Glen Beck's hospital experience

His doctors wanted him to be admitted and he made the choice not to listen to his doctor's advice if he's to be believed. The doc should have been adamant if he wasn't. I'm also a little confused as to why he didn't pee before he left the hospital. That's pretty standard procedure. Maybe he did and forgot or maybe he didn't listen to the nurse either. Sounds like some big pieces are missing.

Seems like a pretty big drama king enamored with docs and not happy with other medical personnel on the whole. Hate to tell him this but most of his probs stemmed from the doctors and not the others involved.

I just watched his show tonight. I have not read anything he wrote. On his show, he praised the nurses. "With the exception of one," I think the phrase was. One could tell that he was embarrassed about the youtube video (which I did see). He indirectly blamed the drugs.

He only said that he had "butt" surgery. He went on to say he was surprised at the lack of "caring" by his care givers. He did say the nurses were great but that doesnt jive with the comment about the lack of "care" by his caregivers, confusing. He ended his show with a weepy statement that his wife saved his life by taking him into the shower with her clothes on and washing him? had he soiled himself? Or did he mean he was so drugged that she was trying to revive him? I wonder why he was given so much pain meds, was he constantly complaining? the whole episode sounds very wierd.

He had a women on, who answered his complaints about being kicked out of the hospital too quickly. She stated that nurses want to be able to be caring individuals, but because of the rush to get the patient out of the hospital they have to follow protocols that end up treating the patient like a "piece of meat".He said he was going to be on Good Morning America tommorrow morning,with his wife and will be discussing this further.

Nancy Grace was back on the air and actually had very nice things to say about the care she recieved, after she threw clots in her lungs,after the birth of her twins.

Having a distended bladder is extremely painful - patients get panicky, in my experience.

I think there are some legitimate concerns here - but he does have some misinformation too.

And my impression of the written piece was he raved about most of the nursing care he got. I didn't watch the video.

Offering someone in pain a wheelchair from Triage to the ER is just common courtesy.

I would think a guy would be a bit more understanding - painful bladder and all. And whatever surgery he had, hemorrhoid or rectal CA . . that hurts too. Just because it is his tush, doesn't mean it shouldn't be taken seriously.

I worry about a nurse not taking a patient saying, "I can't breath" seriously. Post-op PE?

I've been in my own ER with my son where I experienced how it feels to have a loved one in extreme pain and have the staff standing at the nurses' station chatting about trivia .. . It came to me that I have done that myself and since then I've been very careful about what is said within patients' hearing.

I dunno-maybe people are letting their dislike of this man color their reaction.

If it was Katie Couric, would the reaction be different?

Just wondering .. .

steph

I may be a little out of the loop myself, but who is this Beck dude? He seems a bit far out to me...

I'm sure he received decent care he mostly sounds very uneducated about the current state of our health care system and how it works when you present to the ER, sigh..What can ya do?

Maybe his donut cushion wasn't positioned properly and everything went to poop after that ,lol. He should take another hit off his pca pump and take a nap.

His poor wife..


Though I have to agree with this:
"Having a distended bladder is extremely painful - patients get panicky, in my experience.

I think there are some legitimate concerns here - but he does have some misinformation too."

I didn't watch the video either, got enough from his writing..Who is he?
We have VIP's come in all the time & I never recognize them (they look different in real life!), which sometimes greatly offends them. Lol..Getting older I guess.

Ms.P

There are approximately 200 documented distortions by Mr. Beck. See:

Beck characterized letter criticizing Al Qaeda as "surprising," because "the man who wrote it is a Muslim"
Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:31PM Olbermann awarded Beck "Worst Person" for saying he "feel[s]" like asking first Muslim congressman to "prove to me that you are not working with our enemies"
Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:23PM Beck juxtaposed Hitler's "decree permitting euthanasia" with Clinton's plan for health care
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:23PM CNN's Beck to first-ever Muslim congressman: "[W]hat I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies' "
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:48PM
Echoing Limbaugh, Halperin greeted Beck to discuss Michael J. Fox by stating: "[M]egadittos. And I just need you to know, I'm not doing this segment on my meds, so watch out"
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:15PM
Noting that Beck was "making fun of blind people," Carlson handed Beck "award" for "maybe the most outrageous thing said recently on TV"
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:37AM CNN's Beck on the blind: "Just to **** them off, I'm going to put in Braille on the coffee pot ... 'Pot is hot.' Ow!"
Friday, August 25, 2006 1:29PM Source: http://mediamatters.org/issues_topic...ult&offset=105

I find it very difficult to take his commentary seriously. Yet, as my patient I would give him high quality care because it is the right thing to do.

Perhaps this experience will help him to develop compassion for others.

I think so too.
I did look on his website and see he does have a hx of ETOH and drug abuse (by his own admission). I am sure he felt awful, but quite the drama king too. I bet he was a real handful too for the staff.
Here s a link to his website http://archive.glennbeck.com/about/a...lennbeck.shtml

I dislike the entire concept of VIPs - it implys that some get SUPER hospital care......EVERYONE should get that care!

Oh good LORD.

I'm a nurse on a short stay unit. Yes, patients having "butt" surgery are discharged the same day and I've never seen one patient in agonizing pain like Mr. Beck. If a patient were in that much pain, he'd be admitted for 23 hour observation.

Mr. Beck was also being asked to "breathe" in the recovery room. That's kind of a standard thing, isn't it? The recovery room nurse must be sure the patient is taking good breaths on their own before being discharged from the unit.

It is policy for "butt" surgery to have the patient void spontaneously before going home as well as in good pain control.

It does appear that Mr. Beck had a good dosing of medication well at the hospital. He must have been writhing in pain. Many of our patients have had Toradol, Percocet, Morphine pumps right on scheduled doses and never experienced the "near death" Mr. Beck is stating happened to him. Fentanyl IV is used frequently in our outpatient setting and we anticipate those patients going home and we don't use it as an "end of life" drug.

To me, Mr. Beck has been very ill-informed on his surgical procedure, what to expect before and after surgery and the criteria he has to meet for discharge. Also, in my experience, patients that have history's similar to Mr. Beck, do have a more difficult time with pain control and it is more challenging getting it under control.

Mr. Beck's statements are most negative on the healthcare system. Yes, you do run into some facilities with issues, but I'll bet even the worst facility would change behavior's knowing a "well-known" patient is coming for fear of a lawsuit or exactly what Mr. Beck has done. I do believe he's hallucinated from some of the drugs...which can be a side effect.

This was a comedy, indeed.