Results 1 to 17 of 17

Thread: Hospital emergency..

  1. #1
    God/dess whirlerz's Avatar
    Joined
    May 2004
    Location
    Midwest
    Posts
    27,134
    Thanks
    55,898
    Thanked 26,027 Times in 13,270 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1
    My Mood
    Aggressive

    Default Hospital emergency..

    rooms suck! 41/2 hours of waiting, with like over 75 ppl, I finally walked out of there, disgusting


    MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP

    -Eartha Kitt

  2. #2
    Veteran Member happygiggles's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2008
    Location
    memphis
    Posts
    579
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    whoa what city is that. i heard a report on npr once about the long waiting time. here in memphis, i only go to one hospital for emergencies cuz i know i will be helped quickly. and depending on the problem does your city have minor medical centers? those are good too

  3. #3
    Banned
    Joined
    Oct 2006
    Posts
    2,475
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    Yha but once your admitted they're nice...but then that means your sick enough to be admitted.

    I love extended stay hospital beds, so comfy.

  4. #4
    God/dess Pretty_Penny's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2005
    Location
    your moms house
    Posts
    5,050
    Thanks
    269
    Thanked 648 Times in 256 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    i've -never- waited less than 3 hours in an ER, with the exception of the time i had a head injury.

    i once sat in the ER for 4 hours with a broken ankle before being seen. i've waited pretty long during asthma attacks too.

  5. #5
    Featured Member thechaosfairy's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Dear Gods plz send money to Oregon K luv you bye
    Posts
    1,780
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    It's one good reason to find health insurance: a lot of major HMOs have urgent care centers for their clients only -- basically like a VIP emergency room. The time I went to one, I didn't have to wait at all.
    Quote Originally Posted by red red red View Post
    Like super-fast, frenetic, chipmunklike stylized humping with this look on her face like "Kill! Kill!"
    Quote Originally Posted by iseestars View Post
    i think people like going to parties and clubs and looking like douchebags.

  6. #6
    God/dess Lysondra's Avatar
    Joined
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Another Country
    Posts
    18,664
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 148 Times in 100 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    See, this is why you should all move to Australia. I'm always helped within half an hour and that one time something was wrong with my eyes, I was nearly thrown into the ER and looked at by 4 specialists.


    Look like a woman
    Think like a man
    Act like a lady
    Work like a dog

    - My Great Grandmother Bessie's Recipe for Success

  7. #7
    God/dess
    Joined
    Oct 2006
    Posts
    8,427
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 30 Times in 22 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    when i.. lets say, took a few too many tylenol , i remember having to wait in the emergency room too. by the time they get me back there they say, "oh, if you had waited much longer you couldve had liver failure." oh ok well then thanks for making me wait so long!

  8. #8
    God/dess Susan-Va's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Richmond, Virginia
    Posts
    3,019
    Thanks
    90
    Thanked 193 Times in 107 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    We've got a couple of hospitals in towns that have a wait time of no more than 30 minutes.

  9. #9
    God/dess TheTempest's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2007
    Location
    La La Land
    Posts
    3,206
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    It sucks but it's almost always like that. The hospital I was born in, and insist on going to even though it's 25 miles away, has a program in place now. If you come in with a heart attack, or apparent broken bone, they rush you. I thought I broke my ankle a while back (I have bad ligaments so it was just that acting up again and horrifically sprained) but they had me in a curtain within 20 minutes.

    Not enough employees, too many sick people. I hope you're feeling better now and it wasn't anything too serious.

  10. #10
    Banned
    Joined
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    734
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    4 hours is not long in my city unfortunately. 8-12 hour wait times are not uncommon, as well as taking numbers and being asked to come back tomorrow

  11. #11
    God/dess CKXXX's Avatar
    Joined
    May 2008
    Location
    in my head
    Posts
    3,467
    Thanks
    20
    Thanked 300 Times in 181 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    Yeah..this is why I never go to the ER unless I feel like I am dying. ONCE I went to the ER voluntarily...I had pneumonia and was so severely dehydrated they said if I hadnt come in,theres a very good chance I would have died. I damn sure felt like I was.

    I was sent to the ER when I worked at the vet hospital for slicing open my finger(a careless tech left the scalpel blade attached when she soaked the instruments...grrr). I waited 3 hours for ONE stitch. While the Dr told me all about his MALPRACTICE suit.
    I said I'd never go again...if I got cut again I'd have one of the vets sew me up...its the same damn thing anyway!

    Quote Originally Posted by lexilou View Post
    "I'll picklepunch you in your twatwaffle!"

  12. #12
    God/dess TheTempest's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2007
    Location
    La La Land
    Posts
    3,206
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    Sometimes they are really ridiculous, like having an 8 hour wait.

    I spent 5 hours waiting to get a dog bite stitched up when I was a kid. They put me in a private room only because my eyelid was hanging off and they didn't want me in the waiting room. On top of that, they refused to let me eat anything and it was right after school so I was STARVING.

  13. #13
    Featured Member desavirsire's Avatar
    Joined
    May 2005
    Posts
    868
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    This is why down there I now go to a walk in / immigration clinic, lol. Short wait time and it's kinda like the UN, Portuguese, Mexicans, Brasilians, Haitians etc. Not bad prices either.


    Quote Originally Posted by CKXXX View Post
    Yeah..this is why I never go to the ER unless I feel like I am dying. ONCE I went to the ER voluntarily...I had pneumonia and was so severely dehydrated they said if I hadnt come in,theres a very good chance I would have died. I damn sure felt like I was.

    I was sent to the ER when I worked at the vet hospital for slicing open my finger(a careless tech left the scalpel blade attached when she soaked the instruments...grrr). I waited 3 hours for ONE stitch. While the Dr told me all about his MALPRACTICE suit.
    I said I'd never go again...if I got cut again I'd have one of the vets sew me up...its the same damn thing anyway!

  14. #14
    God/dess Sirona's Avatar
    Joined
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Massachusetts
    Posts
    3,012
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 46 Times in 27 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    It's like that because so many people treat the emergency room like a walk in clinic, which it isn't.



  15. #15
    God/dess Andygirl's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2006
    Location
    The VIP room
    Posts
    3,621
    Thanks
    47
    Thanked 187 Times in 58 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    Quote Originally Posted by Sirona View Post
    It's like that because so many people treat the emergency room like a walk in clinic, which it isn't.
    That's what I was about to say. If every dumbass didn't go to the ER for bronchitis and the flu, and every other ailment that can wait for your family doctor, the ERs wouldn't be so crowded.

    Luckily, the ER we go to is never that bad. When I thought my hand was broken, I only waited a few minutes before they got me in. It took forever after that, but I got put in a room fairly quickly.

    Just saw this story today, a woman died in a waiting room.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...ped_dying.html

  16. #16
    Banned
    Joined
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    734
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    Unfortunately the ER IS a walk in clinic for people who don't have health insurance. Especially when you're close to Mexico and many illegals go to the hospital ERs for free care. How do you make them pay? You can't, they disappear. At least not before reaping the benefits of our health care system that not even I as a US citizen can afford to do, lengthening our wait times, and then fleeing back into the ghettos.

  17. #17
    Featured Member Jeska's Avatar
    Joined
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Vegas
    Posts
    998
    Thanks
    51
    Thanked 95 Times in 18 Posts

    Default Re: Hospital emergency..

    That sucks.. you should try a quick care center instead.


Similar Threads

  1. In the hospital
    By sun child in forum Body Business
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 12-30-2007, 09:53 AM
  2. My mommy is in the hospital :(
    By High_Heel_Lover in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 42
    Last Post: 10-31-2007, 08:29 AM
  3. BA hospital question
    By SthnrnGrl77 in forum Body Business
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 05-16-2005, 05:54 PM
  4. Hospital i work at
    By Pamela in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 01-17-2005, 04:38 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •