Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Pain relief

Patient: "My foot really hurts."

Me: "Oh..."

Patient: "Can I have some Vicodin?"

Me: "I have to talk to my attending."

Patient: "Also, do you have medical marijuana?"

Me: "No, we don't."

Patient: "And what's that other thing for pain...?"

Me: "??"

Patient: "Heroin."

Me: "!!!"

Patient: "I'm joking."

4 comments:

  1. Did you give him the Vicodin? At least he had a sense of humor about it.

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  2. Pt jumps into the back of our truck, asks for dilaudid. My medic partner looks at him and says "Ah, no. We don't carry dilaudid." I kept a straight face and refrained from offering him Tylenol.

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  3. Really giving him the vicodin would have been the least you could do ;)

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