http://emergency.blogdrive.com/ ER_Perspective Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:40:03 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Entertainment http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/185.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:37:18 GMT I'm new to corrections by 6 months. Love the job, but didn't see the poop on my shoe until last week. The setting is County jail, one nurse-me. 37 YO male is booked on Friday night with BAC 0.39. No one calls me cause he's no trouble, sleeps the whole weekend until 0300am Monday. He starts withdrawals. Hallucinations... according to the officers who call me at 0520 a.m. I'm already on my way at that point. When I get there, he's diaphoretic, trembling, severe difficulty walking and talking, yet he tells me.... I know there's no blue letters in here but it's hard not to flinch when it looks... (more) http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=185 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/184.html Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:59:40 GMT Yesterday a girl came if because the ACRYLIC nail had cracked. It was just starting to get into her real nail, no pain. Next thing you know they will be coming in for pedicures!!! And, where I used to work we had a female take an ambulance to the emergency room for belly pain. The examination was done - finding was negative, she suddenly felt better, stated she was hungry, was fed and several hours later walked a short distance to the cinema in time for the movie to start. That's what you can do if you don't have cab fare for both ways I guess. ~Crystal Ball http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=184 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/183.html Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:46:29 GMT This is not emergent but what the heck, here goes.....There was a young girl (maybe 12 or 13) who kept visiting the nurses office every morning. She was always nauseaus. Well, the nurse finally asked her if she ever had sex. She then asked her when her last period was etc. Finally, in confirming her pregnancy, the girl's shocked reply was "I can't possibly be pregnant, we used saran wrap!" The nurse wanted to know whose idea was it to use saran wrap. She said her boyfriend (also maybe 13 or 14) told her it was safe. http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=183 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/182.html Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:07:33 GMT The classics we get are the males (I can't call them men) between 20 and 40 who come in with: vomited x 1 - 8 hrs ago, nausea (as they sit there with their coke and chips), rash, and various aches and pains. The one thing they all have in common is that they are single, have recently moved here to work or go to school and Mommy is back home in what ever town they came from. It's also very hard to "encourage" these guys to go to a clinic instead, they would rather sit in the ER waiting room for 8 hrs with lots of complaints of course. Rain at night brings the regulars that normally sleep in... (more) http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=182 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/181.html Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:06:03 GMT I had a lady come in to ER because she "hid" a hundred dollar bill in her rectum. Needless to say, she couldn't get it out. She said that she had unsuccessfully tried to "dig" it out. The MD did a rectal exam but refused to get an anoscope to go searching for something that would come out on it's own. The patient got panicked and cried until he gave her a bottle of magnesium citrate and sent her back out onto the streets. Apparently, she was mad because she wanted a fix and wanted it out that second. Just think about that the next time you use money! http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=181 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/180.html Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:04:47 GMT I have my own story on this... Years ago, when I was a student nurse I decided to try tanning. I am a very fair skinned Canadian, so I should have been very cautious. New to tanning I didn't know just what would happen, I tanned for a 'mere' 10 minutes. I was pink that night, pink and itchy and sore. The discomfort grew and escalated as I went to bed. I applied lotion, it was soothing and felt good when fresh on, but dried and the discomfort was there all the more, it seemed. I took a bath around midnight, my skin craved coolness, water was soothing. I was getting panicky as I had... (more) http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=180 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/179.html Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:36:48 GMT One time, when my nephew was 2 years old, he was crying uncontrollably. My sister being a new mom freaked out. She assumed the worst and called the ambulance. I tried to console her the best I could, but it was no use. After he was examined he was diagnosed with a temper tantrum. http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=179 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/178.html Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:34:54 GMT My one health teacher told me of people using preservatives thinking it could be used as birth control jeeze! I know when I was an infant my mom couldn't get a peice of hair that some how wrapped around my big toe. It actually turneed blue and she could not get it off so she took me to the ER and they got the hair out! Also my dad a C.O.P.D.'er I'm discovering is a HUGE freaking out can't breath person!!! Can't blame him but he was allways hyper and now that he's having respiratory problems he's NUTS! Ok, not over the top but anyway every now and then but more frequent he'll get... (more) http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=178 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/177.html Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:37:42 GMT I had an old alcoholic man one night with lots of tattoos, across each butt cheek he had one word "The End ". I was also told by other staff he had a tattoo on his manhood. I made it my goal for the night to NOT know what that tattoo was! I sure hope ever who his tattoo artist was, he was well paid. http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=177 http://emergency.blogdrive.com/archive/176.html Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:24:10 GMT About 0430 am Mom obviously trashed along with friend who drove them to our ER brings in 5 y/o with complaint of nausea & vomiting (dried vomited on child’s night shirt). Understand they drove to us from a near by city with plenty of hospitals. The kicker they wanted a prescription yah you heard me for Tylenol. We did a work up on the kid and she was fine PO challenge included. We’ll I couldn’t let the child get back into a car with a drunks one passed out on the stretcher with the kid. The other passed out in the waiting room. I pressed for time by telling Mom that Tylenol was so strong... (more) http://emergency.blogdrive.com/comments?id=176