Fw: Emergency Rooms

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Sharon in NW Washington Knitting is...time and love made tangible. Alison Hyde Emergency RoomsJust a few stories from our nations Emergency Rooms to prove that factis stranger than fiction.- A 28-year old male was brought into the ER after an attempted suicide.The man had swallowed several nitroglycerin pills and a fifth of vodka.When asked about the bruises about his head and chest he said that theywere from him ramming himself into the wall in an attempt to make thenitroglycerin explode.- The most non-emergency ER visit: A male adolescent came in at 2 a.m.with a complaint of belly button lint.- A young female came to the ER with lower abdominal pain. During theexam and questioning the female denied being sexually active. The doctorgave her a pregnancy test anyway and it came back positive. The doctorwent back to the young female's room.Doctor: 'The results of your pregnancy test came back positive. Are yousure you're not sexually active?'Patient: 'Sexually active? No, sir, I just lay there.'Doctor: 'I see. Well, do you know who the father is?'Patient: 'No. Who?'- A 92-year old woman had a full cardiac arrest at home and was rushedto the hospital. After about thirty minutes of unsuccessfulresuscitation attempts the old lady was pronounced dead. The doctor wentto tell the lady's 78-year old daughter that her mother didn't make it.'Didn't make it? Where could they be? She left in the ambulanceforty-five minutes ago!'

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oh geez,, probably all these folks called 911 and came in by ambulance too! I have transported several of these folks,, lolSHARON CROSBY wrote: Sharon in NW Washington Knitting is...time and love made tangible. Alison Hyde Emergency RoomsJust a few stories from our nations Emergency Rooms to prove that factis stranger than fiction.- A 28-year old male was brought into the ER after an attempted suicide.The man had swallowed several nitroglycerin pills and a fifth of vodka.When asked about the bruises about his head and chest he said that theywere from him ramming himself into the wall in an attempt to make thenitroglycerin explode.- The most non-emergency ER visit: A male adolescent came in at 2 a.m.with a complaint of belly button lint.- A young female came to the ER with lower abdominal pain. During theexam and questioning the female denied being sexually active. The doctorgave her a

pregnancy test anyway and it came back positive. The doctorwent back to the young female's room.Doctor: 'The results of your pregnancy test came back positive. Are yousure you're not sexually active?'Patient: 'Sexually active? No, sir, I just lay there.'Doctor: 'I see. Well, do you know who the father is?'Patient: 'No. Who?'- A 92-year old woman had a full cardiac arrest at home and was rushedto the hospital. After about thirty minutes of unsuccessfulresuscitation attempts the old lady was pronounced dead. The doctor wentto tell the lady's 78-year old daughter that her mother didn't make it.'Didn't make it? Where could they be? She left in the ambulanceforty-five minutes ago!' Jackie