r/emergencymedicine Nurse Practiciner Feb 02 '25

Advice Allergy Olympics

Is it wrong that if I see a patient has more than 10 allergies I IMMEDIATELY assume she's (bc it's always a she) a psych case?

In 24 years I've never been wrong.

You'll never read this in a textbook but add it to your practice today and thank me later👍

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u/OverallEstimate Feb 02 '25

There’s a reason I so many people hit benefit outweighs risk on all the pop ups.