tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post6302162771297868771..comments2024-03-20T10:44:38.106-05:00Comments on madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: the ER patients creedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-37432645810923782792011-02-26T11:42:56.008-06:002011-02-26T11:42:56.008-06:00This would not occur if they would allow hospitals...This would not occur if they would allow hospitals to open urgent care centers to take patients with no insurance instead of placing that burden on emergency rooms. And if ERs could refer these patients to those centers. I would love to know the actual statistics of non-emergent care provided at emergency rooms.Gabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229168182741203558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-38033697827809467892011-02-24T00:31:06.805-06:002011-02-24T00:31:06.805-06:00Where I am, we had a blizzard a few years ago. Mo...Where I am, we had a blizzard a few years ago. Most of the ambulances that service us had called off any service but absolute life threatening, and even then it wasn't guaranteed they'd be able to pass on the roads.<br /><br />Anyway- they get a call for a patient with head trauma. Get to house, patient was standing, in jammies of course, at end of driveway in 3 feet of snowdrift with bag in one hand and a smoke in the other. Injury? 1 cm lac to back of head, no LOC.<br />Patient demanded transport- about 15-20 miles in heavy snowfall (no plows, either). EMS couldn't take pt to closer hospital due to demand to come to us. <br />And unlike your establishment, no nearby fun things, no close neighborhood. Refused treatment, had no way home. <br />Sat in lobby forever. I went home, no idea when pt got a ride.BinkRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055468641605573339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-5316656841308107652011-02-23T23:33:40.040-06:002011-02-23T23:33:40.040-06:00In my area, they show up because they can simply c...In my area, they show up because they can simply call 911 and get a free ambulance ride. Grrr.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848643822308909132noreply@blogger.com