Appalachian ER

Okay Robin, this story is for you. After your comment on my previous post, I was inspired to share yet another fun adventure from my experiences in the ER. The other night at about 4am I picked up a chart where the chief complaint read as two stab wounds to the head. I never know what I'm going to walk into when a patient sign in with lacerations or stabbing as a complaint because it can be anything from what can only be described as a paper cut, to the guy I saw yesterday that had bone fragments sticking out of his thumb. I was relieved to walk into the exam room and find an alert patient with only a moderate amount of blood on his shirt. I introduced myself and asked him to BRIEFLY describe what happened to him (I make it a point to emphasise the word briefly because if not some people will start with birth and give me their entire medical history. honestly it's the ER I only care why you are here today!). He explained to me that he got stabbed in the head twice by his girlfriend because he told her he was going to leave her. And what you may ask was her weapon of choice? An Indian arrowhead. Seriously, I don't make this stuff up. Who would have an arrowhead handy? I realize she probably grabbed the first sharp object she saw, but was it just laying on the coffee table or something? Fortunately my patient had a pretty good sense of humor and I got a good laugh out of it and was able to give him a hard time about it. Yes, this is my life.