What are some of the more unusual, amusing, scandalous, and funny symptoms/diagnosis you have come across? Include any strange, comical, odd, outlandish, bizarre, humorous, weird, phonetically written, miswritten, misspelled, misunderstood symptoms and diagnosis or any that you just plain like.
Any websites or books on the subject that you know of and could post would be appreciated as well.
One funny one I came across was ‘Pain in the A**’, the ER clerk was either sick of dealing with patients or didn’t like dealing with this particular patient. I suppose ‘L buttock Pain’ wouldn’t have been as fun.
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A classic one I enjoy is ‘Can’t Read’. I don’t know why, but I always think this is a funny comment to put in. I suppose ‘illegible’ is too difficult to spell and again isn’t as fun.
:smackingf Here’s a weird one I came across, ‘Knocked out by Pan’. Not sure if that meant he was hit by his wife with a frying pan or he was boxing with the mythical little pipe playing half man half goat, Pan. Either way I love coming across the symptoms that make me do a double take.
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Post as many as you wish and as often as you wish, I will include more as I come across them. Enjoy.
Squad brought in a patient and on the call sheet the chief complaint was F*#! You. Once I talked to the patient it didn't take long to figure out that F You was the only thing he would say! LOL
Have seen "SicK" for a direct admit from the MD's office when the doc was in a hurry.
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Someone didn't finish typing out a DX so it printed out "Sick Sinus" on the report sheet. The receiving nurse in report said, "Geez. Give 'em some antibiotics, and send 'em home." DX was actually "Sick Sinus Syndrome."
Specializes in ED tech on a resp. therapist adventure.
I have to laugh when the patient comes into the ED and writes "Need to see Dr." under the "why are you here" space on the card we have them complete prior to triage.
When pts come into the ER, they have to fill out a line stating the reason for the visit. A few weeks ago one read; "I brought my son"; the pt (who was an adult) had his mother fill out the paper. Um, yeah, we kindof need the reason the PATIENT is here.
I always laugh at "presyncope" when I see it on the report sheet. Like the patient was about to fall out but didnt. I dont know why that makes me laugh.
Pts regularly comt to my unit asking if it is too late to get their "epidermal" (epidural). Often seen on tentative diagnosos section of adission paperwork "thinks water broke" as opposed to "r/o SROM" or something similar that might be taken seriously by the insurance company or the medicaid office.
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I laughed and laughed over that one, thanks!
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I just had a patient that has been taking I BE MOPIN for the last several days for headache