Real stories. Questionable decisions.
The funniest, strangest, grossest, and most unbelievable moments from ERs around the world—shared by the people who were there.
Welcome to ERtards
ERTards.com gives users a venue to vent their frustrations when dealing with patients or staff in emergency rooms around the world. There are a great deal of people out there who have no idea what the word “emergency” means. Their antics—and the assumptions made by some staff members—are often amusing.
The site is meant to be fun to read and enjoyed on a daily basis. Life in the ER is very different from the melodrama shown on TV. We’re talking about ER; it’s pretty close to Scrubs, though.
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The newest memorable visits from the ERtards archive.
complete idiots
When I was little(12 yo), I was in the ER after being sent from my pediatricians for an asthma attack that wasn’t responding to medication. As I’m in the room with serious SOB, there’s a woman with a ‘headache on the left side’ demanding treatment ahead of everyone else because she had a meeting to get to. I am so ...
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Actual text from triage assessment: “Pt states she accidentally poured Ajax dish detergent on her pancakes instead of syrup. Pt states she rinsed her mouth out several times but still wants to be checked.”
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Patient arrives to ER by ambulance; combative, urinates pants and states “I’ve been drinking for 7 days.”
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Asked a patient what pill killers she was using for her flank pain. Then the doctor started listing some “Tylenol, aleve, ibuprofen…..” Patient states “oh no. No ibuprofen, I’m allergic. I used Motrin.”……
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Male patient comes to the ER complaining that he hasn’t been able to make much urine. Patient also complains that he is having severe abdominal and pelvic pressure. Upon assessing the patient he looks to be very distended. The patient begins to tell a nurse and myself how it got so bad last night that he went to the garage ...
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I work at an Emergency Center, and we had a 60 year old woman come in with a cucumber stuck up her hooha.
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