While checking cows my wife fell and broke her humerus and dislocated her shoulder. There's no rooms available so we're just sitting in the ER patiently waiting.....well sort of. There's 5 whites, 3 illegals and 21 blacks waiting with us.
Hope she doesn't have to wait much longer.
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
There's also the "fleecing of the wallet" thing on the back end . . .
good luck.
mother in law went to ER two weeks or so back. Kaiser in the bay area. She was a long term Kaiser member and had even worked there for awhile. She ended up spending 2 & 1/2 very sick days in an ER bed because they were doing some "remodeling" and had no beds on a ward. Kaiser had a $2.1 Billion dollar profit in the second quarter of 2023.
Having spent enough time in ERs, I can't imagine what 60+ hrs in one would be like, especially at 86 years old. They never mentioned her not being capable of withstanding a move to one of their many other facilities in the Bay Area.
I’m sorry to hear about your wife’s misfortune and wish her a quick recovery. Is the ER your only option or can you go to a clinic?
Going to the ER by amberlamps gets you seen faster, usually.
She is having chest pains…right ?
TG,
Maybe get them to at least do a blood draw, get a line in her vein, hang some fluids and then some pain meds in the girl.
My visit to the ER i asked them at the triage station to do the above when i saw the ER was stacked with people.
🦫
Out numbered and surrounded.
Dang, hope you get in soon.
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
F.uck off Troll. Keep on sucking some NY Yankee Libertard dick. How’s that working out for ya ! 😂😂😂
Out numbered and surrounded.
No doubt.
In the old days, you could yell Border Patrol and clear out a room like that full of Wets.
Nowadays, they’d just line up for the free Obama/ Biden phones and EBT cards they hand out as they’re cutting the bobwire to let them across the border.
While checking cows my wife fell and broke her humerus and dislocated her shoulder. There's no rooms available so we're just sitting in the ER patiently waiting.....well sort of. There's 5 whites, 3 illegals and 21 blacks waiting with us.
I'd be raising old Billy hell with somebody!
A broken humerus ain't nothing to be farming around with.
She needs to go back, triage, stabilize. THEN wait for treatment.
Our veterinarian's husband (35 years old) was having trouble breathing and had no energy.
Doc K took him to a local ER on a Saturday morning.
ER doc told her the cardiologist would be there Tuesday and they would admit him and watch him until then.
"Nope!", she said! "We're going to OKC!"
OKC ER cardiologist ran an EKG, then turned to his nurse and said, "Prep him for surgery, now!"
He had a 0.6cm hole in his aorta and was bleeding out into his chest! ❤️🩹
DO NOT fudge around in an ER if you have a real problem!
What's it like being one of the few there with insurance? Any time I go to an ER, it is obvious to me, most there are getting a free ride.
We have regions within the state where the emergency rooms are pretty descent, and we have areas where they are a total mess. I was stuck in a pretty bad one about a year and a half ago. Groids were in there faking illnesses to get out of the summer heat. They were taking turns giving the hospital staff a hard time, just for the fun and trying to out do each other. Despite the condition that I was in, I was seriously contemplating beating the crap out of one of them. My patience with the BS was really running low. It is a ridiculous situation. The ER in the next town over is always full of Mexicans.
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
What TF are you talking about??.. You illiterate drugged out chkunt.
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
F.uck off Troll. Keep on sucking some NY Yankee Libertard dick. How’s that working out for ya ! 😂😂😂
chl, she is one absolutely ignorant cheetos-brained chkunt.
Yes Macon. Fairview hospital in Dublin said she needed a trauma orthopedic surgeon. So we've been here since 7pm and still waiting.
Look on the bright side- those sheboons gonna get they free tampon (real story example from a real ER doctor). 'Sides, you probably don't even season they ER.
Yes Macon. Fairview hospital in Dublin said she needed a trauma orthopedic surgeon. So we've been here since 7pm and still waiting.
again, best wishes for a good outcome.
I'd be one PO'd SOB
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
F.uck off Troll. Keep on sucking some NY Yankee Libertard dick. How’s that working out for ya ! 😂😂😂
chl, she is one absolutely ignorant cheetos-brained chkunt.
No doubt!!!
Most orthopedic surgery centers have an urgent care for broken bones.
Crying a$$ shame
Time before last at the ER I had nearly managed
to take a finger off and had to sit in a chair holding
my hand wrapped in a roll of paper towels and
a washrag with blood going drip-drip-drip-drip
on the floor between my feet.
I hollered at the nurse again and she responded by
bringing a handful of paper towels and threw
them on top of the puddle of blood and turned
on her heel and disappeared back into a secret
door.
Yeah, same as everyone else, medical staff tied
up treating anchor babies and shaniqua's with
sore throats and overdosed whigger punks.
They finally got to me and sewed my finger
strings and meat and skin back together
after scrubbing it all out with what felt like
the rusty wire brush I use on welds and a
half a gallon of betadine and salty lemon
juice.
I've been telling indifferent people for years
that even though they thought that they
lived hundreds of miles away from the
southern border and felt that it wasn't a
concern to them, that the day would come
that the infrastructure intended for citizens,
the infrastructure that was payed for with
the deductions from citizen's paychecks,
wouldn't be there for them because the
gubmint is giving it away to people that
never paid a dime into the system, and
could care less about the nation
Sorry for your dear Wife's misfortune, hang in there, your going through the worst part now.
ER about the same as going to casino.
You get 18 year old help at both.
Modern mafia is called the insurance company.
Try dealing with and shaking a terminal diagnosis by an 18 year old female ER Doc as you work through the medical system afterwards.
Really she was probably 25 and pretty.
My wife suffered a tib-fib fracture years ago. The hospital released her with the same splint the ambulance used. We had to get an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to get real treatment. I would recommend everyone find a good orthopedic doctor and keep them on speed dials. Emergency rooms are for indigent care.
A few years ago, my wife spilled hot oil - receiving 3d degree burns down her right leg, from upper thigh to foot.
I took her to our local ER at "Hasta la Vista" (Alta Vista), and we spent nearly an hour waiting - while they took in tummy aches, etc.
No triage, no nurse, no hurry, nothing.
Loaded her up, drove to Santa Fe (~1 hour), she called to let them know the story.
They met us at the door with a wheelchair and took her back for treatment, while I did the paperwork.
Needless to say, we ignore Hasta la Vista to this day.
Presbyterian or St Vincent's in Santa Fe, or Holy Cross in Taos is our destination, anymore.
Those folks actually CARE.
It sure helps if you know someone working in the ER, I never had to wait when I took my Dad or when that damn dog chewed up my hands. My brother was one of the RNs working there.
It sure helps if you know someone working in the ER, I never had to wait when I took my Dad or when that damn dog chewed up my hands. My brother was one of the RNs working there.
That is a true statement.
Sorry for the OP and wife.
This is sad.
Someone said "she has chest pains". That will usually get some attention.
I've had to take my father in law several times this year, the local ER is hit and miss, either full of what appears to be drug withdrawal scammers or short, round and brown ladies with several kids. And always the black surly ones usually with several ignored kids and large attitudes. Some trips the place appeared empty.
Last trip with him we sat for 3 hrs with zero help. I got up went to the desk and told Shaniqa he was having trouble breathing and chest pains. They pretty much ran out and rolled him back.
The man had a giant kidney stone. I knew he was hurting bad but he would have sat there and waited until death if I hadn't given them the white lie. He has heart issues as well so it won't unreasonable to think the stress could cause symtoms.
Best E-Room advice...Don't ever walk in, go in an ambulance. Makes a world of difference of how quickly they treat you.
A couple of years ago I had a pain in my chest that I hadn’t felt before so my wife drove me to the ER. It was 10:00 or 1030 or so and we made every green light so it was quick. I walked up to the desk and told the nurse I was having some pains in my chest. I guess I said the magic word because her eyes got big and she said, “come with me”. My wife stayed at the desk to do the paperwork.
She took me to one of the partitioned areas, told me to put on a gown. Another nurse came in and told me that in a minute there were going to be about a dozen people in there doing all sorts of procedures so try to relax and just let them do their thing. She wasn’t kidding. Answering questions from both sides of the bed, getting hooked up, blood drawn, pulse/ox, etc.
After all was said and done, all the labs were good and the doc figured it was a spasm of some sort and he told me that if it happened again don’t be shy about coming back to the ER.
That got me on to the path to see a cardiologist who found an arrhythmia (tachycardia and PVCs) and a couple of pills solved the problem.
Good luck with the ER.
Best wishes to your wife for quick treatment and recovery.
A couple of years ago I had a pain in my chest that I hadn’t felt before so my wife drove me to the ER. It was 10:00 or 1030 or so and we made every green light so it was quick. I walked up to the desk and told the nurse I was having some pains in my chest. I guess I said the magic word because her eyes got big and she said, “come with me”. My wife stayed at the desk to do the paperwork.
She took me to one of the partitioned areas, told me to put on a gown. Another nurse came in and told me that in a minute there were going to be about a dozen people in there doing all sorts of procedures so try to relax and just let them do their thing. She wasn’t kidding. Answering questions from both sides of the bed, getting hooked up, blood drawn, pulse/ox, etc.
After all was said and done, all the labs were good and the doc figured it was a spasm of some sort and he told me that if it happened again don’t be shy about coming back to the ER.
That got me on to the path to see a cardiologist who found an arrhythmia (tachycardia and PVCs) and a couple of pills solved the problem.
Yup, the magic words "I'm having chest pains" works every time.
I didn't realize it at the time, I had a heart attack at work while working out in the wellness center. Finished my workout, went home at the end of my shift. Got home, my wife got there an hour after I did. She said we're going to the hospital. I told her no, we both worked the evening shift. The last thing I want to do was spend eight hours waiting to be seen in the ER. So I went to bed, got a good night sleep. Woke up in the morning, showered and drove to the hospital. Ho lee fook, they couldn't get me to the back quickly enough. Probably a good thing, my LAD was blocked 100%
The RN who worked for my cardiologist had a few choices words for me when I went for my follow-up appointment after the open heart surgery... 😯
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
When I had to go to the emergency room late last year, it helped speed things up quite a bit when I made clear that I was not looking for free medical care, that I had insurance and that I was in network with that hospital. Your mileage may vary.
I hate being the one who wins the most ridiculous story contest...
but, I do live in the land of fruits and nuts. There is a law in California that requires all healthcare entities with prescribing authority to provide temporary relief to drug addicts, Benzodiazapine, phenobarbital and Methadone by any other name, to anyone who is displaying severe withdrawal symptoms. So, with no ID, no healthcare insurance, no money...any addict can walk into the ER. And they do...whassamattuh bruh, got no cash for a bump? Go to the ER.
So if I understand this correctly, it was passed into law...to treat chronic drug addiction...you give druggies free drugs?
I asked my DIL, why'd you upgrade your RN to BSN? Answer, so I don't have to do ER rotation.
While checking cows my wife fell and broke her humerus and dislocated her shoulder. There's no rooms available so we're just sitting in the ER patiently waiting.....well sort of. There's 5 whites, 3 illegals and 21 blacks waiting with us.
TG - hopefully your wife has been able to get the needed treatments by now. Waiting for hours in an ER is not a pleasant experience.
My wife has a history of twisted bowel attacks and several surgeries to show for them. It is quite painful but sometimes it does "resolve" itself. Almost 3 years ago she had an event and we headed to the nearest ER to get relief. Waited for about 3 hours and still had not been called to see any medical personnel. By then the episode had somewhat resolved so we went home. A few hours later the symptoms returned with a vengeance. We went to another hospital's ER, about 5 miles further drive from the earlier ER. I pulled up to the ER entrance and helped her get in to the ER waiting room. I parked the car and returned to the ER lobby/waiting room. Wife was already back in an exam room by the time I returned. She was in excruciating pain by then and a doctor had been summoned. They got her pain reduced, had MRI and all kinds of bloodwork. She had surgery early the next morning. The surgeon found some irregular lymph nodes and referred her to an Oncologist. After a biopsy it was confirmed she had lymphoma and thus started a 2+ year of chemo treatments and follow up scans. As of today she is clear of the cancer but has scans every 6 months or so to verify it is gone.
We had never been to that hospital before and have decided that is the one we will go to, given the choice. Sometimes you need to go somewhere you have never been to find what you need.
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Buddy's dad went to the ER in Macon with chest pains early one morning, finally got him into a room by 3 pm, 10pm he still hadn't seen a nurse, dr, or even someone delivering dinner since they put him in the room. He got out of the bed and left, said he'd just die at home.
When I had to go to the emergency room late last year, it helped speed things up quite a bit when I made clear that I was not looking for free medical care, that I had insurance and that I was in network with that hospital. Your mileage may vary.
I don't think they care, they'll get paid regardless. They don't work for free. Our insurance premiums and deductibles has the free stuff for others built in. Not to mention indigent care money municipalities give them, with your tax money.
Friend of mine got real sick on a fishing trip, no insurance, lost his job a couple months before and due to some rental property income he didn't qualify for Obamacare. Said he made too much money.
17 days later between ER/ICU, etc, he got a 400k medical bill. He negotiated it down to 110k. Payments, 20 bucks a month, he'd die before it was ever paid off at that rate, which I guess is the plan for both sides. Well, trying to do what is right, he paid 2k on the first payment due. They then dropped his balance to 52k as a "reward".
So 400k went down to I guess 54k when all said and done.
I hate going.
They gonna stick an iv in for sure.
Walked out a couple months. AMA forms signed
Yes Macon. Fairview hospital in Dublin said she needed a trauma orthopedic surgeon. So we've been here since 7pm and still waiting.
Atrium is the only level one in the area. My nephew is an orthopedic surgeon finishing his fellowship next June. Hope she gets the care she needs, sounds like a very serious injury.
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Buddy's dad went to the ER in Macon with chest pains early one morning, finally got him into a room by 3 pm, 10pm he still hadn't seen a nurse, dr, or even someone delivering dinner since they put him in the room. He got out of the bed and left, said he'd just die at home.
Damn...
When I went into the ER they did an EKG and got me a room. First thing they did when I got the gown on was draw a Troponin. While waiting for the results three cardiologist did a conference call, were talking about a stress test the next day. Once the results were released and by listening to my description of what I experienced during my workout they said they were skipping the stress test, I already did one for them. The game plan was to have a heart cath first thing the next morning.
Don't take medical advice from anyone here!
Wife fell and broke her wrist in sept, were away on holidays.
Off to emergency and got a cast on and back to campground, was probably three hours all told.
So far up here things have been good.
Brother ran a power saw through his arm, wife took him to emergency and they got him fixed up until he was able to go to a surgeon to reattach things.
Now he is undergoing therapy to see how much use they can get back in his 73 year old arm, they don’t think he will get full mobility at his age.
But things went well got him.
Yes , tell them she is having chest pains and it is likely coming from the stress of the pain and if she has a heart attack you will seeing a lawyer
That usually gets their attention and make sure you say it in front of several nurses loud and clear
Somebody will react
Kenneth
Point out the window and yell, “Damn! Look at that! They’re giving away free fried chicken out there”
Best E-Room advice...Don't ever walk in, go in an ambulance. Makes a world of difference of how quickly they treat you.
I was going to say the same thing
Found that out with my mom. If its affordable for you to do so, the person in an ambulance gets ahead of the line
at least that was out experience
Point out the window and yell, “Damn! Look at that! They’re giving away free fried chicken out there”
The free hot bread trick will almost clear out a post office of old people. The ones that can hear you. Hot bread moves white pipl too
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
In my experience if you're actively bleeding all over their floor by the admitting desk, they also get you right in.
In my experience if you're actively bleeding all over their floor by the admitting desk, they also get you right in.
Been some years, but it didn't work for me.
Even then, I didn't check the right boxes
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
F.uck off Troll. Keep on sucking some NY Yankee Libertard dick. How’s that working out for ya ! 😂😂😂
chl, she is one absolutely ignorant cheetos-brained chkunt.
No doubt!!!
you suicidal morons on the fake right hate hearing the truth. women ho-mos and negros are exactly the same
This is one reason we left fing calif
Since covid our ER is often overrun.
When I stuck myself I was in a wheel chair in the hall, that's where they sewed me up.
My daughter went in with a broken back...bed in the hall.
Needed transferred to Children's in Pittsburgh, no ambulances.
Neurosurgeon wanted her there soon, helicopter was the only way.$$$$
With full ER issues, MedicExpress was gonna build one here.
UPMC (western Pa's medical monopoly) immediately announced plans to open
a clinic of their own here. Med Express read the tea leaves, understood the
strong arm threat, and walked away. UPMC never opened a clinic.
There are benefits to owning the hospitals, using them to force people to buy
your insurance. co-opting the doctors into becoming your employees......
You can keep cheap walk ins out, and force more people into your $350+ co pay
ER.
WGAC about care or wait times $$$$!
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
F.uck off Troll. Keep on sucking some NY Yankee Libertard dick. How’s that working out for ya ! 😂😂😂
We finally agree on something....
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
imagine georgia overrun with aztecs and negros then tex-azz where whites are now a minority. I am sure the guys at the Alamo are real proud of texazz. better not try that in texas. keep supporting israel. it is your only hope ahahahah
F.uck off Troll. Keep on sucking some NY Yankee Libertard dick. How’s that working out for ya ! 😂😂😂
chl, she is one absolutely ignorant cheetos-brained chkunt.
No doubt!!!
you suicidal morons on the fake right hate hearing the truth. women ho-mos and negros are exactly the same
Little angry chkunt got her vagina all dried up. LOL
We don't see DocRocket much anymore.
Best E-Room advice...Don't ever walk in, go in an ambulance. Makes a world of difference of how quickly they treat you.
I was going to say the same thing
Found that out with my mom. If its affordable for you to do so, the person in an ambulance gets ahead of the line
at least that was out experience
That may work when the ER isn’t busy but it is no guarantee you will get treated early. I have seen people transported by ambulance put back in the waiting area. Most hospitals today post covid are not fully staffed and very few want to work the ER.
After reading these I am reminded of the crowded spaces from those enjoying the climate controlled atmosphere, and the cops rousting undesirables or cops waiting with prisoners.
When arriving at an ER I'm usually in no shape to deal with much. Last round was very miserable and as they were stripping clothing I heard clunk followed by complete silence-Oh No my pistol.
Thought they were going to call Swat.
It all worked out and better educated for next round.
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Best E-Room advice...Don't ever walk in, go in an ambulance. Makes a world of difference of how quickly they treat you.
I was going to say the same thing
Found that out with my mom. If its affordable for you to do so, the person in an ambulance gets ahead of the line
at least that was out experience
My only amberlamps ride, "The Warden" decided she couldn't pick me up, after I went down.
~1 1/4 miles from our front door to the ER - $800 mas o menos.
I don't care if insurance took care of it - I was PIZZED !!!
Told her I could have crawled there for that money!
If it’s like here, the ER is filled up with 50 wetbacks waiting to get free treatment for a cold.
Sorry to hear about your wife.
Same here. Hope your wife gets treated soon.
After reading these I am reminded of the crowded spaces from those enjoying the climate controlled atmosphere, and the cops rousting undesirables or cops waiting with prisoners.
When arriving at an ER I'm usually in no shape to deal with much. Last round was very miserable and as they were stripping clothing I heard clunk followed by complete silence-Oh No my pistol.
Thought they were going to call Swat.
It all worked out and better educated for next round.
Clunk. Lol.
That's only happened to me once. I was sitting in a chair on the porch at a seller's house in Miami trying to make a deal one time. The chair just collapsed underneath me and I went straight to the floor. Yep. Clunk. Don Hume IWB clip-on. Never used it again. Never bought another one. LOL.
After reading these I am reminded of the crowded spaces from those enjoying the climate controlled atmosphere, and the cops rousting undesirables or cops waiting with prisoners.
When arriving at an ER I'm usually in no shape to deal with much. Last round was very miserable and as they were stripping clothing I heard clunk followed by complete silence-Oh No my pistol.
Thought they were going to call Swat.
It all worked out and better educated for next round.
Clunk. Lol.
That's only happened to me once. I was sitting in a be chair on the porch at a seller's house in Miami trying to make a deal one time. The chair just collapsed underneath me and I went straight to the floor. Yep. Clunk. Don Hume IWB clip-on. Never used it again. Never bought another one. LOL.
My wife worked phlebotomy for twenty years. Some days she was staged down in the ER to cover patients. About the only time it was disconcerting for her was when LE brought someone in that was supposedly searched for firearms but the cops missed one.They couldn't get into the room fast enough... 🤭
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Best E-Room advice...Don't ever walk in, go in an ambulance. Makes a world of difference of how quickly they treat you.
I was going to say the same thing
Found that out with my mom. If its affordable for you to do so, the person in an ambulance gets ahead of the line
at least that was out experience
My only amberlamps ride, "The Warden" decided she couldn't pick me up, after I went down.
~1 1/4 miles from our front door to the ER - $800 mas o menos.
I don't care if insurance took care of it - I was PIZZED !!!
Told her I could have crawled there for that money!
Local hockey game, arena in same parking lot next to the hospital/er. Puck flew into the stands and hit a guy. He was fine but they told him he had to go to the hospital due to "protocol". Drove him across the parking lot in an ambulance. He got a bill for 750.
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Buddy's dad went to the ER in Macon with chest pains early one morning, finally got him into a room by 3 pm, 10pm he still hadn't seen a nurse, dr, or even someone delivering dinner since they put him in the room. He got out of the bed and left, said he'd just die at home.
Damn...
When I went into the ER they did an EKG and got me a room. First thing they did when I got the gown on was draw a Troponin. While waiting for the results three cardiologist did a conference call, were talking about a stress test the next day. Once the results were released and by listening to my description of what I experienced during my workout they said they were skipping the stress test, I already did one for them. The game plan was to have a heart cath first thing the next morning.
He made it about 6 more months and keeled over.
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Buddy's dad went to the ER in Macon with chest pains early one morning, finally got him into a room by 3 pm, 10pm he still hadn't seen a nurse, dr, or even someone delivering dinner since they put him in the room. He got out of the bed and left, said he'd just die at home.
Damn...
When I went into the ER they did an EKG and got me a room. First thing they did when I got the gown on was draw a Troponin. While waiting for the results three cardiologist did a conference call, were talking about a stress test the next day. Once the results were released and by listening to my description of what I experienced during my workout they said they were skipping the stress test, I already did one for them. The game plan was to have a heart cath first thing the next morning.
He made it about 6 more months and keeled over.
Should have said he had difficulty breathing. Just saying chest pain will trigger a certain line of questions by whoever is taking down your information during admissions. Wrong answer, take a seat. Difficulty breathing in an ambulance will get you O2 and if medic equipped an intravenous line and an EKG. Those things need monitoring so at least you get inside the ER. Walking wounded is a crapshoot. Anything even remotely orthopedic you are better off calling your own DR. Compound fractures will get you in as will serious trauma like a car accident. If it doesn’t look grossly disfigured you aren’t going to get much more than an X-ray.
Like real estate, location location location. Not all hospitals are good and not all emergency rooms can handle real emergency situations. Time of day and day of the week factor into who is on call as well.
One more thing, an ambulance is not a taxi, you don’t pay by the mile, you pay for services rendered. You can be within sight of the ER driveway and be 20 minutes out while they start a line and put you on a heart monitor. All extras you or your insurance will be charged for.
These opinions are my experience in Connecticut. YMMV.
We don't see DocRocket much anymore.
Pretty sure he died from Covid.
I have found out the hard way but if you walk into an emergency room you will wait for a very long time and most likely they will give you some medicine and send you home. I had that experience with two ruptured disks in my back and instead of xrays and surgery they sent me home with pain pills and I had to find a surgeon on my own and have the issue repaired weeks later, all will suffering almost unbearable pain.
Now I have found out, after speaking to medical staff, if I had just had my wife call the life saving squad to come and pick me up I would have been taken into treatment immediately and would have had a specialist look at my case and X-rays would have been done and a solution implemented. If you show up at the ER in an ambulance there is another level of liability that the hospital faces and you are treated differently.
When my wife was having some internal bleeding and was very weak from the loss of blood I had her taken to the emergency room via ambulance and see was treated like royalty with immediate care and treatment. It was a night and day experience from what I had experienced.
Doctors are nearly impossible to see these days. It's much different now than years ago. It takes at least a week plus to get an appointment. They only work a four day week and it's appointment only unless you're in big trouble. They might possibly work you in then but I doubt it.
They do a lot of good work in the ER. I've only been twice myself but my wife has been more with her strokes. My first trip I thought I was in big trouble. Stomach hurt bad and I was passing blood. Turned out to be diverticulitis. Second time was a bilateral subdural hematoma and they got pretty excited. My wife did have a bad problem in Tyler ER when Palestine ER sent her there for a multiple fracture of her ankle a few years back. The Orthopedic surgeon that set her ankle (wrong) was set to go on a vacation fishing trip with his male nurse and bawled us out for being there for such a trivial thing. He put her in a cast up to her thigh against my wishes and sent us home. He was a total ass and I'd refuse his service if ever confronted by him again. We had to go back again and they set her ankle three more times before they got it straight. He must've still been fishing because I never saw him and that's a good thing for him and me. The Surgeon that eventually operated said it was quite a challenge. I found out a lot about breaks from that. The doctor that puts the cast on is the only one allowed to change it unless he's out then it's one of his lackeys with a personality that matches his. He is the only one that can operate in that system. We had to go out of the Mother ([bleep]) Francis System to get another surgeon.
My wife suffered a tib-fib fracture years ago. The hospital released her with the same splint the ambulance used. We had to get an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to get real treatment. I would recommend everyone find a good orthopedic doctor and keep them on speed dials. Emergency rooms are for indigent care.
It's a shame. But this is the reality.
We are very fortunate to have not required any e-room visits over the years with either of us or our kids. Plenty of injuries though and I have 5 different friends that are physicians that I call on. With the kids and sports, it was the orthopedic surgeon. I would just drop him a text and he would tell me to get into their office and he would have it set up for an appt asap.
Hope your wife got treated properly and is doing well.
While checking cows my wife fell and broke her humerus and dislocated her shoulder. There's no rooms available so we're just sitting in the ER patiently waiting.....well sort of. There's 5 whites, 3 illegals and 21 blacks waiting with us.
Seems like the few times I’ve went the demograph was similar
20 mexis in the ER just watching TV, tearing up a bag of cheesey Combos stuffed pretzels and inhaling as much air conditioning as possible. Doubtful they were there even waiting on a compadre being treated. Just there.
Any bleck folks in there were drunk and yelling and spinnning around on the floor with the Rent a Cop standing there armed with only a walkie talkie
I was always told
Chest pain
Slurred speech/ sagging/shuffling
Severe burns
In order of priority.
Was I mis-informed?
Buddy's dad went to the ER in Macon with chest pains early one morning, finally got him into a room by 3 pm, 10pm he still hadn't seen a nurse, dr, or even someone delivering dinner since they put him in the room. He got out of the bed and left, said he'd just die at home.
Damn...
When I went into the ER they did an EKG and got me a room. First thing they did when I got the gown on was draw a Troponin. While waiting for the results three cardiologist did a conference call, were talking about a stress test the next day. Once the results were released and by listening to my description of what I experienced during my workout they said they were skipping the stress test, I already did one for them. The game plan was to have a heart cath first thing the next morning.
He made it about 6 more months and keeled over.
That's the way to go. Get your wake up call about mortality, get your affairs in order, tell everyone you love them and you are proud of them, check out.
Very sorry for your wife and sorry for both of you in terms of frustration. Seems like she would have been bumped way ahead of a lot of the other people. Probably could have gone up to Atlanta for Grady Hospital. Best in the state for trauma; but then get the hell out as soon as you can be safe to travel. Hope she recovers and has as good a result as possible.
Our local ER can't reject care from anyone. A lot of folks with medicaid use it for everything because they don't require the $25 co-pay while going to a regular doc they have to pay the $25 co-pay before seeing the doctor. It really clogs the ER system up. They are trying to extend the hours of urgent care to take some load off the ER for minor [bleep]. It seems stupid to me, but what do I know.
When I had to go to the emergency room late last year, it helped speed things up quite a bit when I made clear that I was not looking for free medical care, that I had insurance and that I was in network with that hospital. Your mileage may vary.
Yeppers!
When they ask about insurance, I tell them we have government mandated Medicare and cash!
Oddly, when you say "Cash!", their eyes 😳 pop open and the bill gets reduced.
Went in for a test one time.
I was informed the "test" was $5K and they couldn't schedule the procedure until it was ok'd by the insurance company.
"We don't have insurance, we have cash."
The receptionist went back to her computer and ticked and clicked away for a couple of minutes.
She looks at me with a smile and says, "If you pay cash, the procedure will be $1500 and we can schedule you today. If you'd like to have a seat, someone will be with you in just a moment."
Twenty minutes later, I'm in the back being inspected, injected, infected, rejected and dejected.
It was worth handing over 15 Benjamins to find out that the problem was NOT what I feared! 😛
When I had to go to the emergency room late last year, it helped speed things up quite a bit when I made clear that I was not looking for free medical care, that I had insurance and that I was in network with that hospital. Your mileage may vary.
Yeppers!
When they ask about insurance, I tell them we have government mandated Medicare and cash!
Oddly, when you say "Cash!", their eyes 😳 pop open and the bill gets reduced.
Went in for a test one time.
I was informed the "test" was $5K and they couldn't schedule the procedure until it was ok'd by the insurance company.
"We don't have insurance, we have cash."
The receptionist went back to her computer and ticked and clicked away for a couple of minutes.
She looks at me with a smile and says, "If you pay cash, the procedure will be $1500 and we can schedule you today. If you'd like to have a seat, someone will be with you in just a moment."
Twenty minutes later,
I'm in the back being inspected, injected, infected, rejected and dejected.It was worth handing over 15 Benjamins to find out that the problem was NOT what I feared! 😛
But what about Alice???
😅😂😂🤣🤣🤣