Comments on: WTF Moment #871

By: MiniMedic

MiniMedic — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:05:03 +0000

*falls off chair laughing*

If the sons are anything like him, you’ll be able to beat them into submission by poking them with broken Q-tips…

By: StorytellERdoc

StorytellERdoc — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:41:24 +0000

LOL…I read this twice. Too fricking funny. I see the concern for his behavior but, in our job, this type of behavior is not all that surprising, right? docmom’s comments hits it on the head, too. WE didn’t make the patient come in, so treat us a little better. Then, and only then, will I get you a pillow, a turkey sandwich, and some lemon pudding..

By: docmom

docmom — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:17:37 +0000

Get those people from time to time who don’t want to be asked questions or examined. I remind them that they voluntarily came to the ER for a physician’s opinion on their concerns and if they do actually want that opinion then I have to ask them questions and examine them. If they do not, they are free to leave.

By: ERP

ERP — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:43:23 +0000

What a friggin’ psychopath.

By: Sick Momma

Sick Momma — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:52:16 +0000

Ok, so I’m not a medical person at all. But I’m a little curious about whether the old guy had anyone with him in the ER, and if so, if they’d noticed any behavior changes.

Because I have to say, as a layman, his behavior sounds totally crazy. And it sounds like he may have been hypersensitive to sensation rather than having any numbness.

Early dementia? (I fully understand that’s not something that gets treated in the ER, but I’m trying to understand the guy’s behavior.)

If he was alone and *did* think he might have had a stroke, what the heck was he doing driving to a hospital in the first place? Is it just what NurseK always implied — the ER draws the crazees like moths to a flame?

By: Chrys

Chrys — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:39:11 +0000

Oh,the way you describe things. I had to laugh about us all reading about him twice. Hang in there, WC.

By: mark p.s.2

mark p.s.2 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:33:31 +0000

IMO A stroke (bleedout in the brain) would happen to one side of the brain, correspondingly one side of the body would be unusually weak.

By: midwest woman

midwest woman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:04:24 +0000

awesome book..a definite must read.

By: Andrew_M_Garland

Andrew_M_Garland — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:08:03 +0000

Could he have suffered a stroke in a brain area that controls impulse, or situational understanding?

Oliver Sacks wrote about “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat”. The man in question was seemingly normal in conversation, but thought that his wife was his hat as he left Sacks’ office.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:45:49 +0000

Now *that* would have been a proper way of messing with him.