r/emergencymedicine • u/Asleep-Palpitation43 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/docbach BSN Feb 02 '25

How do you know someone is allergic to haldol?

Someone’s had to give them haldol 

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u/imnotthemom10247 Feb 02 '25

This is my most favorite allergy because of this fact.

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u/hibbitydibbitytwo Feb 02 '25

Allergy to haldol because haldol makes me forget stuff

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u/docbach BSN Feb 02 '25

I’m allergic to haldol because it makes me too sleepy to throw poop at people in the lobby

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u/hibbitydibbitytwo Feb 02 '25

She got the haldol anyway, cause if you are gonna have an allergic reaction the hospital is the safest place.

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u/Nurseytypechick RN Feb 02 '25

To be fair, we are using it for CVS and migraine and such... so not all haldol is anti-asshole dosing anymore lol. (Often is, with the allergy listed tho.)

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u/docbach BSN Feb 02 '25

We use it for cannibanoid hyperemesis syndrome if droperidol is out of stock

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u/harveyjarvis69 RN Feb 02 '25

I love droperidol, discovered her at my current place of business. Haldol was such a bummer…demented old ladies it didn’t touch, hyperemisis knew it well and made a stink about it.

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u/Aspirin_Dispenser Feb 03 '25

“I’m allergic to haldol, Ativan, and Benadryl . . . And whatever they make those wrist strap things out of, they give me a rash.”