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

And did you have to treat them?

I am just curious. Your stories always seem to either crack me up or shake my head in amazement.

Thanks for sharing ?

Thanks for listening,. Curleysue :rotfl:

I can relate to this one Had a old guy come into lens crafters and said his glasses were bothering him They were filty litterally when he removed them his nose pad had broke and the metal part was sticking into the nose badly infected .and the longest magot was comming out .Tons of pus with it I was so distracted watching the worm riggle there. Luckly since I also worked in nursing at this time nothing was a shock to me. I just handed the man a mirror and said quitlety .Your nose is very infected you might want to have that looked at and handed him a tissue .He took a look and saw the worm and just pulled out the longest magot. I have ever seen Well I soaked the lenses and frame in Etoh for an 1 hr and then ultarsound them sodered a new pad on Handed his glasses back and he told me he was off to see his Dr. After that he came once a week and got his glasses cleaned.

OH MY GOD,,, That is truely disgusting! That is much worse than my story of maggots in the guys infected foot. I don't think I could handle this one. Just thinking about that long maggot wiggling out of his nose,,, YUCKY!

Specializes in ER/Trauma.
Here's another one...

20 y/o "Buffy" type sorority girl at an area university, comes in with the c/o "A bump down there and its tender", hx present x 2 mos.

External exam by the doc reveals nothing unusual or abnormal, as he palpates around she suddenly says "that's IT!"

He palpates again. "this?" he asked, with a slight flitter with his finger to make sure he was correct (never mind the WAY that happened)..

"yes, that" was the answer

He sat back, removed his gloves, took a deep breath, and said with every amount of composure he could muster...

"that's your privy parts. That's SUPPOSED to be there."

All I could think was...God bless her, some poor guy finally found it.

:rotfl:

That's INSANE! :uhoh21:
Specializes in ER/Trauma.
Why didn't she just use ice It takes gum right out.
THIS, I didn't know :) Thanks!
THIS, I didn't know :) Thanks!

Roy, peanut butter works well too, better in my opinion. You just glob it in the hair and the oil from the PB makes the gum slide right out then you just have to wash the PB out.

But I would not recommend trying this on a dog, apparently dog hair is different the gum will still be stuck and the poor dog will be trying to eat the PB and will bite his own ear and THEN you have to clean up the blood too. (LONG story....ended up having to call my friend who is a groomer LOL)

and do you have to treat them?

I am just curious. Your stories always seem to either crack me up or shake my head in amazement.

Thanks for sharing :)

Once, we had mom and her three kids come to ED per ambulance. The family car would not start. Each child a cold symptoms. You know the classics signs, cough, sore throat, and headache. All this took place after clinics closed for the day. Then the doctor after discharging them, asked if we could find transportation home. I work in a rather small rural hospital. It was a cold and snowy evening. One of our Chaplins took them home. Mind you, this chaplin did this on his own. Home was 20 miles one way. And thats the truth!

Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU, Psych, Med-surg...etc....

I had a woman call and ask me if we could get some of her husbands semen to preserve by the sperm bank. I said we didn't do that in the ER that she needed to see a specialist....then overwhelmed by curiosity (it's 2 am) I asked her where her husband was...she said "Rest in Peace Funeral Home", I of course was flipping out, barely able to contain myself, but I had to know..."how long has he been there?" She said "Three days, the funeral is tomorrow"....I cracked up..... :roll :roll :roll :roll

I work with a nurse who works ER on weekends, she told me about this woman who crushed and snorted a mothball. She then went over to Wal-Mart with her kids. She was acting "off" so the helpful folks at Wally World called 911. EMS takes her to the hospital where the nice folks in the ER laugh at her and then call Child Protective Services who released the kids to grandma and grandpa.

HERE- HERE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 4 DAYS FROM A STONE. I HAD A MAJOR INFECTION IN MY BLADDER AND KIDNEYS. THE URINE WAS GOING BACK INTO MY KIDNEYS. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD IN MY URINE THE NURSE TRIED TO TELL ME THAT I WAS ON MY PERIOD:angryfire . SO SHE CATH ME AND SHE FOUND OUT DIFFERENTLY. RAN OUT OF THE ROOM TO GO THE DR AND I WAS ADMITTED AND GIVEN A COCK-TAIL OF MORPHINE AND DILAUDID FOR PAIN. I WAS ON PAIN MEDICINE FOR 2-3 DAYS. WHEN I WOKE UP IT WAS FROM THE PAIN OF SO MANY SHOTS OF PAIN MEDS IN MY A**:rotfl: . I TOLD THE NURSE TO GET THE DR IN HERE TO GET THOSE STONES OUT. I WENT TO THE OR AND STENTS WERE PUT INTO MY URETERS AND THE NEXT DAY I WAS SENT HOME WITH ATB AND PERCOCET. THERE WERE SO MANY INFECTIONS FROM THE RIPPING OF THE STONES PASSING IT WAS UNREAL. I TRIED ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT ATB. I WOULD RATHER HAVE HAD 10 BABIES THAT ALL WEIGH 20LBS A PEICE THAT TO EVER DEAL WITH THAT AGAIN. THAT HURT. I FEEL THE PAIN ALL OVER AGAIN JUST TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT IT.:chuckle

Now why in the world would you even think that it would be silly to go to the ER for that? I had a kidney stone years ago. It was probably the worst pain I ever felt in my life!
HERE- HERE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 4 DAYS FROM A STONE. I HAD A MAJOR INFECTION IN MY BLADDER AND KIDNEYS. THE URINE WAS GOING BACK INTO MY KIDNEYS. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD IN MY URINE THE NURSE TRIED TO TELL ME THAT I WAS ON MY PERIOD:angryfire . SO SHE CATH ME AND SHE FOUND OUT DIFFERENTLY. RAN OUT OF THE ROOM TO GO THE DR AND I WAS ADMITTED AND GIVEN A COCK-TAIL OF MORPHINE AND DILAUDID FOR PAIN. I WAS ON PAIN MEDICINE FOR 2-3 DAYS. WHEN I WOKE UP IT WAS FROM THE PAIN OF SO MANY SHOTS OF PAIN MEDS IN MY A**:rotfl: . I TOLD THE NURSE TO GET THE DR IN HERE TO GET THOSE STONES OUT. I WENT TO THE OR AND STENTS WERE PUT INTO MY URETERS AND THE NEXT DAY I WAS SENT HOME WITH ATB AND PERCOCET. THERE WERE SO MANY INFECTIONS FROM THE RIPPING OF THE STONES PASSING IT WAS UNREAL. I TRIED ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT ATB. I WOULD RATHER HAVE HAD 10 BABIES THAT ALL WEIGH 20LBS A PEICE THAT TO EVER DEAL WITH THAT AGAIN. THAT HURT. I FEEL THE PAIN ALL OVER AGAIN JUST TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT IT.:chuckle

Geez... That sound horrible. I hope I never get a stone or pass a stone or anything like that. Once in the hospital for SVT they put in a foley cause of all the fluids they were giving me. I think I was like on 6 IV pumps for a couple different things like TPN and white looking fat juice? something like that. But anyways after a day or so on the foley it started to look pink, then one day it was just bright red and I would look at the tubing going down my leg and big red blood clots were passing through. That was probably the most painful thing I have ever felt and they didn't give me anything for pain. I was so pissed!

I thought getting meningitis twice in 2 years was the most painful thing but in those cases they actually gave me meds. It just makes me so upset when docs are so mean about giving pain meds. I mean come on, bright red blood coming out of my bladder! HELLO?!

This post is so funny! I LOVE IT...:rotfl:

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

Had a patient come in last week by ems from the other side of town, c/o N/V/D. per EMS. Pt gets there and denies being ill, he just want the ER MD to do his paperwork so he can get one of those little hoveround scooters to get around in, and he also wanted a cab voucher to get back home in.

Unfortunaely one of local offduty PD was in the next bed with a friend who was really sick.He of course heard everything, he came over and talked with the pt. All the ended up getting was a ride to the local jail for Abuse of the EMS.

Keep it in the short grass

I remember working at a big uniersity hospital ER as a tech and having a homeless man who was a frequent flyer who would come in everyother day or everyday almost complaining of chest pain just so he could get a warm bed to sleep in and a hot meal.

He had a million dollar workup when he began this rountine that included a echo, chest x-rays, angiogram and you name it, EVERYTHING that determined he had absolutely nothing wrong with his heart and yet he could come in and say Yes I guess I am having chest pains and those words would get him back immediately and a stay for the night. I mean it was so awful. He would immediately turn over on his side and request a warm blanket so he could sleep.. And its not like we couldn't tell he was sleeping cause the man SNORED so loud!!

It is such an awful abuse to the system, and just knowing that our tax dollars are paying for this. I mean come on, why do these people do this to us?

Curleysue :banghead:

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

Because he has no where else to go and get the attention and safety he is craving

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