Doc: Have you taken anything for your sinuses?
Patient: Oh, just some antibiotics.
Doc: …What did you take?
Patient: Some Tylenol and when that didn’t work I took some Ibuprofen.
As written on the sign in form:
“Feever and kidny”
“I was at the Golden Corral and this guy dropped a bowl of ice cream on my shoulder.”
Please for the love of all that is holy tell me why 55 year old with a cardiac history and chest pain relieved by nitro gets a brushoff and a quick discharge while the 30 year old frequent flyer with chronic pain, drama-queen brand fibromyalgia and generalized body aches gets the entire gamut including pelvic exam, a head CT, lumbar puncture, IV antibiotics for a nonexistent infection, and admission to observation?
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say something is very wrong with this picture.
If you haven’t urinated in four days…
… that’s bad.
Yes, you should be concerned. And no, please don’t cry to me. Next time be proactive about your health. If your body normally does something every few hours and then you go quite a bit of time without, why would you not realize something was wrong?
Chick comes in via ambulance at 3am, CC nasal congestion x4 years “since some fool ex-boyfriend broke my nose.” Also states this has been causing insomnia.
Did I mention it had been going on for four years? Yeah.
Hasn’t tried anything OTC. No Benadryl, Nyquil, nothing.
She got opted out, of course, but before she left, begged the doctor to re-break her nose in hopes that would fix the problem and refused to leave until he’d grant her request.
Then she got escorted out by security.
As written on the sign in form:
*EMERGENCY!!!*
(The actual complaint was earache x2 days.)
