Specializes in Peds,ER,FP,Med/surg/oncol, Hospice.
1. Oh there are so many to choose from. When I was a medic we were based in an ER. We had a girl come in with serious abdominal pain after the Dr did a pelvic we found a rotten tampon in her. She was so embarrased she left the ER without her purse.
2. I've seen carrots, cucumbers, vibrators and multiple items in multiple places.
3. Young girl once came in with a easter egg up her lady parts. When asked what happened she said she got out of the shower and sat on the bed and the egg "slipped" up hehehhe Likely story.
1. Oh there are so many to choose from. When I was a medic we were based in an ER. We had a girl come in with serious abdominal pain after the Dr did a pelvic we found a rotten tampon in her. She was so embarrased she left the ER without her purse.
2. I've seen carrots, cucumbers, vibrators and multiple items in multiple places.
3. Young girl once came in with a easter egg up her lady parts. When asked what happened she said she got out of the shower and sat on the bed and the egg "slipped" up hehehhe Likely story.
How was the issue with the purse resolved? In my non-nursing job, I have mailed items back to their owners. I mailed a pair of mittens and an ice cream card to one person (the owner was due for free ice cream with his next purchase). A Thank You note from the owner would have been nice, but I still believe that returning other people's property is the right thing to do.
I am surprised that the lady with the Easter egg did not implicate the Easter Bunny.
Ok this comes from a call i had on the ambulance I work for. 911 center dispatched it as a Charlie Response traumatic injury (Charlie response is the 3rd highest response so sounded semi-serious). We get to this 40 something year olds house and he says I stubbed my toe earlier and it is still sore. (Not a single laceration, swelling, bruising, nothing can be seen with the naked eye). The guy insisted that we take him to the hospital and wanted to get there as quickly as possible because he was going out to dinner that night and wanted to get home in time so he kept asking to turn on the lights and the sirens to go faster so we could get there already. Needless to say RN's and Dr.'s were not pleased about this one coming in.
(I believe we should all get 3 freebie cards every month, if i use my freebie card i don't have to treat this patient i can just leave. This would make life sooo much simpler) :)
Ok this comes from a call i had on the ambulance I work for. 911 center dispatched it as a Charlie Response traumatic injury (Charlie response is the 3rd highest response so sounded semi-serious). We get to this 40 something year olds house and he says I stubbed my toe earlier and it is still sore. (Not a single laceration, swelling, bruising, nothing can be seen with the naked eye). The guy insisted that we take him to the hospital and wanted to get there as quickly as possible because he was going out to dinner that night and wanted to get home in time so he kept asking to turn on the lights and the sirens to go faster so we could get there already. Needless to say RN's and Dr.'s were not pleased about this one coming in.
(I believe we should all get 3 freebie cards every month, if i use my freebie card i don't have to treat this patient i can just leave. This would make life sooo much simpler) :)
People like that should have to pay cash, up front.
"People like that should have to pay cash, up front."
.....at triple the going rate...and pay for the poor guy they might have caused further injury to because they were tying up a rig on something stupid......
I once had a patient that came by EMS and due to the non-acuity of her complaint, my charge nurse sent her out to go through triage. Her complaint: "my contact lens is irritating my eye." Yep, worth of EMS transport for sure.
grace90, LPN, LVN
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