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 ?

Imagine this... during a Level 3 ( level 3 is the most severe) snow storm/blizzard a patient with 3 small children drove to the ED at 3 am with a complaint of a rash on her buttocks that had been present for 3months. This patient c/o pain 10/10 and nausea with vomiting ( at no time was an emesis noted). This patient requested Dilaudid, Phenergan, (and stated that she usually gets 2mg of Dilaudid) and that Benadryl was also needed because she itches with Dilaudid. upon exam the patient was noted to have a small area from an ingrown hair. The doc gave her the dilaudid, phenergan and benadryl along with a prescription for percocet for, good measure I suppose. Finally, a week later my manager informed me that this nauseated patient was unhappy with her care because I didn't offer to feed her. I was asked to write a response.

Specializes in Psychiatry.
Imagine this... during a Level 3 ( level 3 is the most severe) snow storm/blizzard a patient with 3 small children drove to the ED at 3 am with a complaint of a rash on her buttocks that had been present for 3months. This patient c/o pain 10/10 and nausea with vomiting ( at no time was an emesis noted). This patient requested Dilaudid, Phenergan, (and stated that she usually gets 2mg of Dilaudid) and that Benadryl was also needed because she itches with Dilaudid. upon exam the patient was noted to have a small area from an ingrown hair. The doc gave her the dilaudid, phenergan and benadryl along with a prescription for percocet for, good measure I suppose. Finally, a week later my manager informed me that this nauseated patient was unhappy with her care because I didn't offer to feed her. I was asked to write a response.

Flightofpassion,

Dare I ask who paid for this?????

We (you and me) of course!!!!!!

Specializes in Psychiatry.
We (you and me) of course!!!!!!

:banghead::banghead::banghead:

My hat's off to you for keeping your cool. I'm not so sure I would have been able to.

Best,

Diane

Specializes in ER - trauma/cardiac/burns. IV start spec.

OMG Your nurse manager sounds worse than the one we had and I never imagined that possible. Please tell me that she did not leave and drive home with that medication onboard with small children.

Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

My favorite that actually got someone admitted to my telemetry unit -- "Near syncope." Yup. No cardiac history, no COPD/CVA/CHF/neuro issue. Just "I almost fainted, so I checked myself into the hospital". Where do these idiots come from?

I've only been to the ER as a patient twice, once for a deep puncture from a garden tool that I couldn't get to stop bleeding, and once for dislocating my elbow, and the only reason I went to the ER for the elbow was that it was the weekend and my doc's office was closed. On that person's scale of "emergency" my dislocated elbow should have involved spooling up the helicopter and getting a ride to Emory.

Specializes in ER, Acute, home health, LTC, & Psy.

A female came into our ER with thumb pain. No evidence of injury, skin intact, she left afetr 5 minutes in ER, came back 1/2 hr later, walked back out the door and then came in again asking for "mercy". We glady worked her up and she left with no narcs, just some NSAID...............she was a trip!:clown:

Specializes in ER - trauma/cardiac/burns. IV start spec.

OK Last night my son calls me from the ER. No he was not there for himself but had taken his friends bride to be and waited with her until her beau could get there. Seems they had been playing hide the salami and she popped her neck real bad. Could not move head and had blurred vision. :confused::chuckle

Turns out she tore a ligament::doh: and was put in neck brace with pain meds. I told my son to relay message that sex is not an olympic sport:lol2:

TTFN:yeah:

Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.
OK Last night my son calls me from the ER. No he was not there for himself but had taken his friends bride to be and waited with her until her beau could get there. Seems they had been playing hide the salami and she popped her neck real bad. Could not move head and had blurred vision. :confused::chuckle

Turns out she tore a ligament::doh: and was put in neck brace with pain meds. I told my son to relay message that sex is not an olympic sport:lol2:

TTFN:yeah:

If your son was able to do all this without rolling about the floor laughing, he's a good man!!

Where was the prospective groom? Or was he incapacitated, rolling about the floor laughing??

:chuckle

OMG Your nurse manager sounds worse than the one we had and I never imagined that possible. Please tell me that she did not leave and drive home with that medication onboard with small children.

my thought as well.....was wondering why social services wasnt called for endangerment.....from the drive in....

Three girls were clubbing and one lifted an acrylic and called rescue to bring her to the ER. When she got there she was PO'd Because she was sent to triage:nono:

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