http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:02:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-658145 Air ambulance doctor Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:02:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-658145 Four hours is the time people can die. Do they understand this fact? Four hours is the time people can die. Do they understand this fact?

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-459449 Lea Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:18:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-459449 Thank you Midwest Medic. That problem is not confined to England in the least. I've had to wait hours in the ER before with minor hemorraging due to a cyst. Hurt like nothing else. Actually, I got sent home three times before they figured out it WAS a hemorraging cyst. AND my dad and aunt were both put ON HOLD by 911 when my mother fell ill from meningitis. Thank you Midwest Medic. That problem is not confined to England in the least. I’ve had to wait hours in the ER before with minor hemorraging due to a cyst. Hurt like nothing else. Actually, I got sent home three times before they figured out it WAS a hemorraging cyst.
AND my dad and aunt were both put ON HOLD by 911 when my mother fell ill from meningitis.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-459218 Sid Morrison Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:45:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-459218 Ahhh, the wonders of socialized medicine. Ahhh, the wonders of socialized medicine.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-458774 Christophe Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:10:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-458774 Another great advance in bureaucracy stupidity. I wonder if they have a Nobel prince for that, caus' they'll win it! Another great advance in bureaucracy stupidity. I wonder if they have a Nobel prince for that, caus’ they’ll win it!

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-458578 MidwestMedic Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:06:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-458578 This problem should be blamed on the hospital and it's administrators, not the country the hospital is in. We have similar problems in the US. It's not uncommon to take a pt to the ER and have them put "in the hallway" either a bed or chair in the ER hallway, hoping a room can open soon. Yes, they'll get care, but not the same level as if they were in a room...not cardiac monitors in the hallway...nurses just taking extra pts to cover hallway pts, so they really don't want them...they are already spread too thin by that time....at least in the ambulance there is a medic right there for them...mind you this also stinks becuase the ambulance likely needs to leave to make other runs, so this would negatively effect the whole city/area the hospital is in. This problem should be blamed on the hospital and it’s administrators, not the country the hospital is in. We have similar problems in the US. It’s not uncommon to take a pt to the ER and have them put “in the hallway” either a bed or chair in the ER hallway, hoping a room can open soon. Yes, they’ll get care, but not the same level as if they were in a room…not cardiac monitors in the hallway…nurses just taking extra pts to cover hallway pts, so they really don’t want them…they are already spread too thin by that time….at least in the ambulance there is a medic right there for them…mind you this also stinks becuase the ambulance likely needs to leave to make other runs, so this would negatively effect the whole city/area the hospital is in.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-458564 avraamov Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-458564 indeed. the target culture gets it's ugly tentacles into everything. and so, it seems, does michael moore... indeed. the target culture gets it’s ugly tentacles into everything. and so, it seems, does michael moore…

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/comment-page-1/#comment-458500 Tony LaRocca Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:20:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/hospital-to-patients-wait-in-the-ambulance-please/#comment-458500 That is seriously messed up. Thanks for giving me something else to link to when someone from England starts bashing the US! That is seriously messed up. Thanks for giving me something else to link to when someone from England starts bashing the US!

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