from That GuyLots of interesting things removed from human orifices in the ED...Amen. I didnt know so many people kept lightbulbs laying around their houses.DizzyLizzyNurse and TheCommuter like this. -
Nov 23, '12 by Sweet_Wild_RoseQuote from tewdlesAnd the OR, when things have gone "too far" for retrieval in the ER.Lots of interesting things removed from human orifices in the ED...
Recent history: vibrator (still running) that required colon resection, shampoo bottle (fell on it- in the garage), tennis ball (why, just why?), fish hooks (ouch!), buckyballs (man, those things can be incredibly dangerous, and DO NOT make good facial piercings), and many, many more. - Asst. Admin
Nov 24, '12 by TheCommuterPlump 88-year-old male nursing home resident refused to eat breakfast because, "I need to lose some weight. I've got to get my figure back!" -
Nov 24, '12 by sckimrnPatient's tox screen came back positive for cocaine..."It must have been that crack my daughter and her friends were smoking the other day...I must have inhaled some of it!!" - Asst. Admin
Nov 24, '12 by JustBeachyNurseWhen performing tox screens for potential study participants in a healthy normal research study, participant was positive for barbituates. He said he was only in the room when they were smoking...too bad they are generally only in pill form and you usually consciously ingest the pills.
They'd come out of the bathroom with cold, clear specimens with a SG of 1.0000 and a temp less than 90F (clearly it was tap water). I'd ask if they were sure this came directly from their bladder. They'd swear yes and ask why...I'd tell them that I'd have to contact the physician immediately as they'd likely need to be transferred to the hospital for an evaluation by a renal specialist as if they were voiding cool water they had bigger problems than if they were positive for narcotics. (Magically their repeat specimen was proper color, temperature and SG...and positive for marajuanna and cocaine.)
