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/RayExotic Nurse Practitioner Feb 02 '25

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u/succulentsucca Feb 02 '25

This is a fake post that was posted earlier. The OP said a pharmacist made it for a test patient training exercise. The patient also had a dilaudid allergy, but only to 2mg. 4mg was ok 👍🏻🤣

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u/MEDIC0000XX Paramedic Feb 02 '25

But it was still hilarious. 10/10 execution