Reason # 58 not to come to the ER for your flu symptoms: Other than sitting for hours in the waiting room, we will be doing a "flu swab". That is, if we have any. There is a shortage of flu swab culturettes.
So what is a flu test like? You know when you accidentally get water up your knows, that kind of painful feeling? That's kind of what getting a flu test is like. The culturette is a long wire thing with a qtip type thing on the end. We stick it into your nostril. It has to go in a ways to get the sample. Its not fun.
So don't come if you don't want us cranking something up your nostril
4 comments:
And no, a nasal smear does NOT come with a meal tray! ;)
haha, my line is usually, "I am going to stick this up your nose and it'll feel like it's going into your brain." haha
Stay home! Idiots getting everyone else sick
I had one of these in 2009 when I was sick. That new flu strain was going around and I was rushed back to a room and swabbed. Turned out I only had a bad case of bronchitis.
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