re: Three hours waiting at the ER (Update pg. 6)

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Fake a damn heart attack. Anything to get you back there. I can promise you there are beds available

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Again, you're wrong, factually incorrect.


Also, if you "fake a heart attack" they will check your vitals and probably give you an EKG while in triage. Once that EKG comes back clean, back to the waiting room you go.

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And they get triaged and sent right back out to the waiting room. Trust me, often they are in the waiting room before the unit can reset and go back in service.

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Yep

If it's a minor symptom and vitals are fine, where I worked, the EMS folks would take you out of the ambulance, wheel you straight to the waiting room, drop you off and be on their way.

St Tammany recently eight hour wait staff was stretched to the limit care was minimum

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I didn't say anything regarding costs, I stated in some countries qualify of care and services is below par in education, equipment and medications.... And that is a fact.

Canadian healthcare services is placing geriatric patients on Hospice instead of treating them to save funding. Those same patients would get treatment and operative services in the US.

I have a friend in France that was placed on a 6month waiting list for a head CT to rule out glioblastoma. He flew to the US and had it performed the same day.

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And I've white knuckled it through gallbladder attacks because the high deductible on my shitty insurance made surgery prohibitive.

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So in other words you received minor care that any Minute Clinic with a experienced nurse could diagnose, given some simple antibiotics, and now want to claim the entire American Medical system is nothing but scam and elsewhere is better. Got it.

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Again, i would suggest you take some English reading lessons if that is what you took away from my post…. No, it turns out i did not in fact have anything serious.. but that clearly wasnt the POINT of my post.. the point is that these hospitals in some other countries look and feel more like high end hotels than hospitals, the doctors are ultra-professional.. there was ZERO wait time to be seen.. and i went to the freaking ER and met with two doctors plus tests and scripts for less than $100 USD….. If there had been something seriously medically wrong with me, i have no doubt i would have recieved excellent care that would NOT have bankrupted me.. this is not just my own anecdotal experience, i have talked to many people and read many accounts of folks with similar experiences and great outcomes…. But by all means, please go ahead and let your feelings and emotions about USA medical care get in the way of what is factually accurate .

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ER isn't a place for possible breaks unless it's a compound fracture. Go to an ortho the next day.

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The sound my ankle made was like when you tear the leg off of a baked turkey at Thanksgiving. I'll never forget that sound.

I had to be rushed to the ER in I think 2013 because of my gall bladder. It was at the general on Bluebonnet. I remember the nurse being pissed because there were a few addicts in there who were trying to get a fix. And they just put them in an ambulance and tell them to bring them somewhere else, but in the mean time one was hollering and just bullshite they shouldn't have to deal with when there are people coming in with some serious injuries or health issues.

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Just a tip for you, there are always open beds. If you bitch loud enough they will take you back

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I love when people just get caught lying on TD

This is a freaking message board, who gives a shite about capitalization or spelling , lol @ you .

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If you actually read my post I made no mention of cost.

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Oh, trust me i have noticed how you keep ignoring the gigantic elephant in the room.. Like it or not, cost is a factor in this conversation, i would say in the top three factors actually, so ignoring cost is akin to asking “But besides that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play ?”

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But I……. am a medical provider

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Ah, i do believe we have found the issue .

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Its going to just get worse.

Look at the poster above me, hed have you waiting for months.

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Ok , maybe it is me who needs help with comprehension.. Someone please explain to me, and i am being sincere- why one needs to choose between paying a reasonable amount of money, and being seen quickly ? Why not both ??

I have already provided , in this thread, one example of how i was seen with lighting speed and had tests and everything else done for a small amount of money.. and i know that i am far from alone in that experience outside of the US.. . So why do certain posters keep repeating the lie that if you dont pay a sky-high price, you will take 18 months to be seen ? That has already been proven to be a lie .