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Hey Medical Worker Pandas, What Are Some Stupid Reasons People Visit An ER?
For those who have ever worked in an ER what are some of the most stupidest complaints a patient has to visit an ER?
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I will start. A lady calling 911 to request ambulance to take her to ER cause she cut herself shaving her leg. Legit 1 inch cut that ER doc put in one stitch and sent her on her way.
I will folow ....teenage girl calls 911 for ambulance citing stomach pain when all she wants is a pregnancy test
I don’t work in an ER, but stupid people put stupid stuff up their stupid butts all the stupid time.
Yes I’ve seen it. Champagne bottles, beer bottles, lost sex toy (ended up in surgery ) animals. ..some guy put two triple aaa batteries into his penis...list goes on
It wasn’t his fault.
About ten years ago, my husband had a heart catheterization femoral (catheter is inserted at the artery in the inner side of the upper thigh). The next two days every step he took felt like a kick in the crotch. Finally, when he could barely walk, I took him in. Turns out that the surgical nurse had taped his nut sack to his thigh.
No way I could ever get that off for him.
Quite a few parents of my students would take them to the ER - often in the middle of the night - when they had a sore throat or upset stomach. 1. This would cause a crowded waiting room where those actually having an emergency would not be seen as quickly as they might otherwise have been. 2. A false picture of a true emergency would be believed at school because “ ____ had to go to the hospital last night!“ which would lead to future disbelief in the severity of a problem when there was in fact a true emergency. This would tend to reduce awareness throughout the day when it would have been prudent to keep in mind the fact that a child had been sick enough to go to the hospital the night before. When a teacher knows a child has been that sick the night before, they will generally keep an eye out cos any problems.
