Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

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I've always wondered, especially after hearing about this guy who brought a snake into the ER----what is the strangest thing you've ever found on (or in) a patient?

A guy comes waddling into our ER looking like he has a tail hanging down. Upon examination it turns out he had a garage door spring in his rectum. Had to go to surgery because the sharp end of the spring had lodged in his colon. :p

How did it get there? Did he fall in the shower?

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How did it get there? Did he fall in the shower?

I think he fell in the garage, unless the shower has an unusually heavy door.....no, I guess falling in the shower makes more sense than any ideas I can come up with for how it got there.

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How did it get there? Did he fall in the shower?

I believe the story has something to do with a treadmill and a faulty garage door.

I still want to know why someone would be on the treadmill naked in the garage.... :p

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How did it get there? Did he fall in the shower?

You are really asking how it got there? lol:banghead:

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You are really asking how it got there? lol:banghead:

LOL Sometimes the story of how it got there is the best part!!

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You are really asking how it got there? lol:banghead:

Oh, I know exactly how it got there. I was being sarcastic.

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Oh, I know exactly how it got there. I was being sarcastic.

Good...cause I was beginning to wonder....lol

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On a law blog I frequent, I found a story today about a man being arrested for indecent exposure. He had his window shades up and was "conducting a lewd act with a claw hammer, plastic bag, and motor oil."

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When my son was three he kept complaining that his ear was hurting, so I got a flashlight and took a peek. I seen something, but it was pretty deep so I took him to the doctor. Doc pulled out a nasty pus covered piece of mulch...when I asked him how that got there, he said he fell on the playground at school and it jumped in his ear...straight from the mouth of babes.

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On a law blog I frequent, I found a story today about a man being arrested for indecent exposure. He had his window shades up and was "conducting a lewd act with a claw hammer, plastic bag, and motor oil."

I wish I didn't have such an active, visual imagination. There are some things that are better not left to the imagination. :no:

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I remember the night EMS brought this really nice looking blond(female) in. They were all flipping quarters to see who was gonna get to know her better. I thought I was gonna die laughing, when she turned out to be a he.(Couldn't tell until we undressed her, ummm him.) Seems she was in the middle of a sex change, & didn't bother to tell the Paramedics.:chuckle

(Not that they would date a pt., they were just oggling her/him)

There was an old man who came in, one night. When we undressed him, we heard the clinking of metal..He had (a serving of 8) silverware in his pockets. Which we found amusing. The molded food was a little much, though.

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Originally Posted by FERN-tastic

A guy comes waddling into our ER looking like he has a tail hanging down. Upon examination it turns out he had a garage door spring in his rectum. Had to go to surgery because the sharp end of the spring had lodged in his colon.

How did it get there? Did he fall in the shower?

Bwa-hahahahahaha!

I can't sleep tonight, so I am reading posts.

I almost died laughing when I read this!

I worked in the ER for a very short time and yes, I was truly amazed at the number of people (99% of the time it was men), who had "tripped", "slipped" or "fallen" and as a result of their trip/slip/fall...got an item jammed up their rectum. Oh, and what a variety I saw. Ew.

........usually followed by, "Please don't tell my wife". We won't buddy. You're the one that will have some 'splainin' to do.

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