What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.
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RevShaw56

5 Posts

Personal favorites

"I think I forgot to eat"

"I had a rough weekend"

We had a woman, severe fibromyalgia. And also a real life princess in the pea story. She said even the littlest wrinkle in the sheet would cause her terrible pain, and her SNF wouldn't take the wrinkles out. Pain resolved with smooth sheets. I feel bad for her, and her situation. But I see how frusterating it is for everyone.

And of course, I'm sure you're all familiar with encarcaritis. Yes, you're still going to jail.

RevShaw56

5 Posts

We had a guy call and ask, " What time do you close?" The nurse replied, " We close at 11 but we will reopen at midnight," Hey, you ask a stupid question.... :rotfl:

Sorry for quoting a literally 8 year old post, but in EMS I've been asked more than once if emergency rooms are open when they make a transport decision. "Oh, you've got kaiser. You want to go to this city, or this city? Both about 15mins away"

"Well, which one is open"

"Both are mam, they are ERs"

"Well, which one has nicer doctors?"

flyingchange

291 Posts

Specializes in MPH Student Fall/14, Emergency, Research.

CC of dry mouth, arrived via EMS...

psu_213, BSN, RN

3,878 Posts

Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.

"I have not been able to get an erection for over a year."

That is a direct quote from the pt and I am not the "I" in that scenario. :cool:

ecerrn

55 Posts

How about a brain freeze after slurping up a slushie at a convienence store...yes he got a cat scan.

Melela

53 Posts

Rofl awesome

Pranqster

50 Posts

Tampon "lost" for two days. One of the few times I almost blew chow from the smell. :chair: :chuckle

Worst weirdest was a person that drank a cup of abrasive substance that wasn't supposed to be drank. Can't tell ya any more than that without violating HIPPA. Needless to say it wasn't pretty and that person is really messed up for life.

Another weird injury I saw once upon a time, a kid came in with a fishing lure stuck to his head. When he first walked up I thought it was something coming out of his head! (I was a registrar in the ER then.)

Pam

hippa is for identifying patient information. you can say that patient x drank a cup of bleach without violating anything.

Beek74

4 Posts

Most ridiculous thing I ever had to come to the ER for. I had surgery, and got a wound infection. I was d/ced on a Friday evening. I left the unit and went to the grocery store to grab a few things with my mom before heading home. Suddenly I notice my JP bulb is open. The little tab that closes it and provides the suction has come off. I tried everything. I tried taping it up, went to CVS and asked the pharmacist if they carried them, called the unit I'd left only an hour ago. They all said go to the ER. I felt so stupid, but with the open drain leading into my body, just over a wound infection, and thinking about 2 days of bloody drainage getting on my clothes and sheets, I didn't know what was the best choice. So back to the ER. I was hoping they could just get me a new bulb and I could leave in a decent amount of time. Instead I was there 6 hours, had to be seen by a resident and a surgeon and have a whole exam even though I felt fine. I could not believe there was no better way to get a new JP bulb. If the thing had broken 2 hours earlier, it would have been a 5 minute issue.

Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.
How about a brain freeze after slurping up a slushie at a convienence store...yes he got a cat scan.

Bahahahahahaha!! Hilarious!!

Anne, RNC

Altra, BSN, RN

6,255 Posts

Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.
I could not believe there was no better way to get a new JP bulb. If the thing had broken 2 hours earlier, it would have been a 5 minute issue.

There was a better way to get a new JP bulb ...

And that would have been for your surgeon to have appropriately addressed it in the office/clinic setting.

morte, LPN, LVN

7,015 Posts

did you miss the part that it was friday evening??

There was a better way to get a new JP bulb ...

And that would have been for your surgeon to have appropriately addressed it in the office/clinic setting.

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