Expect the unexpected. Brace yourself for a day of wonderment and what-the-hecks... of jaw-dropping and head-scratching incidents that defy explanations. You think you've seen it all?
Surprises abound in this place. And we love them. Not a 9-5 job where you can pretty much expect how you'll spend your day.
Huh, Welcome to our Emergency Department.
At triage...
Patient: "I swear I'm not pregnant. Shouldn't be. I'm on the pill. But my belly hurts soooooo much!"
Nurse: "Let me just put you on the stretcher."
Minutes later, the patient screams, the nurse lifts up the sheet, and finds a baby on the stretcher.
SURPRISE!!!
Nurse: "Miss, can you please give me some urine for a pregnancy test?"
Patient: (Giggles) "You're so kind. I'm really a man. "
SURPRISE!!!
Nurse: "Your son just went to x-ray, ma'am".
Woman: (outraged) "Excuse me, that's my husband."
SURPRISE!!! (awkward, too)
Undressing a homeless patient then finding wads of twenty-dollar bills tucked away in his underwear. Total amount = $10,000.
SURPRISE!!!
Foreign body in rectum, all types, all sizes.
SURPRISE!!!
December blizzard 2010... EMS brought a patient on a sled.
SURPRISE!!!
Patients help each other. An intoxicated patient was carried into the ER on a grocery cart by a similarly-ETOH intox friend.
SURPRISE!!!
The nurse heard grunting from the other cubicle. Thinking "Molly" (one of our ER alcoholic regulars) was in pain, she drew the curtain. Molly and her boyfriend were in a compromising situation. So much for privacy.
SURPRISE!!!
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