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re: ER waiting rooms
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:43 pm to The Torch
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:43 pm to The Torch
Had some major breathing issues and my face turned blue. Went to the ER and they took one look at me and rushed me right in.
Fell and broke my arm and went to the ER. Sat there in some major pain for 7 1/2 hours before they took an xray and determined that it was in fact broke. Gave me some kinda pain med and put it in a 40lb splint. Took another 2 weeks to get an appt with a Orthopedic Dr where they took the boat anchor off and put it in a regular cast.
Fell and broke my arm and went to the ER. Sat there in some major pain for 7 1/2 hours before they took an xray and determined that it was in fact broke. Gave me some kinda pain med and put it in a 40lb splint. Took another 2 weeks to get an appt with a Orthopedic Dr where they took the boat anchor off and put it in a regular cast.
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Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:45 pm to tiger91
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I’m sitting in the ER waiting room as my dad is in a holding area with a brain bleed
Hope the results are good man
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:46 pm to Murray Hill Gator
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Fell and broke my arm and went to the ER. Sat there in some major pain for 7 1/2 hours
please tell us the hospital
eta no way in hell you sat there for 7 hours with a broken arm.
I broke my humerus a few years back, went to OLOL, and made my way into an ER room with haste
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:48 pm to tiger91
quote:It is free care.
Lady on the side of me says she’s been here four hours —- no one here “looks emergent”.
For every actually sick or injured person who enters an ER, there are 10 other people who are there to waste everyone’s time.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:51 pm to cwil177
quote:The reimbursement isn’t there. To survive with Medicare/Medicaid patients, you would have to see an insane amount of patients daily.
I have sympathy for stuff like that and wish there was more incentive for primary care providers to see Medicare/Medicaid patients.
Then you get into the situation where people are pissed that you aren’t spending enough time with them because you have to see 20+ in a day.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:54 pm to Big Block Stingray
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Any reason why the previous facility did not process a direct admit / ER to ER transfer?
Yes. Small local hospital and no neurologist on staff. Apparently my dad had been having a headache for days but he's not a complainer. My brother who lives in the same town made him go to the doctor on Monday and they attributed it to a sinus infection and an inner ear problem.
Today when he still had a headache my brother called his family doc and they ordered the CT. It showed a bleed although I wasn't told where it actually is. So the went to Lafayette General --- I'm concerned as the neuro looked at the scan but not him (ER doc did) and they d/c him to home with orders for a follow up CT Monday.
They're glad to go home -- I'd have been asking for observation but I'm only their daughter and not a doctor. I'm trusting them.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:00 pm to YogaPants
Sadly I have to say it was UF Health in Jax. I worked for almost 40yrs in my life but lost my job with Ma Bell after 27yrs. So I had to apply for help. I think I deserve this help because I didn't sit on my arse and expect the government to support me my whole life. Just waiting til Sept of 2019 to start getting my Social Security if I live that long.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:21 pm to tiger91
i've literally had people check into the ER because their AC wasn't working.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:27 pm to Murray Hill Gator
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I had to apply for help.
In my opinion that's what it's there for. Sometimes we need help --- but those who don't try to ever help themselves I take issue with.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:35 pm to tiger91
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I’m sitting in the ER waiting room as my dad is in a holding area with a brain bleed (ct done at local hospital and send to a bigger hospital). .
not saying this isn't true, but it's difficult for me (as an ER RN) to comprehend this. if a brain bleed was confirmed by a CT, the smaller hospital should have arranged transportation via a private ambulance and gone right to the treatment area (not waiting room)
were you discharged and told to go by car to another hospital?
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:44 pm to fishfighter
Not to be a dick but lower back pain isn’t gonna kill you. Yea it hurts but a slipped disc is way down on their list of priorities. Emergency means life or limb at risk, not how much ______ hurts
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:45 pm to MJackson
Well I’m an hour and a half away from their home but they went to the hospital where they live this am for the ct and then went home. Understood my mom to say that they were on the way home and got a call and were told to go to lLaf General ER. I found it quite odd myself but by the time I was called by anyone they were half way to Lafayette (50 minutes or so from their home).
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:46 pm to tiger91
Radiologist read the CT finally.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 8:50 pm to Ed Osteen
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Last time I was in the ER
Kidney stones. Got the IV with the good stuff.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:17 pm to Hopeful Doc
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refused to pay a $25 copay
Sounds like they got triaged out and it wasn’t an emergency.
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That patient also did not follow up
Sounds like it was less than not an emergency
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:44 pm to tiger91
They goto the ER, wait 6 hours, then waste the doctors time just to get some ibuprofen or a pregnancy test for free so they can buy more candy crush tokens and cigarettes
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:49 pm to YogaPants
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I broke my humerus a few years back, went to OLOL, and made my way into an ER room with haste
To be fair, humerus and femur breaks are very serious, though people often think of them as just a broken bone. It's not the same as breaking a bone in your forearm when you're a kid and you get a neat cast for all your friends to sign. Sharp bone near large soft arteries aren't a good mix. With the heavy long bones of the body, you also are talking about major force to break them, so there's also the possibility of other hidden trauma that can lead to things like blood clots and infection that can kill you right quick.
If you show up to a hospital with a broken bone anywhere near a major artery that can bleed you out in a minute or two, you're likely going to get a lot of attention right away from the ER staff (unless someone's actively dying) because they want to make sure they get you checked out and get everything stabilized so you don't suddenly start actively dying on them.
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:59 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Always take the ambulance. They take you straight back.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 10:01 pm to tiger91
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I’m sitting in the ER waiting room as my dad is in a holding area with a brain bleed
Lost both of my grandparents to complications from brain bleeds. Good luck with all that.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 10:11 pm to fishfighter
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That and along with tears streaming out one eyes. No. How many people will lay down on a floor of a ER?
Medic here, people come in the ER by ambulance or personal vehicle and do this exact thing multiple times a day. Well, if via ambulance they don’t lay in the floor of course. Back pain is extremely common occurrence in emergency rooms.
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