Published
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"
Honest - cross my heart etc,etc
Last weekend a guy came in and said "I'm homeless, I have an assessment interview in the morning so I need a meal, a shower, someplace to sleep and make sure the TV gets CNN"
We had about a 6 hour wait at that time. When I left 10 hour later, know where he was...Oh yes...He was still in the waiting room (watching CNN)
{Incase you're wondering, When we built the new ER a few years ago, every ER treatment room ended up with a phone and a TV. Gee :trout: stupid me...I thought it was all about Emergency care.)
i give up, what's a fur uncle? i also don't get the eating a "nut" one.be kind. help the feeble-minded (ie. me) to understand!
Well, a furuncle is a boil caused by an infected hair follicle - maybe that's what they were trying to say?
As for the nut thing - "nutting" "nutted" "got a nut" are all slang for ejaculating, and "nut" would be the semen.
Sorry, but you asked
OKERRN
4 Posts
We have registration clerks who write the chief complaint and bring it to the triage nurse. I think my favorites from last were:
1.My daughter whipped my @$$
2.Bleeding from rectum and brought the tissue
3.There's a spider on my foot
and this from the NURSE:::Pt has been pistol wiped before......
We post the best of the day on the board in the breakroom!