21 Nurses And Doctors Share Their Most Insane And Hilarious Stories Of A Patient ‘Faking It’
"Get called for an unconscious drunk at a bar. Get her out to the ambulance, she shouts 'I'M HAVING A SEIZURE' and starts waving her arms around. I tell her 'people who have seizures generally don't announce it first.' Her response? 'You're being very judgmental, I was getting ready in case I had a seizure.'"
By Eric Redding
13. People Really Act Out
“I am an X-ray tech. All the time in the ED you will have patients that come in seeking things. These patients will have a bunch of X-rays ordered. So when you first start the exams they will be in all sorts of pain. They cannot position any body part. Fighting and begging you to not do it. Then after about 15 minutes, when they notice you’re going to do your job. They stop the charade and get through the stack of images ordered on them. It’s quite incredible really.
The other thing that blows my mind is when people want the worst possible outcome of their disease. Like you can feel the craving for sympathy emanating from them. With phrases ‘Ohhh that’s really bad isn’t it’ or ‘Oh man is that the worse you’ve seen?’ Not said with dread, but barely hidden excitement.”
