woman dies in ER waiting room (article)

But do we really know that? Or did she die before it was her turn in line?

First page of the article says that's what the nurse told her.

Thanks Tazzi,

I'm just trying to find some context for the varied opinions and make sure I treat each with the respect they deserve.

Back to studying for my A&P final :P

Peace,
Cathie

It says that the nurse said that there's nothing they can do for her. She didn't say to go away, and didn't say that she wasn't going to see her. She probably just got bumped to the bottom of the list.


BUT, we don't really know.

It's not the nurse's job to tell a pt "You've already been seen and there's nothing more we can do." That is a blatant violation of EMTALA because a pt could very easily take that as refusal of services.

Fair enough. I can see a pt thinking that.

I have 0 year, 0 month, 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds experience in ER.
In the real world, doctors do make mistake. In the case of Ms. Rodriquez, they made a wrong dx on her. However, she came back and c/o., but the nurse did not do the assessment carefully. If the nurse did what she was supposed to do, Ms. Rodriquez would still be alive today. She has never been given a chance.
I don't have to be there, but I only focus on "she was coming back...then collapsed on the floor....then died....It is telling me some "horrible things" had occurred during her last breath of her life in the ER.
If you were Ms. Rodriquez, do you want to go over there to get the treatment. To me that ER is more like a "death trap."

It's already been pointed out that King Drew has a terrible history of pt mistreatment. That whole hospital is a death trap, that fact has been established several times in the last few years.

And if the family decides to sue, you can bet your bippy the doc who misdiagnosed her will be named. It wasn't just the nurse. That pt should never have been sent home.

You can not predict that. You don't know where she was in her illness. Even if she were treated properly, urgently, and treated the first time she came through-she could have still died.

That's a very naive statement.

It's inflammatory statements like the one above that made me question your experience. You're doing nothing to make folks want to take you seriously with statements like this.

Well OK, I can't speak for "folks" but I know it makes me not take you seriously.

Peace,
Cathie

OK....really going back to studying this time