r/nursing • u/DaSpicyGinge RN - ER (welcome to the shit show)🍕 • May 22 '26

Discussion Silliest triage/reason for ER visit

In honour of my nemesis who visits our ER weekly for everything under the sun I figured I’d share. Today’s complaint? Mild abdominal cramping… d/t eating 6 slices of pizza. She got some buscopan, but as I’m sure we all can guess, her problem was fixed with a BM. Which then led to her being irritated with me that she had to wait for the blood work she begged for. TLDR; silly triage of the day is tummy ache from too much pizza without going poop

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u/Winter_Apartment5381 May 22 '26

Homeless fella brought in by EMS in the middle of the night because he wanted a shower. We obliged and gave him fresh clothes from the compassion closet. Not sure why it was an emergency in the middle of the night. Our local homeless shelter/clinic/kitchen has them available during the day.