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RN: “So, ma’am, you had a spinal fusion and had to cathertise yourself for a year? You’re pretty young, and said you have no medical history. What was the cause?” 22 Year old Patient: ” I don’t know, they said the nerves were damaged” RN: “Well, did you have any injuries that caused it?” Pt: “Well, I guess. I fell out [...] You know, if you are going to fake or exaggerate symptoms to obtain narcotics, at least wait for me to actually touch the part of your body that you claim is supremely tender. In this case, a guy who has been in before for other vague, narcotic “requiring” complaints like migraines, back pain, joint pains, [...]
There are many hazards that can befall one when they go to the Caribbean for a holiday. One could get sun burn. One could get robbed. One could get the bends after a scuba diving trip. Add penile fracture to that list. I have blogged about cases like this in the past but there was [...]
Nurse Catheter: “Hey ERP, I can’t clear the guy’s foley in room 3, can you help me?” Me: “Don’t worry Nurse Catheter, I will show you how to irrigate a foley properly.” (as I start to squirt sterile water in with a 60 cc Toomey Syringe) Nurse Splatter : “I don’t know, be careful. Are you [...]
Why in the world would an apparently “normal” person (and I mean someone who did not appear like either a homeless person, dishevelled alcoholic, bizarre psych patient, or obvious chronically ill and or mentally retarded) just announce to his nurse that he needed to go to the bathroom and then promptly urinate in his [...]
I know you are embarrassed to tell me in front of your wife (so maybe she should leave the room), but really. I know that your penile bruising was from some sort of “trauma” and did not just spontaneously occur. You are not on coumadin and have no coagulation problems, and no bruising elsewhere, [...] |
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