HIPPA

OK we all know we can't say much over the phone. I was in ICU and had just admitted pt who had been run over by a tractor- not a lawn tractor- a tractor. She had multiple facial fxs but was stable. A woman, claiming to be a neighbor, called and began an expletive full conversation before I finished saying "ICU how may I help you?" She said "My neighbor was run over by a tractor and noone will %^&# tell me @!%%^& anything about her." I responded "I can tell you she is here and she is stable" At which point I heard her scream at someone "THEY PUT HER IN THE STABLE!"I tried to explain that stable was her condition not where she was but the woman hung up. I have never laughed harder in my life.