re: Edwards, OLOL officially announce plans for new ER in north Baton Rouge

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So basically.....if anything really bad happens to you (heart attack,horrific car accident, etc).....you really better hope you don't happen to be in NBR when it happens.

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If anything really bad happens to you, you need to go to the level 1 trauma center. In the NOLA area, if you are shot and in a bad way, or a terrible accident, ambulances pass other hospitals as they speed to UMC.

If anything really bad happens to you in Houston, you don't go to one of the 26 Memorial Hermann hospitals, you go to Ben Taub.

I think it's like that in every city.

What may make Baton Rouge different is the fact that 1) perhaps the location of the Level 1 trauma center is a bit further away from the hotbed of gunshot wounds, compared to other cities and really, 2) traffic in BR is so goddamn terrible due to the layout of the roads and capacity issues that you can't get there very quickly.

Honestly, BR should consider investing in a legit air ambulance service.

North BR doesn't need an ER, it needs a sterilization center and an accompanying roaring furnace disguised as a government welfare office.

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This is going to be a complete joke if Acadian has the contract, who does the hospital to hospital transports in BR. Unless it's a priority station. God help them tho if there are multiple emergent transfers at different times

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I don't know a lot about Acadian, why would that be a joke?

What ambulance company responds to 911 emergencies in NBR?

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But I think the establishment of the facility will both help some people in NBR,

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It could, but what is so confusing to me is who goes to an ER, and who goes to an Urgent Care Facility.

Are there that many each day that need ER treatment?
And if they do need ER treatment do they need advanced ER treatment that only a certain Ers have (trauma center, etc)?

All I read is people lining up in the ER because they have a sore throat. Don't these people go to Urgent Care?

I definitely think there will be a benefit there as the cold/flu types will be quick to go to this ER since its in that area of town. However it's just frustrating that no matter the issues around town/state, if the government is involved, the fix is just going to be temporary for the most part.

I know, "Welcome to Louisiana."

I'm surprised how much OLOL is geting for this. Very few upgrades need to be made in the Urgent Care on Airline to change to an ER. They already have X-ray and a CT scanner and a Trauma Room.

As far as EMS it would save a lot of money if they made MOST patients uber

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All I read is people lining up in the ER because they have a sore throat. Don't these people go to Urgent Care?

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It seems, at least in BR, the short answer to this question is no.

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It seems, at least in BR, the short answer to this question is no.

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So if they add an ER to the Urgent Care then they will come???


It seems to me like the answer to most people's health problems is right there, and they don't know how or do not care to use it.

I am not sure of the motivation behind going to an ER vs an urgent care center, however I do have friends that work at both. For the most part, Medicare recipients frequent the ER for menial bs much more often than the urgent cares, at least from what I hear anyways.

I'm sure there is some kind of time/money motivator behind that decision for the poors. I just don't know what it is

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The state / OLOL could be really innovative here if they think about this.

The ER will be hooked on to an urgent care center. If people show up at triage with a cold, send them next door to the urgent care center. For things that are above the level of an urgent care, treat them in the ER. stabilize them and then send them to a hospital.

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This already exists. It's called fast track in most ERs.