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  1. by Apr 24, '12
    Reaching under commercial lawn-mower to remove stick. Mower running. Started with 10, ended with 6.
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    Apr 24, '12 by
    I'm particularly fond of the blocked snow blower and the patient comming to the hospital, no offense usually male, with their hand in a bloody towel....."I made a stupid mistake".
    DeLanaHarvickWannabe, pseudomonas, Altra, and 5 others like this.
  5. Apr 24, '12 by
    "dropped sppon into running garbage disposal and tried to pull it out"- ouch-
    (a patient)
    I worked in a factory where an employee used an electric screw gun to put a screw into her finger, then after returning to work later that day with her finger in a metal protective guard, put another screw into the same finger-
    DeLanaHarvickWannabe, tryingtohaveitall, pseudomonas, and 6 others like this.
  6. Apr 24, '12 by
    "I stopped taking that medicine because it made me pee all the time."
    Admission Dx: CHF with 4+ edema.
    DeLanaHarvickWannabe, canoehead, GradyGramNot, and 25 others like this.
  7. Apr 24, '12 by
    Left hand amputee in for non related issue, over the course of casual conversation:

    Me: "Why did they amputate your hand sir?"

    Patient: "I stuck my hand into a clogged meat grinder 15 years ago"

    Me: "Ouch"
    DeLanaHarvickWannabe, pseudomonas, Esme12, and 4 others like this.
  8. Apr 24, '12 by
    I find some of the best ER stories are preceded by some buzzed yokel saying "hey, Bob, watch this!"
    ChristineN, JustaGypsy, nrsang97, and 10 others like this.
  9. Apr 24, '12 by
    Man trying to find a gas leak with a coleman lantern.

    Woman "trying to look underneath the front of my car" to see why the brakes weren't working right.

    Man sawing through 5 foot sewage pipe suspended 2 stories off ground, sitting on the nonsecured side.
    DeLanaHarvickWannabe, pseudomonas, mybrowneyedgirl, and 7 others like this.
  10. Apr 24, '12 by
    *insert object name here* inserted squarely up the butt......"I fell on it". Uh huh you have barbie dolls just littered around your house huh.
    poppycat, DeLanaHarvickWannabe, simonemesina, and 19 others like this.
  11. Apr 24, '12 by
    Quote from That Guy
    *insert object name here* inserted squarely up the butt......"I fell on it". Uh huh you have barbie dolls just littered around your house huh.
    Hahahaha!
    pseudomonas, lindarn, cnamom12, and 2 others like this.
  12. Apr 24, '12 by
    My sister's ED story: The doctor told my sister to go x-ray the man with the snake bite. She walks in to find a man sitting down with a screwdriver sticking out of his leg.
    Snake bite?
    "Doc, are you sure this is the snake bite patient?"
    "Ya, dis de snake bite man"
    The guy had taken a stab at the snake that bit him and stabbed himself.
    DeLanaHarvickWannabe, imintrouble, ByTheLake, and 10 others like this.