we have a frequent flier in our district that actually dislocates her own hip. she was involved in a mvc years ago, and has endured multiple replacement surgeries over the years. we have all run on her, and after about 3 months of the SAME address, as well as updating each other at morning coffee about her, we came to realize that we had a new seeker among us, this was 2 or so years ago.
the last time i picked her up she stated, at 3am, that she had fallen in the bath tub and her head hurt as well as the dislocated hip, of course she was fully dressed/ dry/ and waiting by the front door. upon my assessment i made the statement that nothing was notably wrong with her head, before i could finish she stated that now her back was hurting, and wanted to be transported. we then back boarded her, and transported. on the way in, approx 40 min transport, she stated that the board was painful, i then explained that i would have transported her without the back pain complaint, and she was a little discussed with herself that she ever said that to me. anyways we found out at that hospital alone she has racked up 5.5 pages of er admits in the last 3 years for similar complaints. BTW this isn't the only hospital she goes to, we usually play the "guess what hospital today" game with her, it's a choice of 5. the nurses ask for initials on the phone, and know her when they get them.
she isn't the only one we have, just the best example of wasting medical resources for the other tax payers in my district.
madmedic