What follows is a number of quotes heard while working in the ER that I have found entertaining/thought-provoking. Enjoy!
“You don’t even understand graham crackers.”- Psych patient. No, I don’t.
“They just need to go home and be sick at home,” exasperated physician in the pediatric ER.
“I shot a guys genitals off for raping my sister.” Eesh.
“No I don’t want to go on a date with you. I just saw you passed out naked in a bathtub.” Female paramedic to patient.
“When asked if he wanted to to die, why he phoned 911, pt states “I was hoping you could help me die.” Patient reminded ED staff will be unable to do that.” Quote from an ER nursing chart.
“It’s a fricken psychathon,” physican after seeing a number of psychiatric patients. Ha.
“It’s so hard to walk into a room of people you don’t know and tell them bad news.” I can only imagine.
More quotes will accumulate over time, I’m sure.
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Yeah ER is interesting, I did research for a year.
nurse: “I can’t wait to go home so my husband can fuck me”
stone faced attending “they’ll be dead before they get here”
resident asking me if i saw anything good
“Yeah, paracentesis”
resident: “what about all these cool diabetes cases”
me: yeah…..
attending: “wanna get a minor out of an underage drinking charge? Get them to fake psychosis and go to the ER. ”
(a kids charges got dropped)