Had a patient brough
Had a patient brought in by ambulance after picking muhrooms from is backyard, cooking them up with some rice & brought in after having an altered mentation. Claimed he died & was a buddha. Scary part was his girlfriend did not seem upset at this claim.
Had a DOA last week.
Had a DOA last week. Lesson learned: Never throw an old TV set in a fire. The shrapnel can and will kill you.
40 some y/o male com
40 some y/o male comes in to the ED with his mother “she made me come in” c/o coughing up blood–lungs clear and no coughing, CXR WNL–imagine that. He jumps off the cart, closes the door and says he does not want his mother to hear–”I have something down there and its tying me up”–only 40 to 50 genital warts.
17 y.o. female prese
17 y.o. female presents with boyfriend with c/o “abd. pain”. doesn’t take the pill “all the time” cause she “forgets” but it didn’t matter cause HIS mom was hoping they were pregnant anyway…. As I did my assessment – beginning with LUNG sounds… boyfriend interrupts to ask “so did ya hear 2 heartbeats?”
about 7 years ago, I
about 7 years ago, I was night shift, a male in his 30′s was drinking and climbed a flagpole on a dare, when he slid down the flagpole, he did not realize that there is a “hook” to wrap the rope around. It took 38 sutures to close his scrotum! He presented back a week later with wound infection!
30-something y/o mal
30-something y/o male, resident of a state hospital for the insane. a regular at the ED where i used to work. cames in because THIS TIME he swallowed a DOORKNOB. last time it was a door hinge and a bedspring.
Young female present
Young female presents to ER this evening C/O abdominal pain N/V. Can’t get out 2 full words without screaming and crying, but can say (with no difficulties) “they give me dilaudid for pain”. WOW!!! Imagine that! You can get all that out with no problems, but you can’t point to where your belly is hurting? Guess what she got??? Give up?…Toradol!
One day we had a Pt
One day we had a Pt that came into the ER complaining of having the flu and body aches for the past four days. Only problem was that he was still wearing the VIP wristband he got at the club last night. After he was asked how the club was he decided that he wasn’t that sick and left.