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Who has some funny telemedicine stories? today I had a patient literally make me wait while she placed her drive through order and then later while she paid the drive through attendant.

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I have had two different patients during a telemedicine visit light up a cigarette while talking with me!

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"Are you a smoker?"

"...no."

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Yup, had that, too. I was like okay so maybe this is a thing we should talk about…

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Lol. When I was a resident working the local free clinic we had a patient actually light up a joint in the exam room. Even the fact that we had a police officer on site did not deter them.

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As a respiratory Therapist for 40 years, I've heard so many different qnswers to the question, do you smoke? I was waiting to give them smoking cessation info to help them in their journey. Ive worked in homecare checking if patient's O2 concentrator was giving them adequate O2. Some were wearing their O2, sitting in their recliner smoking a cigarette while a "do not smoke oxygen in use" sign was taped on the wall above their head. Was was i to do? I could lecture them but as soon as I left, they would start up again.
Another time I was working in a burn unit caring for a COPDer. He had fallen asleep with his ashtray on his lap with a lit cigarette. His nasal cannula fell on his lap. Guess which body parts were burned. I hope he learned a lesson.

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Had a teenager who scheduled it for the middle of an exam (via zoom). Had to listen while his teacher yelled at him for answering his phone during an exam.

Also had someone who was on a ski lift. Very short visit.

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I had a ski lift call too! Complaining of frost bite…

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Let me guess one of them was for repeat Ritalin script and the other was relating to a traumatic injury

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For some reason my teenaged male patients like to sign on without a shirt. If I had a dollar for every time I've yelled THERE ARE NO NIPPLES IN PSYCHOLOGY I'd be a very rich woman.

ETA: This only refers to summer when I assume they're outside doing stuff outside and run in to talk to me -- I don't think they're specifically taking their shirt off for the session (retch).

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I bet Freud would have a lot to say about this

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Patient smoking meth while in consult appt, as i was presenting to my attending. Didn't realize that even though I was muted, patient video still visible.

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I don't think I've ever treated a non-meth related problem in a patient who does meth

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Patient was putting away groceries and placed the phone (me) on the refrigerator shelf then closed the fridge and kept talking for several minutes before realizing where I was. It was cold.

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Been doing telehealth senior annual wellness visits for a couple years now.

The difficulty to get some people off the phone is sometimes measured only by the sag in my shoulders after repeated attempts.

Also asking who the president is for the cog exam often leads to... unexpected and unneeded comments.

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My heart aches a bit for the lonely old folk but I feel your frustration! I usually pawn the long phone calls off on my coworker who is much more sociable than I. I do her paperwork and she handles my phone calls

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Throw them for a loop and ask them who this past year's Formula 1 constructors champion was. Tho this may be equally controversial.

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Always has. My favorite follow-up to "who's the president" is "who should be?" Can give you some insight into judgment and orientation.

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