Things I learned working in the ER

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SP33Demon

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Now OP can rename thread to: "Things I learned while lying that I was an EMT-IV: Never try to pass a chain letter off as your own story."
 

OutHouse

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This one is awesome

My fave patient, by far, was this woman who came in for "kidney pain". She was convinced that she needed a CT or US (and asked for them repeatedly), but we all thought it was musculoskeletal. So she's sitting there with her 2 year old, and her baby's father**, as we try to figure out if she's done any heavy lifting or anything recently...

So finally she says, "Hey Doc, you think I coulda done dis masturbating? Cuz da other night, YOU (points to baby's dad) just wouldn't wake up! And I needed me some lovin'! So I gave myself like 29 orgasms while you be sleeping in da bed next to me! You think that could've done it, doc?"
 

MikeMike

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I will add one more, that i actually saw while in the ER doing a small internship at the end of my highschool year.

Dont run from the cops and think a large walkin freezer is a nice spot to lock yourself into. Of course, doing this on meth is an even better idea.

MIKE
 

Pliablemoose

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Originally posted by: gasser11
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SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

 

dethman

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Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Now OP can rename thread to: "Things I learned while lying that I was an EMT-IV: Never try to pass a chain letter off as your own story."

LOL sp33 said something funny!
 

Rudee

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Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Now OP can rename thread to: "Things I learned while lying that I was an EMT-IV: Never try to pass a chain letter off as your own story."



Gotta love Google. Exposes them everytime. ;)
 
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Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
- Never, ever leave flashlights, shampoo bottles, beer bottles, or any long, cylindrical object on the floor, because someday you will fall on it, and somehow, it will become lodged in your rectum.

so I slipped...what are you implying?

"accidently"
 

OutHouse

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HAHAHAHAAH this one is CLASSIC!! I actually LOL on this one.


When your 15yo daughter gives precipitous delivery to a bleating, underweight infant 30 minutes after presenting to triage c "gas pains", you should run around the department loudly yelling, "I don't know what y'all did or who that baby is, but my lil' girl warn't pregnant when she come in here"
 

Spamela

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first pwnage of the new year:)

my older son, who DOES work in a hospital, told me about the
"fell on the mustard container in the shower" patients, along with
other, more gruesome stories.
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: gasser11
Text

SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

Complete ownage.
 

silverpig

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I was told a story by someone who was in the hospital waiting room. Some lady was brought in by her family and she was screaming bloody murder because she was in so much pain. You couldn't SEE anything wrong with her though (no gunshots or knives sticking out of her or anything...).

Attempting to commit suicide by drinking a bottle of drano only serves to prove that you are an idiot and causes extreme pain.
 

cerebusPu

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i have some non ER stories, and for some reason they all involve humungous fat women.

really fat lady comes in and needs a CT. they cant use the radiology CT because she's heavier than the weight limit of the table and cant fit thru the hole. (mind you the weight limit is like 400pounds) So they send her to the zoo for a CT. (imagine getting in line behind the hippo and in front of the lion)

really fat lady comes in complaining of a bad smell she cant get rid of. she's so big that she needs to cleanse herself with a sponge and bucket. Now doc looks around and finds a rotting andwich hidden in one of the folds of fat.
 

jemcam

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: gasser11
Text

SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

Complete ownage.

Nevermind the fact that words are misspelled the exact same way the sacrosanctfiend posts.

 

Rudee

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Apr 23, 2000
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Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: gasser11
Text

SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

Complete ownage.

Nevermind the fact that words are misspelled the exact same way the sacrosanctfiend posts.


Seriously, which ones? I didn't notice. If true, that's UBER OWNAGE TO THE NTH DEGREE
 

cerebusPu

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Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: gasser11
Text

SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

Complete ownage.

Nevermind the fact that words are misspelled the exact same way the sacrosanctfiend posts.

oh gawd.... uber ownage to the 8th degree. go ahead and drown yourself in a toilet to save yourself the humilation.
 

vood0g

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Originally posted by: cerebusPu
i have some non ER stories, and for some reason they all involve humungous fat women.

really fat lady comes in and needs a CT. they cant use the radiology CT because she's heavier than the weight limit of the table and cant fit thru the hole. (mind you the weight limit is like 400pounds) So they send her to the zoo for a CT. (imagine getting in line behind the hippo and in front of the lion)

really fat lady comes in complaining of a bad smell she cant get rid of. she's so big that she needs to cleanse herself with a sponge and bucket. Now doc looks around and finds a rotting andwich hidden in one of the folds of fat.

::puke::
 

phreaqe

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does anybidy know why they say this: If you are having chest painDon't go to the bathroom. period.

i have never heard that ans want to know why this is the case. it was mentioned a few time in that other thread
 

cerebusPu

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Originally posted by: phreaqe

does anybidy know why they say this: If you are having chest painDon't go to the bathroom. period.

i have never heard that ans want to know why this is the case. it was mentioned a few time in that other thread

maybe its because you'd probably get a heart attack and kneel over in the bathroom. no one would notice and would just assume you are taking a long dump.

Ive had a friend who passed out from drinking too much in the bathroom. we were eating dinner and realized that she's been in the bathroom for like 2 hours.
 

Muadib

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Originally posted by: cerebusPu
Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: gasser11
Text

SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

Complete ownage.

Nevermind the fact that words are misspelled the exact same way the sacrosanctfiend posts.

oh gawd.... uber ownage to the 8th degree. go ahead and drown yourself in a toilet to save yourself the humilation.

The year just started, but this has got to be winner of ownage thread of the year for 2005.
 

phreaqe

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Originally posted by: cerebusPu
Originally posted by: phreaqe

does anybidy know why they say this: If you are having chest painDon't go to the bathroom. period.

i have never heard that ans want to know why this is the case. it was mentioned a few time in that other thread

maybe its because you'd probably get a heart attack and kneel over in the bathroom. no one would notice and would just assume you are taking a long dump.

Ive had a friend who passed out from drinking too much in the bathroom. we were eating dinner and realized that she's been in the bathroom for like 2 hours.

that is the only thing i could think of but they made it sound like it was for some medical reason. o well
 

syconub

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: gasser11
Text

SacrosanctFiend,

why did you feel the need to take other people's real experiences in the ER and pretend you actually saw it yourself...


Holy ownage Batman...

Complete ownage.

yet another yes this is my desk nik thread.
 
May 16, 2000
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Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: gasser11
you're absolutely right....he never directly claimed he saw it himself...but the fact that when asked where he worked...he just mentioned his title and stuff, but didn't clarify that it wasn't at his ER where he saw the stuff.

Don't these exact same things happen in emergency rooms around the world every day?

Pretty much, yes. Worked in one for 3 years, and I've now officially seen it all and then some.
 

Pliablemoose

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Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: phreaqe

does anybidy know why they say this: If you are having chest painDon't go to the bathroom. period.

i have never heard that ans want to know why this is the case. it was mentioned a few time in that other thread


I've never heard that & it makes no sense-

<-ER nurse for nearly a decade