Just For Laughs
Regular Entry Below the Hospital Charting Bloopers: ** _Hospital Charting Bloopers (Actual writings from hospital charts)_***** **** 1. Patient refused the autopsy.**** 2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.**** 3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.**** 4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.**** 5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. **** 6. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.**** 7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.**** 8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.**** 9. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.****10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.****11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.****12. She is numb from her toes down.****13. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated, and sent home.****14. The skin was moist and dry.****15. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.****16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.****17. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.****18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.****19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.****20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.****21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.****22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.****23. Skin: somewhat pale but present. ****24. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.****25. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities. ** ~~~~~ Haha, hope you got some laughs out of those...I did. I'm having an "off" day...not a bad day...just one of those were things aren't quite going right. Like I went to take a sip of coffee and realized I had already finished it...and then I went to pour a glass of water but missed the glass and poured the water all over the floor. I did manage to do a 15 min workout though it is getting hard to talk myself into it this week. I also posted some stuff for sale online...so at least I'm getting some things accomplished...but right now I'm taking a break and eating some chocolate. Mmmmm.
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