Funny Sign In Slips

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Some ER's have patients who walk in to triage fill out a triage slip with name and chief complaint. they are always interesting due to misspellings and funny things that people write. care to share some funny ones with us?

ill go first, one girl wrote as her symptoms...."east infection"

Had a pt ask if we had any of the ass pain powder, my partner looked at me and said "yes, but we leave them in the admin. building ." The woman shook her head and said no, like the BC powders for my headache.:)

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Specializes in CCU,ICU,ER retired.

A little off topic but had a visitor tell me she used to be a nurse and knew all about car-wreck arrested, and bamboo bags.

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"My capacitator needs changing"

He was sent home with an indwellling foley catheter, but to him it was a capicitator and nothing I could say would change his mind.

The resident called him "Flux" which totally surprised me (after the "Back to the Future" movies). I laughed so hard I was crying.

:chuckle

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Here's some:

Cycle cell crizis- they had sickle cell

got the vomikinand dyin rear- I think they meant vomiting and diarrhea

my bowel have runneded off- that could be a problem?!

my thing dun swole up- I've seen that happen a time or 2

I'm here for a crazy shot- me too

I fell down on the pavement- this guy Ended up having 2 black eyes and 3 broke ribs that is some dangerous pavement

Got to love these patients they keep it interesting

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Funniest c/o I've ever had:

:rotfl: Passed out while sleeping :rotfl:

Have you guys ever had a dream that you passed out? I have and was just laughing to myself... :rotfl:

Keely

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[quote name=acutecarenp

Nurse: "Are you sexually active?"

Patient: "Well.. I think I am...but my boyfriend says I just lay there."[/quote]

:rotfl: Ha ha ha! Ha ha! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Keely

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I have flee bitus

There'a a ball on my bag

Virginia smells bad

I'm vomiking and throwing out

He fell and hit his head 2 days ago and we won't let him sleep

All the kids have kooties

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Some ER's have patients who walk in to triage fill out a triage slip with name and chief complaint. they are always interesting due to misspellings and funny things that people write. care to share some funny ones with us?

ill go first, one girl wrote as her symptoms...."east infection"

In our er we have a board we keep track of each room and the chief "complaint". Some listed are as follows:

foot vs grinder, grinder won

glass up butt (after having sex and falling off the bed into a cabinet)

r ear, l leg, hemorroid pain (brought her fully packed luggage to er via ambulance) later that nite developed chest pain, what a surprise!

arrow to neck, (pt pulled arrow out on own and brother was kind enough to tie bloodied shirt to neck as tourniquet prior to ambulance arrival)

"eyes is fuzzy siz i git up thiz mornin, didn't git to bieed laz nite tho" I think this meant My eyes were blurry since I got up this am but I never went to bed last nite."

abdominal pain r/t winning hotdog eating contest

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Only in America, folks!

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I always like the pts that have a prostrate problem!!

A few years ago I was reading a collegues notes where she had written that the pt was not easily aroused!! When I suggested she look at a dictionary for the words meaning, she became a little red faced.

However the best one would have to have been two medicos discussing an elderly POW pt. In Oz we have a hospital Prince of Wales (POW) the medicos were heard to say they didn't realise this hospital was working during WW2. I pointed out ot these two interlectual genuises that A) the pt was tatooed from being at Auchwitz ?spelling, B) Had only been in Oz for couple years and C) POW stood for prisoner of war. :uhoh3:

At 6am this morning, we had a new complaint on the sign in sheet....."Kidding Stone, hurts realy bad".....yes that is the way it was spelled.
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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

Too funny. Thanks for digging up this older thread. :chuckle

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Specializes in ICU, ED, Transport, Home Care, Mgmnt.

Not a sign in slip but a phone call, I crushed a demerol pill and mixed it with water then I shot it up my arm. Now my arm is black, should I be worried? :rolleyes: HHMM, go figure!

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