ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

We had a guy come into the ED one day with a snake bite. When I asked him what kind of snake it was he put this bait bucket up on the triage desk, opens it up, and the snake was in there. I asked him how the snake managed to bite him and he said he was driving along and the snake was going across the road. He did not want to run over and kill the snake so he got out and picked it up to move it off the road. As he did this, the snake bit him. So he knew he was going to have to come to the hospital, so he got his bait bucket, picked up the snake (that bit him AGAIN) and put him in the bucket. He just did not want to kill the snake.

I know how he feels. I would not have run over the snake either but he could at least have gotten a stick or something to move the snake off the road. He was a real animal lover.

I had a girl come into the ED about 22:00 one night for a fingernail that she had torn off into the quick. It was bleeding a little bit. I could not help myself. I just started laughing. I said "do you have any idea how long you are going to be here waiting? We have a minimal 10 hour wait. I just got 8 gun shot wounds (no joke, gang thing). Do you really want to hang out here for 10 hours? Put some pressure on it and go home".