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 ?

[flightofpassion]

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

[DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP]

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

:banghead:

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

Best,

Diane

[Dragonnurse1, ASN, RN]

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.

[nerdtonurse?, BSN, RN]

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.

[kauainurse]

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!

[Dragonnurse1, ASN, RN]

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. :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:

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

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. :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??

[jellybean_1]

:chuckle

[morte, LPN, LVN]

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....

[ffearme12]

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:

[twinmommy+2, ADN, BSN, MSN]

Arrived via ambulance, Mild Headache 3 hour duration, hadnt tried any otc drugs. Bet he had a real headache when he got the er and ambulance bill :chuckle

Nah, cause in my er the person probably won't even look at the bill let alone pay it.

[DebanamRN, MSN, RN]

Nah, cause in my er the person probably won't even look at the bill let alone pay it.

That's for sure! They probably throw away the unopened bill, if they even gave the right address or haven't moved.