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 tactical/emercency medicine.

sent a pt to radiology from ER that presented with chest/head/abd pain. films came back with small spherical objects all over the man's trunk and face. The Doc on call for ER that night got quite ticked because he thought that the radiology tech had done something wrong, and proceeded to rant and rave because we did have a few recent problems at the time with our radiology dept. So anyways, I thought i recognized the apperence of the fb's from something my dad showed me as a child. So i asked the pt if he had ever been in an accident involving a shot gun, and wouldnt you know it, he told me he had been peppered by a shot gun in about 20 years prior and still had the majority of the pellets imbeded under his skin. (completely unrelated to his pain, wich was cardiac) fyi

this has to be the best one yet:yeah::bow:

I had a 24 yo female present with that ohh so sweet complaint of thinking she has one tampoon stuck. The doc went digging for it and found over 20!

HOLY crap in a pita! she's lucky to not have succumbed to TSS.

OK, resurrecting this thread per another thread multiple requests. Sadly, I have nothing to contribute at this point in time, but others who do are encouraged to.

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