PEDIATRICS Vol. 89 No. 6 June 1992, pp. 1089-1090
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Humor in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A 20-Year Retrospective

Douglas S. Nelson MD1

1 From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Humorous events often take place in pediatric emergency departments without being recorded. A written account of amusing situations occurring in an emergency department has been compiled over 20 years by personnel at a large urban children's hospital. Data from this reference were analyzed for humorous content and presented in the following categories: most interesting chief complaints, suspicious sounding chief complaints, favorite telephone inquiries, and illustrative cases. This study demonstrates that an emergency department may be a fertile source of medical humor. Recognition of these statements and events helps to relieve the stress of medical training and emergency department work.

Key Words: emergency department • humor

Submitted on December 3, 1991
Accepted on December 3, 1991




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