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Misadventurous Melissa

Everyday is an adventure, or misadventure as the case may be. It is the latter that makes for the best stories, inspiring the name of my blog. I'm a nurse and an attorney (and way too silly sometimes). I am retired now. WELCOME to my blog! This is a work of fiction inspired by true events. The patients I refer to are a patchwork quilt of various patient's problems mixed together. If you think you recognize someone, you are wrong. These people do not really exist.

Friday, August 12, 2005

ER Chief Complaints

When people come to the ER, a clerk enters the patient's chief complaint into the computer. Lacking a medical background, the clerk's choice of words can be rather amusing. When we're bored, we like to see what it's in the ER and what the clerk decided to call it. These are some of last night's chief complaints. Doing some research, I found what was missing and put it in parentheses.

Swelling on..........(lips)

Feels as if.........(throat is closing)

Unable to ca...........(re for self)

Did not take...........(meds)

Funny feelin...........(gs in throat)


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