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?

Specializes in NICU.

Not to be totally vile, but a 5yo shouldn't be able to get anything IN there. Hymen, and all that. Playing doctor is one thing, but something else was going on there.

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.
Not to be totally vile, but a 5yo shouldn't be able to get anything IN there. Hymen, and all that. Playing doctor is one thing, but something else was going on there.

Yup, I agree. Too bad it got written off. :banghead: :cry:

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Curious, if you guys find money on/in a patient, do you return it to them or confinscate it?

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Curious, if you guys find money on/in a patient, do you return it to them or confinscate it?

What?

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Trauma:

Its an honest question.

Say if you find cash on a patient, do you return it to them or not?

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Specializes in ED, Flight.
What?

again what?!!!

I'm afraid I don't even see how there is a question. We are caregivers, not thieves.

Now, if the police have an issue with the patient's possessions, then it is THEIR responsibility to deal with confiscating whatever is part of their case. We never have a role in that.

If security has to confiscate a weapon or somesuch, that is their role.

On a similar note, when a psych patient is held in the ED, we take and bag possessions. But when they are moved or released, all their property goes with them.

Again, I don't get your drift...

And just in case you didn't understand the answer to your question, yes we of course return cash and other belongings to the patient.

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I wasn't implying that you steal from patients. Sorry you misunderstood my question.

Medic, thanks for the answer.

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Specializes in ED, Flight.
I wasn't implying that you steal from patients. Sorry you misunderstood my question.

Medic, thanks for the answer.

Okay, well as long as you're here, what did you mean? As I say, I don't even see how could we NOT give a patient or family their belongings, including cash?

Besides, I wouldn't even have looked at this thread were it not for the name Nefertari. Are you an aficionada of Egyptian archeology?

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:) Regarding my Screenname: yeah, I recieved my BA in ancient history with a lateral in psych.

Anyhoo, what I meant, and I should have been more clear. was in the example of cash, are there any circumstances in which it wouldn't be returned?

I think your earlier response cleared it up :D

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When patient's are admitted we ask if they would like to have their cash and credit cards put in the safe. It's a 2 person count, in front of the patient, the patient receives a receipt. They can pick it up @ anytime. The same goes for +LOCs, etc.

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I wheeled a mid-30 yr old female to CT scan for abdominal pain. While sitting in the control room, the CT scan of her abdomen and pelvis revealed a eye liner or lip liner, stuck up her. It was probably a newer one because it sure was long! I wondered how long she spent trying to get it out before coming to the ED.

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Specializes in M/S,TELE,ORTHO,ER.

Once I went to put a foley(if you see where I'm going) in a female pt and I swear she brought her own GNATS to the picnic! How did I keep a straight face?!

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