nurses,our ER system needs an overhaul.

[nobody067]

those of you that work in the ER know about this. i went to the ER twice with pretty bad symptoms and was told each time that the wait would be 4 hrs to see a doctor. today i was in the ER and i was seen by a triage nurse who measured my BP which was 186/116 and my heart rate was 149. they gave me a 12 lead ECG and told me to wait. i did not want to wait that long cause i was dizzy and my head was numb. after having a close almost syncope episode,they lady at the desk yelled at me to sit down instead of taking me in to see the doctor. i left very angry. i was not gonna wait 4 hrs. i called the hospital twice to get the results of my ECG and they refuse to tell me. i still feel like crap and i have a hand held BP monitor that always shows lower results then they really are and 4 hrs after my ER visit,my diastolic BP is still anywhere from 94-99. i just wanted to vent cause i know you nurses know this experience that patients have all too well.

[Orange Tree]

There's no way you're serious. And didn't you want to be a DNR, anyway? :)

[wooh, BSN, RN]

Well I'm sure you're much safer at home posting on the internet than you would have been in the ED waiting room.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Wait so you almost passed out and decided to stand up?

[Trekfan]

those of you that work in the ER know about this. i went to the ER twice with pretty bad symptoms and was told each time that the wait would be 4 hrs to see a doctor. today i was in the ER and i was seen by a triage nurse who measured my BP which was 186/116 and my heart rate was 149. they gave me a 12 lead ECG and told me to wait. i did not want to wait that long cause i was dizzy and my head was numb. after having a close almost syncope episode,they lady at the desk yelled at me to sit down instead of taking me in to see the doctor. i left very angry. i was not gonna wait 4 hrs. i called the hospital twice to get the results of my ECG and they refuse to tell me. i still feel like crap and i have a hand held BP monitor that always shows lower results then they really are and 4 hrs after my ER visit,my diastolic BP is still anywhere from 94-99. i just wanted to vent cause i know you nurses know this experience that patients have all too well.

Ben there done that !! OMG the ERs around there s##k I will be venting for days if i get started !!!!!!!

[Trekfan]

next time call 911 and then you may at lest make it in the back !!!

[Trekfan]

the er that i walked out of hear called me the next day so thay may call you to come back .

but the watt time can be a problem if you can not sit up "witch was why I had to leave" the last time I had to wait I was able to lay down the hole time .

[BrazoriaLVN]

next time call 911 and then you may at lest make it in the back !!!

Or you could be led on a stretcher back to the waiting room. What a waste of resources. You are at the ER already. Please trust the judgement of the triage nurse.

[nola1202]

Don't talk to the Nurses, talk to the the insurance companies and the Government, they're the one's who really provide treatment, not the Doctors or Nurses.

[LegzRN]

So at what point did you call your primary doctor to make an appointment?

[crb613, BSN, RN]

So at what point did you call your primary doctor to make an appointment?

Oh wait they don't have a pcp, no insurance,or waiting on their medical card...... just moved, and have not had time to get a pcp,..............or the doctor doesn't have an appt available until 2013....Sorry but these are the responses I hear so much when I ask....have you seen your pcp.

[nobody067]

to that guy- i was already standing up,there was no real room,the ER was too crowded with a guy puking his guts out and a very ill neonate. to legzRN- i do not have a primary doctor. i will go to the ER again,this happens in way too many hospitals. i read about it and it sucks to have a first hand experience.