What is the most embarassing thing you turned up to A&E needing medical attention for?

Question

And were the doctors professional?

Answer 1

I got a live insect stuck in my ear for over an hour one time.
I was at an ice cream place and I swatted at a bug that was buzzing near my head.. aparently I swatted it into my ear canal... It buzzed and tried to flap its wings while inside, and hurt like hell.

I was driven to the ER and when I told the nurse in Triage that I had a live insect in my head, I went right in!

The doctors were very professional they had seen 2 others that WEEK ALONE! they got it out via a big turkey baster type device filled with water, and shot it into my ear... hurt like hell also... bug came dripping out, STILL ALIVE!

I took great pleasure in squashing that bug after.

Answer 2

I never had such a situation as a patient, but I see plenty of very embarassing situations every day, especially over the weekend. Unfortunately I can not talk about them, since I am bound by the rules of patient confidentiality and the Hypocratic Oath.
But with a bit of your own imagination you can well work some of the situations out for yourself.

Answer 3

Mine was not embarrassing in the sense that I assume some of the answers will be...but I cracked my skull one time coming down the stairs. I slipped whilst carrying a bucket of water went spinning down hitting my cast iron staircase and landed upside down with a bucket of water all over me...all because I had my heels on. Only weeks later on the way to a meeting I fell over and damaged my wrist ....because I tripped in my heels again. I was so glad it was not the same doctor!

Answer 4

I fell down a couple of stairs while living in a student house, and the top of our old fashioned radiator was on the floor. I cut my buttock open on it.
But it was fine as I have a nice a**.

Answer 5

Fortunately my only two A&E admissions were none serious and not embarrassing.

However I found these stories from on the net:-

Here are some highlights of ER admissions to Chicago General:

A 28-year old male was brought into the ER after an attempted suicide. The man had swallowed several nitroglycerin pills and a fifth of vodka. When asked about the bruises about his head and chest he said that they were from him ramming himself into the wall in an attempt to make the nitroglycerin explode.

A 50-year old woman came into the ER with a complaint of mild abdominal pain. During the pelvic exam, the doctor found that the lady had inserted a whole chicken, piece by piece, into her vagina. She then safety-pinned her labia shut. Unable to have children, she was hoping that the chicken would turn into a baby.

An elderly woman came into the ER complaining: "I got the green vines in my virginny". The pelvic exam verified that she did, indeed, have a six inch vine growing out of her vagina. Further inspection revealed that she had a mass in her vaginal vault. It was easily removed and looked very much like a potato. Further study revealed that it was, indeed, a potato. The patient said that her uterus was falling out and that she "put a potato in there to hold it up" and then had forgotten about it.

A man in his mid-fifties did a Loraina Bobbit on himself. The urologist thought that he could reattach the mans genitalia if it could be recovered and was in good condition. The police were dispatched to the man's house and the search was on. During the search, one of the officers heard a choking sound coming from the man's poodle. After a brief struggle, the officer was able to retrieve the man's jewels from the dog's mouth. After inspection of the parts by the urologist, it was decided that the man would need to be taught how to urinate in while sitting. The officer was given a commendation from his precinct for medical assistance.

A young intern was asked to assist with a Spanish woman who was actively in labor. Wanting to tell the woman to "Push", he started yelling "Puta! Puta! Puta!" At this, the grandmother started to cry and the baby's father had to be restrained. What the doctor should have been saying was "Puja!" (Push!). Instead, he was saying "Whore! Whore! Whore!"

An unconscious 36-year old male was brought to the ER in a cocaine induced seizure. As a nurse pulled back his foreskin to insert a foley catheter, a neatly folded twenty dollar bill fell out of the foreskin fold. When the man awakened, he demanded to leave. The nurse gave him back his belongings and told him where she had found the money. His response: "Yo, *****, that was a new $100!"

The most nonemergent ER visit: A male adolescent came in at 2 A.M. with a complaint of belly button lint.

A 92-year old woman had a full cardiac arrest at home and was rushed to the hospital. After about thirty minutes of unsuccessful resuscitation attempts, the old lady was pronounced dead. The doctor went to tell the lady's 78-year old daughter that her "Mother didn't make it". "Didn't make it? Where could they be? She left in the ambulance forty-five minutes ago!"

A 15-year old boy was laying on a stretcher with his mother sitting next to him. The boy was coming down from "crank" (methamphetamine) that he had injected into his veins. He was sharing his needles with his friends. Concerned about this, the doctor asked the boy if there was anything alse he might be doing to put him at risk for AIDS. The boy thought for a while then said , "I've been fu(king the dog?"

A 19-year old female was asked why she was in the ER. She said that she and her boyfriend were having sex and the condom came off and she wasn't able to retrieve it with her fingers. "I went to the bathroom and gagged myself to vomit but couldn't vomit it up either."

A woman with shortness on breath and who weighted approximately 500 lbs was dragged into the ER on a tarp by six firemen. While trying to undress the lady, an asthma inhaler fell out of one of the folds under her arm. After an X-ray showed a round mass on the left side of her chest her massive left breast was lifted to find a shiny new dime. And last, but not least-- during a pelvic exam a TV remote control was discovered in one of the folds of her crotch. She became known as "The Human Couch".

Not sure if I was a doctor that I could have remained professional in some of those cases.

Answer 6

friend slipped on a beer flooded floor, he went up in the air, let go of his pint glass, guess what he landed on the broken glass,he had a 3inch diameter ring mark on his bun that requied 12 stitches, docs and nurses were in stitches laughing about it

Answer 7

I guess I am embarrassed about tuning in to Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Answer 8

well its not embarrassing, but i fell off a roof on our local industrial estate, it was late at night. I had broken 3 toes and fractured my foot. I had to explain it to work as well

Answer 9

garden fork through both feet at the same time...good job my mum was in...and i don't know about the second part i was unconscious at the time...(aged 14 at the time)

Answer 10

not me but i heard someone had a toy car up his ***