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Intersting phone calls of the day:

1. I can't find my Demerol. Can you call it in? (Patient is not on Demerol but I guess that doesn't stop them!)

2. Pharmacist. Patient is requesting that we refill Demerol. Patient demands that the pharmacist call.

3. Kind old lady - my blood sugar was 483 before breakfast, and 582 before lunch. I'm sorry to bother you, I was just a little worried....(Yeah, I was too!)

Pain scales:
Patient did not understand numeric rating. Rated pain as 10 in areas he felt no pain. Tried explaining pain scale. Tried smiley face scale. Patient said "none of those is making the face I'm making". Okay, tried to explain what each pain would correspond with. Patient said "Can't I just say I have no pain so I don't have to answer this?" Ended up telling the doctor that the patient stated he was in pain, seemed to me to be in pain (holding abdomen, guarding over lower right quadrant), but did not rate pain.

Now this one had me baffled:
Me: Asking if the patient had pain
Mathless: Yes, my knee
Me: Asking to rate pain on 1-10 scale
Mathless: negative 2.385
(Huh?)
I explained that negative numbers were not what I was asking for.
Mathless: okay, how about 7.297595860403858395786894949589454874878458745898459845989458945874857485748574637348589493977777777777777777777788888888888888888999999999999999999999944444444444444422222222.............etc.
I really don't think we need it THAT precise. And how pain can go from -2 to 7 is also unbelievable