What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

Specialties Emergency Nursing Q/A

And did you have to treat them?

I am just curious. Your stories always seem to either crack me up or shake my head in amazement.

Thanks for sharing ?

Last night in the wee am hours.....I inhaled my crack pipe!!!!:chuckle

Also last night. pt. brought by EMS passed out, officer escort, the problem...pt. too drunk to go to jail!!!:rotfl: SO THATS HOW YOU GET OUT OF IT!!

i took care of a patient when she got out of icu - she had inhaled the brillo pad used as a filter on her crack pipe. it stuck in the back of her throat and her boyfriend attempted to dislodge it using a screwdriver! she ended up with multiple lacerations and potentially life threatening swelling as a result. takes all kinds :uhoh3:

Specializes in ICU,ER.
i took care of a patient when she got out of icu - she had inhaled the brillo pad used as a filter on her crack pipe. it stuck in the back of her throat and her boyfriend attempted to dislodge it using a screwdriver! she ended up with multiple lacerations and potentially life threatening swelling as a result. takes all kinds :uhoh3:

Darwinism at its finest.

Specializes in Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR.
Darwinism at its finest.

And what are you doing up at this hour young lady?! :chuckle Shouldn't you be resting and gestating? :chuckle Have a good leave!!

Miss you,

Pam

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

Just had one come in by EMS with a large blister on his member

Dx too much time in front of a computer with Media and cybering

Me, I had no sympathy for him

Specializes in ER.

had a 20-something female arrive via EMS for a headache for the past 1/2 hour. didnt take anything OTC for it. 2 tylenol and she was on her way when the headache resolved about 20 minutes later. she asked for a dinner tray. i gave her the D/C papers and told her there was a McD's around the corner.

i wasnt too suprised to see she was on the free care list.

Once upon a time we had a middle aged man present with the c/o having a rubber fishing worm up his member. He claimed his Dr. told him to insert it into his urethra if he had trouble urinating....ok then...:chuckle . The real bummer was the little sucker swam upstream and was happily floating in the guy's bladder. The OR team truely loved being called in to go bait hunting. And then in PACU the guy says he hoped that people weren't talking about him, he was just doing what the Dr. instructed:rolleyes:

Specializes in ICU,ER.
And what are you doing up at this hour young lady?! :chuckle Shouldn't you be resting and gestating? :chuckle Have a good leave!!

Miss you,

Pam

~~sigh~~ I know this sounds terribly sad...but I am going to miss work and all of you crazy people.

As far as "this hour" goes....you know...it's the night shift thang..... :chuckle

As I type this, I am washing baby clothes and getting ready to pack for the hospital. funfun. (actually, it really is, hehe)

Hugs,

Leah

ooooh! i got another one. i saw this lady peeing standing up! and i'm sure it was a woman. she was peeing on to a bed pan that was on the floor. The 30 year old son was trying to keep the curtains closed cuz he was kind of embarrassed that his mom was peeing like a man! HIPPA's not being violated is it?

Okay, this is still a strange subject for me but seriously, there was an actual article floating around the internet written by none the less and RN teaching women how to pee standing up! Gues we know what that woman likes to read! :rotfl:

Specializes in Critical care.
a middle aged male pt with a good sized mackerel loged in his rectum. i guess he didn't know that fins only go one way, it made for very a interesting ct scan.

that's life in san francisco.

rintime

holy mackerel batman (sorry it's a word association thing)

Specializes in Critical care.

Okay here is one. Had a guy come to the ER with a Hickory Farms summer sausage up his &*()&^%. When asked how is got there he said well, " I was hungery and lonely and unfortunately I am still hungery.":smackingf

Also had a husband and wife come into the ER looking for Viagra, triage nurse asked why they were in the ER the husband stated that, " the old bat finally said yes and I've waited to long to let this opportunity go.":selfbonk:

Just read an article on Friday about some 45 year old man who died in a Washington ER from a perforated colon after having sex with his horse. Unbelievable story. There are definitely some strange things happening in this world!!

Specializes in Public Health, DEI.

A couple years ago, there was a story on the radio about a man presenting to ED with an unfortunate injury resulting from inappropriate use of a ball washer at the golf course. An ED nurse friend of mine once remarked that stupidity keeps them in business.

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