We asked our Facebook fans for the craziest thing you’ve ever seen in the ER?; check out some of their responses below…and sound off with your own in the comments!
The nice couple sitting quietly in the ER after the husband sustained a concussion from a fall. They had to wait 2 hours but thanked us when we took him back to a room and paid every cent of his ER copay – Melissa Fortier
Around Christmas of 2016. Man came in after second attempt at self castration, he was successful. His reasoning was that Jesus told him to do it because he was having unnatural feelings towards children. Damn near applauded him for it – Jay Knott
I’m the craziest thing in my ER – Richard D Ramsey
Full staff and breaks – Elaine Eff
A resident was trying to do a female exam on a large black woman and “couldn’t find her cervix”… the attending came in and found it right away… she said its “up and to the left”
At the same time (without missing a beat), the patient and I bust into the chorus of Beyonces “to the left, to the left.. everything I own in my box to the left”…. it was hysterical! Best patient ever! – Beth Pate
Psych patient crawled through the ceiling tiles and into our trauma bay – Brittany Adams
An 18 y/o male who tried to commit suicide by cutting his arm off mid-forearm. When he didn’t bleed to death he tried cutting off his head with the same miter saw. Neither worked – Lisa Cheney Williams
A patient trying to commit suicide by applying 28 fentanyl patches (25mcg-100mcg) all over his body. He didn’t realize they were time released. His mother got home and found him unconscious but breathing. Came to our E.D. and was PISSED when we woke up – Lindsay White
Before I was a nurse I was a sitter on the floor and I watched a guy bite the tip of his finger off – Maria Alejandra Cabasos
We had a patient steal Valium from the crash cart. (This was before the day of Pyxis). He stashed it under his gown and went off to x-ray for his complaint of hip pain that rendered him unable to ambulate. When the radiology staff saw the Valium vials on the x-ray they called security. The divine hand of God cured his hip pain and he was able attempt to flee the hospital in his gown. He did not make it far!