[majrn]

Had a guy over the weekend, known addict to ms contin. Drug stopped upon admission. Friday nite he started holding the side rail of the bed and jerking it sporadically back and forth. Was able at the time also to hold arm still for b/p and to take a glass of water from me when I medicated him for his "withdrawal from ms contin" which was the reason he was having this "muscle spasm" he called it. Not quite a seizure but same m.o.

[Cameron67]

Originally posted by l.rae
the best, the worst......what's your experience with pt's faking illneses etc?......seems lately at my ER, seizures seem to be the malady of choice.....l have decided to earn my retirement writing a book on how to fake a realistic seizure......the do's and don'ts....the other evening we had a chick having a "seizure".....full body, but she could talk and make eye contact....hmmm, AND....when l triaged her and asked her if she was having any pain, she said "yes, my chest where the nurse pinched me yesterday"....uh, yeah....she was in the day before with the same c/o. One time, we even cured a sz with a miricale drug called sodium nacl....(pronounced: so-de-um na-kel)..........

tips:

1 do not make eye contact

2 do hit your self in the face with your arm when it is dropped on your face.

3. do not tear up when the amonia cap is broken

4 do **** yourself

5. puking is always effective

ok, that's all l can come up with for now, and l am bored of war talk.....please help me earn my retirement

I want to buy a copy of this when you get it finished ........too funny!!!!!

[TX Guy]

Wow I had no idea this was so prevalent.

Wow thats scary. You could hurt someone or yourself just trying to help these people.

P

[SmilingBluEyes]

yep a lot of kookie birds out there.

[frannybee]

We've had a lady in for 2 wks now with dizziness (none observed since admission) and falls (none since admission but covered in bruises o/a). Various investigations, nothing abnormal with any of them. Doctors were going to discharge her tomorrow....she arrested this AM. Alive but unresponsive except to painful stimuli. Shocked the hell out of us.

[Stargazer]

Originally posted by kaycee
6. "HEY, I'm having a seizure here"

<snicker>

[Stargazer]

Originally posted by emily_mom
Now he has a PCA b/c "it hurts so bad" when he poops.

W. T. F.?????

The doc's never heard of stool softener?

[Scavenger'sWife]

We used to have this frequent flier w numerous admits w CHF. However he would often fake it or c/o other things while admitted in order to stay in the hospital where he got "great food" (his words).

We once found him laying on the floor in his room, rolling around and jerking. (He weighed over 350#...this was a real sight) A verteran RN on our floor had dealt w him many times and just yelled, "LOU! LOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!!" He honestly STOPPED the "seizure" looked up and said, "I am having a seizure!" and promptly started flipping around on the floor again!

[Nurse Ratched]

Told a patient who was faking a seizure that I couldn't roll her over and she needed to lie on her side so she wouldn't choke, in case she vomited. She rolled over with no assistance .

[emily_mom]

I think part of the problem is that we get all the non-stable psych patients. When they're stable, they go downstairs. This guy hasn't been referred yet.

What happened to the good ol' days when all docs thought everything was "in your head"?