This is what you get when someone who is poor at taking histories meets a poor historian. Funnies from the medical record.

Personally, I like the part about the chest pain being in his elbow.

For more medical chart bloopers check out ChartFarts.com. You can also submit Chart Farts® to our collection.

Saw this sign in a hospital hallway, just outside the ER.

Demerol-Free Zone… not to be confused with Free Demerol Zone.

Naturally, I turned around and left.

Medical educators update their materials to mirror the familiar educational videos of childhood for the current student:

• Finding Pneumo
• Blue’s Wheezes
• Dora the Practionora
• Mickey’s Observation Unit
• Curious George and the Cirrhotic Man
• Ten Patients About to Drop – Time Management from Dr. Suess
• Beauty and the Yeast
• Conflict resolution with Bert and Ernie

Nothing like a little prostate humor to brighten your day, huh? (Well, not little prostate… more like “some humor about enlarged prostates.”)

For the most part, GiggleMed.com has remained largely free of advertisements and commercials. But every once in a while, we come across a commercial that is funny and related to healthcare. This one was posted by Dr. Wade Grindle in our Medical Humor Community.

Well check out this Spanner commercial. (We have no relationship with this company and we have no personal experience the device… we just think their commercial is funny).

Anyway, check it out.

Also, check out Dr. Wade Grindle’s medical humor blog.

I saw this Basic Life Support Manual on a student’s desk.

I thought it was funny when 3 or 4 people stood around trying to decipher the graphic on the cover. I’m just hoping this guy was a drowning victim or someone with severe trauma… either way, not the best graphic to use for students.

As if July being just around the corner and preparations for new interns weren’t enough… check out this video. It’s a whole new generation running your codes folks… a whole new generation.

Found this medical humor video on YouTube (thanks @thecarotidpulse):

Life is like a box a box of chocolates… sure… we all know that from Forrest Gump. But, now, Dr. Gump weighs in on what shift work is like.

Check out GiggleMed.com’s Hello Agency Nurse – a short nursing humor book about a day in the life of an agency nurse.

Without question, the most famous quote from A Few Good Men came from the dialogue between Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise in the court room. Well, here’s a similar conversation, but this time, in an ER:

ER nurse: You want answers?

Intern: I think I’m entitled to them.

ER nurse: You want answers?

Intern: I want the truth!

ER nurse: You want the truth?! You can’t handle the truth! Son, we work in an overcrowded ER that has patients in the halls. And those halls have to be cleared to make room for more sick people. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Mr. Brand New Intern? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for weekly hour requirements and you curse the Policy. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that the speed with which patients are admitted, while inconvenient for you, probably saves lives.

And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives…You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about in the resident’s lounge, you want me in this ER. You need me in this ER.

We use words like rapid response, code, DNR/DNI, triage… we use these words as the backbone to a night spent defending something. You use ‘em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to an intern who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very security I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I’d rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a syringe and draw that stat blood yourself. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!

Intern: Did you cancel the code blue?

ER nurse: (quietly) I did the job the patient needed me to do.

Intern: Did you cancel the code blue?

ER nurse: You’re damn right I did!!

It’s a shameless plug, but hey, this is my blog…

The fact is, medical humor can be a valuable tool in your hospital Quality Improvement initiatives. This “Got Foley?” medical humor sign reminds staff about the importance of prompt removal of Foley catheters to decrease the likelihood of catheter-associated infection. And it does so in a fun way…

Check it out:

Although there are some great gifts at the GiggleMed store, you’re completely pathetic if if you’re considering these bad boys for Mothers Day or Fathers Day… I want no part of it.

So, let me get this straight… You actually wanted me to consume your product?

Yeah, sure. I know what endosperm is. I had biology and botany before medical school, but c’mon. Did you actually pass your marketing courses?

You must have graduated one notch above this guy:

…I’m just sayin’.