Lies of the ER.....

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What are some of the funniest, scariest, or weird lies youve heard patients come in the ER with??? I was just wondering what type of crazy stories you guys and gals come across before you find out the TRUTH.... LOL THANKS :yeah:

Kml omg!!!!!!! Ha ha ha ha I love this!!!! Its amazing the things you guys see!!!! Lol... But wait.... How do they remove these objects????? :bugeyes:

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

You have to be careful of those pesky potatoes, I am always finding them in my couch. :/

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha I LOVE IT!!!!!

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Specializes in Infusion.

One in a million chance of that happening. Guess it happens a little more often than you'd think : /

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Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.
hahahahhaha When I worked as a clerk at the hospital I was walking down the hall while they were taking this man down to endoscopy while his male friend was running alongside screaming "i'm sorry, I'm sorry" and then I got his x-ray and there was the infamous gigantic potatoe he "sat on.":uhoh3:

Bahahahaha!! Sorry, couldn't resist!

Anne, RNC

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Specializes in Post Anesthesia.
Kml omg!!!!!!! Ha ha ha ha I love this!!!! Its amazing the things you guys see!!!! Lol... But wait.... How do they remove these objects????? :bugeyes:

Most of the time "things" work themselves out in the end. After all, the bio-conveyer belt is designed to move things down and out. The fact that a person "accidently" reversed that process for a short while dosen't mean nature isn't going to take its' course in the end. If I "accidently" got a souvenir from the salad bar stuck up there I think I'd have to go a couple of weeks before I trotted off to the ER to have it checked out. Then again- worst case senerio, they have to push a long, thick, scope up there to look into the problem- maybe for some of our patients that is just the bonus round! Personaly, I think I'd pass on that and just wait for things to work themselves out;(not that I plan on testing those waters anyway).

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I am bummed that we don't do an ER rotation in our program, I don't think!

As far as the lady with the baby, I agree it was most likely shock. I had a stillborn at 22 weeks and it wasn't until a full day later that the shock wore off and the reality of what had happened set in and I finally cried. :(

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I agree with the shock too. We lost our son at 20 weeks and even knew for 8 weeks before he would not live long. Weekly ultrasounds to check him for when he passed away and then right before the last u/s I lost some plug, had blood and a few contractions and knew that he was gone in my heart before we went for the last ultrasound and even with all that warning it was still like walking in a strange dream when we saw his heart had stopped beating... yes, I think it was shock. That poor woman! :(

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

"I fell on this knife" as he has a kitchen knife protruding from him. The wife did it.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

It's all fun and games until the husband steps out of line!!! :p

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Specializes in Emergency.

Go to emergency nursing forum and just browse. Lotsa good stories. Our motto is "You can't make this stuff up"

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I've heard endless stories from my mentor about early morning calls from the ER when her assistance was needed to retrieve any number of things from a man's colon. I've heard the of the hotwheels, keys, various squash, candles; you name it! She said it almost became a game to see who could come closest to guessing the next "lost item" they found!

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