Lies of the ER.....

allnurses Guide · Feb 18, 2015

Fellow with teeth marks on his third leg, said he fell on the zipper of his tent when he was crawling out to pee, in the night.

kbrn2002, ADN, RN · Feb 18, 2015

Fellow with teeth marks on his third leg, said he fell on the zipper of his tent when he was crawling out to pee, in the night.

I don't even want to know the true story behind that injury! Wonder how long it took to dream up that excuse.

Nurse2BeCam, ADN · Feb 18, 2015

I'm not a nurse yet but I have a funny er story that has to do with my husband. Years ago before we were married, we were both in the army and we had gotten into a fight. My husband stormed out of the room and punched the freezer door as hard as he could and gave himself a boxers fracture in his hand that required surgery to fix. We went to the er and he told the nurse that he had fallen out of bed and had landed on his closed fist.... I'm sure she was giggling inside about his excuse. He was really embarrassed and it serves him right. He doesn't go around punching fridge doors anymore ðŸ˜‚

nursecathi · Feb 23, 2015

Close to end of shift. Triage board says "thumb pain". I'm thinking "seriously?" They roll the guy in, carrying his thumb in a plastic bag. Got it caught on something in an oil field. Friends drove him in but stopped for burgers on the way. He knew we wouldn't let him eat once he got to the hospital. Sheesh.

BecomingNursey · Feb 23, 2015

That's awesome. My first day at triage as a nurse was Saturday. I had a patient come in complaining of a bump. Literally just a bump. On the back of her arm. No s/s of infection. Not even any pus noted. Just a small, lightly pink, "super painful" bump. As she's laughing and talking on her cell. But it's "extremely painful." I just can't even. But as nurses we get to/have to #dealwithit!

singwithme123 · Jul 28, 2015

I was working triage one night, and the receptionist brought me the paperwork for a new patient, noting that the chief complaint was "problem with member". (This was back in the day when patient's without obvious emergencies were registered first and then triaged.) I went to the waiting room and called his name. He was sitting in one of our wheelchairs, so I wheeled him back to the triage room. I sat down, and asked him what kind of problem he was having. The gentleman stood up, dropped his drawers, picked up his member, and showed me a 3-4 inch laceration running down his member! The thing was nearly filleted! No blood. I was shocked, grabbed his arm, and and said, "Dear God, what happened to you???" (I know, not the most professional thing...) He replied that he had been climbing over a fence, fell, and he was cut by the top of the fence.. Yeah, right... Never found out what happened...