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What is the FUNNIEST thing a patient came into the Emergency Department for?


March 10th, 2022

Her feet hurt because her shoes were too tight.

March 9th, 2022

A lady brings her little girl into the Emergency Room and stated that the little girl swallowed a battery. The little girl is not short of breath nor c/o of pain. She goes go x-ray and the battery is viewed in her stomach. When the doctor looks at the x-ray, it looks like a dime - it is one of those flat battery. The doctor goes in and talk with the mother and turns asks the little girl "Why did you swallow that battery? The little girl replied," I thought it was a pancake."

October 11th, 2021

I had a young girl come in to the ER on a cold day to tell me that her hands were cold and blue. I look at her hands, see that they are blue but in an artificial way. I ask her "were you wearing new jeans today?" She says no but the blue comes off on an alcohol swab. I show her the swab and ask her if she stills wants to check in. She says well there cold too. It's cold outside, are you sure? She proceeds to complete her check in and waits 2 hours before she disappears into the cold night.

September 7th, 2022

Wasn't my patient but it showed up on our waiting board. "my girlfriend stuck a straw up my nose and now it's stuck there"

January 19th, 2024

An elderly gentleman coming with swollen tissues of his genitals after the visit to massage parlor

September 7th, 2022

from viagara a sexual activity during for a male and female spouse needing physical therapy over it but they needed to sign release forms being private records for materntiy

June 14th, 2022

It was my first patient with a colostomy. He was this old, grumpy man sitting up in bed. I started taking off his bag and it smelled so bad my eyes were watering. I kept telling myself to think about his feelings and to not let anything show on my face. He looked at me and said, 'God, you've got bad