Some Hospitals Call 911 to Save Their Patients

Originally posted by whitewave
The emergency room is really more of a bandaid station although it does have a defibrillator, oxygen and that ever handy telephone to call for backup.

For my money, that's unacceptable.

I have plenty experience as a hospital patient and I've come pretty close to dying in one more than once, so I know that people die in even the best equipped hospitals. I've seen it first hand.

If I have complications following surgery, I want medical care, not an autopsy and an investigation.

Calling a medicine cabinet an emergency room for the sake of getting a certification is just plain fraudulent on the part of everyone involved in such a sham.

...trust me when I say, surgical centers are your best bet for having surgery.

Yeah. If everything goes the way it's supposed to.

If I need a blood transfusion, for instance, I want a blood transfusion, not a butt kissing.

[edit on 2007/4/7 by GradyPhilpott]

You can get blood transfusions at surgery centers. Even in so-called full service hospitals, things like this can happen.

I worked one ICU that was in a fairly large hospital but, like many hospitals, they didn't have a neurosurgeon or a cardiothoracic surgeon. Guy comes in to have a procedure done (totally unrelated to neuro or cardiac) and develops cardiac complications that were totally unexpected. The nurses were quick to notice he was having problems and notified the surgeon immediately. The surgeon realized that the guy's problem was out of his field and immediately began looking for a consult. Three different hospitals turned him away and the patient died before specialized help could be obtained. I think that's why you're required to sign an informed consent before going under the knife is so that you understand that despite all the best care, you could develop complications.

I don't know all the particulars of this case but maybe nothing could have been done even if the doctor was standing at the guy's bedside when he started circling the drain. I think I'll wait to see how the investigation goes before forming an opinion on this one. Just my two cents. Feel free to "make change".

I have only heard of these facilities three times and each of them has closed down. That alone has to tell you something is not right in them.

Even the simplest Angioplasty can turn into open heart surgery in and instant and you need a fully equipped facility that can handle them. I sure would not want to be in one of these alleged specialty facilities :shk:

CNN moderators and commentators even questioned if they are in fact legal.

zaphod said more along the lines of angioplasty, and minor heart procedures. wel the hospital in my community is a full service hospital
they still have people die by going to their offsite cardiac center to have angioplasty. see at cardiac cdenter they can give you the angioplasty but if something goes wrong you can't get too the or fast enough to save the patient. they usually say well they had such bad blockages they would die anyway but really its because they tried the procedure without having a staffed or down the hall. the main hospital or is 2 miles away and 3 floors up.

Originally posted by FlyersFan
I don't know if that's true or not .... but that's the Urban Legend going around his town in North Dakota.

Is not urban legend Flyers, after reading your post the memory of one of my cousins dying at age 17 in a private hospital after surgery to correct his mouth because he wanted to have his teeth fix before graduation came to me. . .

It was Christmas eve and when he came out of his sleep he vomited but because his mouth was wired shut he drowned, his mother saw him die and she ran up and down the floor looking for a nurse but they were downstairs celebrating. . .

It was a big law sue and they won against the private hospital.

[edit on 8-4-2007 by marg6043]