[maolin]

I'm confused - Would that the pt hadn't "lied" about her s/sx - would it have made a difference in the eventual outcome of receiving a "taxpayer" funded AICD? Or is it that if the pt not said anything about having symptoms w/ the VT, would have been discharged home, arrested and died, thereby saving the taxpayers the cost of the AICD?

[VivaLasViejas]

Why on earth does it matter who pays for the AICD the patient needed?

I hate to say it, but this thread is yet another that's headed for the scrap heap if this keeps up. We have had far too many threads get ugly lately because of unnecessarily harsh or judgmental comments. I will ask everybody to PLEASE think before you post, so that members who wish to continue to participate in a discussion may do so, instead of having an otherwise useful and interesting thread shut down because other posters can't seem to control the urge to post something snarky. That's not fair.

Thank you.

[banditrn]

Well, I've had a few of them fib to get to stay.

Yep, sounds like denial to me - I've also had one's brought in 'under protest' by a family member or someone after they've had symptoms for a long time, and didn't want to come in.

[begalli]

But what is the point of this thread if not snarky to begin with, right?

[earle58]

it sounds like she was a candidate for an aicd anyway, regardless of whether she lied or not.
i'm not seeing the relevance.
happynurse, is this the first time a pt has lied to you?
i thought it was known that pts who lie, usually do so out of fear.
i'd probably try and do the same thing.

leslie

[TZRNER]

And what about the people who come in c/o feeling weak for a week with stable vital signs, so they wait out in Triage for 4 hours and come back and tell the nurse they had open heart surgery last week and didn't tell the triage nurse because they thought they should have known they were here last week.

[P_RN]

That patient decided to LIE? I seriously doubt that. More likely she was scared stiff. To the layman funny feelings in her chest was the call of the grim reaper. More likely she'd had it before and it went away. Would we rather have her sent out the door and die in front of her kids? I don't get this post. To me it's a terrified patient who was in total denial anything was wrong.

And someone mentioned

Well, I've had a few of them fib to get to stay

I hope you didn't mean they could put themselves into fibrillation?

Let's be nicer in our posts.

[Spidey's mom]

Ok I'm just gonna ask it . . . .

What is "AICD"?

steph

[My2Giants]

Originally Posted by stevielynn

Ok I'm just gonna ask it . . . .

What is "AICD"?

steph

Automatic Implantable Cardiodefibrillator

[My2Giants]

Originally Posted by nd_mom

Automatic Implantable Cardiodefibrillator

I think I spelled it correctly?