Maybe this only happens in Denver but we have a couple of telephone advice lines where people can ask nurses medical question. They seem to be required to go through a review of systems with every caller. No matter what problem you called about when they get to the question about chest pain just say no.
Me: "So why are you here?"
Patient: "I have no idea. I was on the phone asking the nurse a question about my medication. Next thing I know the cops and fireman are banging down my door, throwing me in a stretcher and hauling my ass down here"
Me: "Did you tell her you had chest pain"
Patient: "Well she asked me about it and I said sure I had a bit of chest pain last week..."
I think I see about one of these chest pain abductions every few months.
Me: "So why are you here?"
Patient: "I have no idea. I was on the phone asking the nurse a question about my medication. Next thing I know the cops and fireman are banging down my door, throwing me in a stretcher and hauling my ass down here"
Me: "Did you tell her you had chest pain"
Patient: "Well she asked me about it and I said sure I had a bit of chest pain last week..."
I think I see about one of these chest pain abductions every few months.