Stupidest reason to go to ER

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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

forgot about this one...family brings elderly pt in because they "overdosed"....on Aricept! How many did they take? TWO pills!!!!

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Mom brings infant in with a high fever. mom admits to keeping the house at 90 degrees and having the baby bundled in more than one cover.

baby's temp was fine once we undressed him and kept him in a 74 degree room for an hour

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Specializes in ER, Family Practice, Free Clinics.

If you've had sx for two weeks, no change, nothing remotely life threatening, why is it an emergency TODAY?

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Specializes in nothing besides clinicals.

Im still a student nurse, but we had an intoxicated young lady come in with c/o lower ab pain. long story short, she was so drunk she completely forgot about her cycle and had sex while wearing a tampon. It was lodged in her cervix and had to be removed by a surgeon. all this happen on my 1st er clinical rotation:chuckle

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Infection Control.
Im still a student nurse, but we had an intoxicated young lady come in with c/o lower ab pain. long story short, she was so drunk she completely forgot about her cycle and had sex while wearing a tampon. It was lodged in her cervix and had to be removed by a surgeon. all this happen on my 1st er clinical rotation:chuckle

Ouch! That had to hurt...hence the intoxication part! We once had an pt come in because she had birthday candles in her bladder - it seems they were celebrating and it seemed like a good idea at the time.....:no:

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.
I was always guilty of rolling my eyes at the toothache patients - until the day the girl with the toothache turned out to have massive cellulitus of the face and involvement of the underlying bone. She was admitted with massive IV antibiotics.

Of course, we still see the toothache drug seekers. But it taught me to at least look at the patient before passing judgement.

I had a toothache patient who had developed DKA and sepsis, blood glucose sky high.

Another guy a few years ago had not been drinking fluids or eating for several days due to pain since having many teeth pulled, and came in with severe electrolyte imbalances, severe dehydration and ARF.

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Specializes in NICU.
Ouch! That had to hurt...hence the intoxication part! We once had an pt come in because she had birthday candles in her bladder - it seems they were celebrating and it seemed like a good idea at the time.....:no:

And yet half of us can't reliably get a Foley in a woman... what are the odds you get a birthday candle in there?

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i was at a sex show in amsterdam and one of the girl's performances involved birthday candles in the same way. hahah ( it was part of the tour package:p):bugeyes:

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You've been lucky - but even I might have called an ambulance when I had one of my SEVEN day migraines and didn't have anybody to take me in. Your lucky in that you don't go to "that other palne" casuse believe me it IS wicked weird!!! I've never taken drugs with the intent to get high but it sounds to me like some of the things meth user experience which could be logical as meth causes the release of dopamine which gives you a naturla high (the diff plane) and severe pain might trigger the same response - because belive me it's been serve enough where I couldn't even see and like a fool drove myslef home when I should have taken my butt to an ER as I was lucky it WAS only a migraine!:cry:

A migraine is not an emergency and if you have no-one to take you. Call a taxi.

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Infection Control.
A migraine is not an emergency and if you have no-one to take you. Call a taxi.

Sorry, taxis don't come out to where I live - way out in the country - believe it or not it's true. And anyway I already said you are not in Your "right mind" and thinking like a person without a migraine - you don't begin to understand the hell a migraine can be for some people. So I stand by my first position - people with migraines who call ambulances should be taken seriously - unless they get out of the ambulance and walk in all dolled up - I've stated my position on that before!:bugeyes:

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Specializes in CNA, Surgical, Pediatrics, SDS, ER.

Had two teens come in when asked why they came to the ER the girl says "We were having sex and the condom broke can you give me something?"

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Infection Control.
Had two teens come in when asked why they came to the ER the girl says "We were having sex and the condom broke can you give me something?"

Ya a shower in 9 mths! No, seriously in this case I'd lower my moral standards and offer a morning after pill. Teens do not need to get preggers and mess up their lives!

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