Stupidest reason to go to ER

[DachRN]

ER Nurses/MD's etc.

I am currently writing a "paper" on stupidest reason for someone to come to ER.

ANY input you can send me would be much appreciated. IF you'd like a copy of the FINAL draft, let me know.

THANKS in advance!

PS. My winning entry so far is:

A woman who brought 1 month old baby in at 2:30 (AM of course) because "it won't look me in the eye, It doesn't recognize me!"

Not kidding

[PeachyERNurse, BSN, RN]

I gave my child the medicine 4x a day for 10 days but there is still some left in the bottle what do I do?

Migraine via ambulance.

I need a sonogram to find out how far along I am

I have a cold that started a couple hours ago

I fell and want to get checkout. Do you have pain anywhere? No

I have have a cut and need a doctors note for work tomorrow because thats what my wok requires if i'm off. Cut net even worthy of a paper cut no work note.

No way! I think that might just be the most ridiculous one so far

[AndiERRN]

my favorite is the guy who comes in to our er with his buddy with bullet fragments in his leg. the guys had been drinking (imagine!) and thought it would be interesting to line up some hollow point bullets on the concrete and then hit them with a golf club! the doc spent an hour digging out the fragments! duhhhhhh!!

[stayseerrn]

Here some of my favorite stupid reasons to go to the ER:

1) Arrived via ambulance, 14 year old girl c/o HA onset this afternoon "after her cousin braided her braids too tight." Pt walked in the ambulance bay on her cell phone WITH THE BRAIDS STILL IN HER HAIR!

2) Arrived via ambulance (same night as #1), 21 year old male c/o burning sensation in throat after eating a "suicide" hot wing approximately 5 minutes before calling 911.

3) Mother calls an ambulance because "my baby is having convulsions in his sleep." Upon arrival in the ER, the mother reports that the child, age 6 years, was "thrashing in his bed and screaming like crazy." When the child was asked what he remembers, he states that he was having a dream that Chucky was chasing him. The child had watched the Child's Play movies with his older cousins that night.

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

the all time stupidest reason to go to the ER

Going There To Work

[longjourneydream]

That is how I felt yesterday after the day I had...

the all time stupidest reason to go to the ER

Going There To Work

[Joe B1]

1) 19 y/o female calls ambulance to bring her in for a broken fingernail. Became irate when we wouldn't "Fix it!!" It wasn't even broken to the subungual area.

2) 18 y/o male calls ambulance to come to ER for a sunburn at 3 AM in August and he lived a block away. Had the nerve to ask me to pay for his cab ride home. He walked home.

Joe

[longjourneydream]

Hey,

these are the type of people that never pay for anything,

they want us to pay their way (for just about anything).

They have better clothes,

jewelry and or

cell phones than you or I do...

Now may I ask; who pays for us?

I'm sorry to say, but parasite or leaches comes to mind...

The other day I had a man came in for a clogged suprapubic catheter, after I had done my assessment he asks me, "say do you have those ice cream bars that I had here last time?" He says I would like to have one of those. If he was joking about that, then I sure was not participating that day, because there are so many free loaders, that just keep taking all that they can take.

I just start losing my sense of humor and that is not good for anyone.

1) 19 y/o female calls ambulance to bring her in for a broken fingernail. Became irate when we wouldn't "Fix it!!" It wasn't even broken to the subungual area.

2) 18 y/o male calls ambulance to come to ER for a sunburn at 3 AM in August and he lived a block away. Had the nerve to ask me to pay for his cab ride home. He walked home.

Joe

[rickkijo]

MY BABY HASN'T HAD A BM IN TWO DAYS!!

COULD YOU DO A DRUG TEST ON MY 14 Y.O.!

FEVER: TEMP IN TRIAGE 98.8!!

FUSSY BABY!!

NEED A PRESCRIPTION FOR TYLENOL AND MOTRIN!

I CALL THESE SPS (STUPID PARENT SYNDROME):trout:

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[hospitalstaph]

Oh where do I start....

Mom brought child in at 4:30am because he was "talking funny". Perhaps that's because he's only 14 months old and you woke him up???

Baby is crying "all the time" and then does nothing but sleep for the entire 5 hours that he is in the ER.

Child has a fever. Me: How high? Mom: Well I don't know, I didn't actually check it. Hmmm...that's weird his temp is 98.6

17yo female that wants a UCG test to confirm her pregnancy so she can cancel her appointment on Monday with the OB/Gyn. (She needed a confimation before her medicaid would kick in and was worried that she would need to pay for the office visit)

Oh I could go on and on! But I truly LOVE the ER! And for some odd reason, I come home feeling so much smarter!!! LOL

[abbythetabby]

Man came in by ambulance. His family called 911 after he fell to the floor and was unresponsive. They did chest compressions until the ambulance arrived. Once he got to the ED, he admitted he was just pretending to be unconscious because he didn't feel like talking to anyone.

[loricatus]

Man came in by ambulance. His family called 911 after he fell to the floor and was unresponsive. They did chest compressions until the ambulance arrived. Once he got to the ED, he admitted he was just pretending to be unconscious because he didn't feel like talking to anyone.

So, when he got in did he complain of, let's see, chest pain??????:lol_hitti:lol_hitti:lol_hitti

[lilcajunnurse]

I dont want to go to work today and I need a work excuse.!!!!!!!!!

THINK HE GOT IT--HELL NO!!