Originally Posted by
Sloppy Joe
Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
So does the ER in Portland also not bother to ask you about the meds you're taking when you check in?
What about forgetting to take an EKG of a 50-year-old coming in with swollen ankles, feet, and tingling arms?
I'm wondering in what world that's "normal", rather than sheer incompetence?
The uric acid thing was just one of many fails which occurred.
The best thing you can do in a healthcare setting is to advocate for yourself. If you act like a coward and don't speak up when they're screwing the pooch, then its your own health which suffers. At a pizza joint, you can just choose to eat the $10 for the fucked up pizza and never go back. Same option doesn't exist for your health. 250,000 malpractice deaths in the US every year. It's not "entitled" to make sure they're doing things right.
I don't know what Portland ER's are like, I'm a healthy person.
You said it was a battle of egos - who has the high card in that scenario? I'm sure he's losing sleep over the threat of your written complaint.
Obviously nothing will come of that and even if others are asked they're definitely backing the comported professional over the blowhard patient.
No one is saying don't advocate for yourself, just not to behave like yourself.
The desired outcome here is more important than spit riddled $4 comped fries and should be treated as such.
I don't care who is "losing sleep" over my complaint. I'm just not going to sit there like a coward while the "professionals" fuck things up, when it comes to my health.
If the hospital chooses not to discipline employees who fucked up, that's their problem. I'm going to tell them what happened, and most of this is verifiable if they care to look into it. For example, there's no excuse anyone can give why they didn't ask what medication I'm taking, nor can they deny this happened, since the records will show they didn't fill it out. They also can't produce an EKG they didn't ever take.
My main goal at this point with the hospital is to get them to wipe my portion of the bill, because they don't deserve a penny from me for this shit care. If I improve their service at the same time, great. If not, that's on them.
And regarding the uric acid thing, it was completely retarded, and they kept refusing to test it, despite my initial very polite attempts to ask them to do so. It's not "entitled" to raise issue because a dumb PA is on an ego trip and refuses to consider it.