Re: Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?
The other night at work I had a man who was known to hallucinate and see snakes. The pt started seeing snakes so I mentioned it to the resident on call to see if I could give him something to help him go to sleep.
Dr.Joe went into see the patinet and started to ask the pt the usual questions like "where are you?" The pt states he is seeing snakes and didn't really answer the question. So Dr.Joe starts to say "Are you at home,the hospital,on a bus , or a plane.....?" Dr.Bob was also in the room and says "On a plane." Pt repeats what he said. Dr.Bob and I completely lost it and had to leave the room. I kept thinking about the movie "Snakes on a Plane." Dr.Bob was thinking about the same thing. Dr.Joe didn't get it until we started to lose it.
The doc asked if they were poisonus snakes and I told him I never asked. Later I did ask the pt about the snakes being poisonus and the patient said that they wern't. I told the pt that I was glad to know that.
Oh the strange things confused patients say and do. Especially neuro patients.
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