[shootemrn]

I have a regular drunk who comes in who I see more than my wife. This guy gts drunk then he calls a ambulance stating he wants to kill himself or is seeking detox. We are currently on a first name basis.
I was wondering how many times this man has come into our ED and so I checked our admitting log and ambualnce log and this man has been to our ED 157 times in the last three years. I spoke to my manager about this and they actually tried getting a court order to have this man a personna non gratta. Well giving that we are located in Massachuttess and we have liberal judges we were denied the ability not to treat this man.

[teeituptom]

Howdy yall
From deep in the heart of texas
Had another cool customer last night. A young man aged 27 yrs old. Cane to Er with a kidney stone. Got him to the back collected a UA, finished my assessment, went and dipped the urine. Yes it was positive for blood. Went back to the patient getting to place an IV in him and he asks me for a bandaid because he pricked his finger. I didnt ask him how. I did let the Er MD know about it and he ordered a cath ua, which the patient allowed, Yes it was dip negative. No he didnt get any narcotics from us. Intersting peoples perceptions of what we do and think.
keep it in the short grass yall
teeituptom

[kaycee]

teeituptom,
He must have been new at it, or three bricks shy of a load. Ours never ask for a bandaid and always refuse the staight cath. I guess he'll learn from experience.

[micro]

who has ever had an AMA form in there hand when goin in to care for patient...........

roflmao

[massEDgirl]

What would we do without our "regulars" to the ED. We might be able to actually take better care of the sick people. Have one VERY drunk girl that comes in when ever she is loney. Usually always has some lame excuse to be seen , but mostly just wants to talk. We end up having to make her wait most of the time.....just to busy. I don't know if it is a good Idea though having her wait in the waiting room. She always gets someone feeling so sorry for her they come up to the triage window asking when we are going to "take that poor girl in". They think we are so rotten for making her wait. Thinks if she takes an ambulance in we will take to her sooner...but we only end up having the emt's take her out to the waiting area.

[amy]

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I just love the people who come in, laden with gold jewelry, carrying cell phones and beepers, who ask you for a scrip for Tylenol/Ibuprofen so Medicaid will pay for it!!

[mdslabod]

I like the ones who ask for "a coke to go"

Would you like fries with that?

[eldernurse]

How about the ones who give you the name of their primary care doc and it is your ER attending!
When I was 5 weeks on the job, there was this one abd painer who had been in so many times (tattoos and all) that she knew me by first name!

The one guy I triaged with a sore leg for thirty years and decided it was time to find out what was wrong. ( no kidding, guys)

Then there was the guy I triaged because he itched all over. How long? One year. Every time he bathed!

Don't you love the "family affairs". Mom, Daughter, Other Daughter all with stuffy noses.

How about the guy who came in one hour after an overdose screaming "I don't want to die! I love my kids!" Can you believe he procreated? I guess THAT doesn't take brains.

Then, the screamer who thinks she broke her leg. And when is lunch?

The Whiny Gyne. Kick out the boyfriend and they perform a lot less.

[mdslabod]

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