ERtards: Documenting the retards that visit the emergency room.

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Dispatched via 911 to local nursing home for High Fever with secondary of possible UTI. Arrived to find pt in bed under about 6 heavy blankets. Nursing staff stated pt fever was 98.8 (98.6 is national average temp). nursing staff said they knew it was a UTI because 6 months ago she had a fever and UTI. In ambulance pt said she felt fine, and that the nursing staff was mad at her because she had rang the help bell too many times today.

#1427 (1) - May 1, 2010 01:54 PM by Anonymous - Complete_Idiots - Get back to the waiting room (76) - I dunno, seems legit. (19)

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To be fair, elderly patients are febrile at 99.0Â°F and if the temp was taken in the axilla rather than orally, then you'd have to add 0.5FÂ°. That said, I'd believe the patient's assessment of the situation - both 'cos AMS is a common sign of a UTI in the elderly and 'cos this was something the in-house medical staff should have been able to handle easily.