Something I heard from a patient recently who was recovering from a bad anaphylactic reaction:
- I was wondering if I could make an appointment for a circumcision?
Um... Sure? And since you are already in the ER how about we schedule you for your next teeth whitening session?
Saturday 22 June 2013
Thursday 6 June 2013
I for an eye
As I was catching up on my charting today, I was interrupted by a visitor looking for a patient.
"Excuse me," she said. "I'm looking for an I-room."
"I'm sorry?" I didn't hear what she said because I was deeply concentrated on quoting verbatim all the scrambled garbage that came out of my drunk patient's mouth a few minutes earlier.
"I'm looking for an I-room? "I" as in "ice cream," she repeated.
It took me a second to realize what exactly she was talking about and, after I did, another two seconds to try and keep a straight face.
"It's Eye Room. Eye as in "eye" [pointing at my left eye that was twitching slightly with the barely suppressed laughter]. It's down the hall to the right."
I spent the next five minutes contemplating on the all the benefits of having an ice cream room in our ER.
"Excuse me," she said. "I'm looking for an I-room."
"I'm sorry?" I didn't hear what she said because I was deeply concentrated on quoting verbatim all the scrambled garbage that came out of my drunk patient's mouth a few minutes earlier.
"I'm looking for an I-room? "I" as in "ice cream," she repeated.
It took me a second to realize what exactly she was talking about and, after I did, another two seconds to try and keep a straight face.
"It's Eye Room. Eye as in "eye" [pointing at my left eye that was twitching slightly with the barely suppressed laughter]. It's down the hall to the right."
I spent the next five minutes contemplating on the all the benefits of having an ice cream room in our ER.
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