Quote Originally Posted by tgull View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
Anyway, I'm back home.

Before I left, I did talk to that PA. They chose not to do the uric acid test because they said it "wouldn't change treatment either way" no matter what it read.

But it was a conscious choice to refuse to do it. There was no "technicality" preventing it, and they wouldn't have been under any liability had they done it. It was also extremely fast and cheap to do, since they already took my blood. The results of the uric acid test would have informed all of the other results, because it would increase or decrease the likelihood gout was the cause of the problems.

The refusal was actually the misapplication of a general policy to avoid allowing patients to use the ER as a substitute for their general doctor. For example, if I were to say, "While you've got my blood, can you check my testosterone? I want to know if it's still normal for my age", they'd be correct to refuse, because that would have nothing to do with the reason I was there.

However, they did the standard metabolic panel, of which uric acid is often part anyway. For example, they checked my potassium, which also had no direct correlation with treatment.

I'm going to ask some doctors I know to give me their opinion. If they agree with bottomset and say I was out of line, then I will not complain. If they agree with me, then a complaint is forthcoming.
What a horses ass you are. You go into an ER for a NON life threatening issue, and you berate nurses and doctors who are treating people dying from Covid every day. First you overreacted by going to an ER for a non emergency, then you bitch out people for no reason trying to help you in an ER for your non life threatening issue. And LOL saying nurses in an ER are not underpaid, you have no clue. They are not there for the pay, hours or prestige. They are there because they like helping patients. They even accept the fact they have to deal with an unruly asshole with a sore foot at 2am. Get some business about yourself. Life and personal conduct does not always have to be transactional.
If it was a NON life threatening issue, I wouldn't have gone. I'd have waited until Monday and gone to a regular doctor. I hate the ER.

I'm about to turn 50, and all of a sudden I had increasing swelling in both feet and legs, plus tingling in both arms and hands, and higher BP than I ever had in my life.

On Saturday night at 1am, I can't exactly stroll into my doctor's office. It's either the ER or lol Urgent Care, the latter of which is useless.

The average RN in Los Angeles makes over $100k per year: https://www.indeed.com/career/regist...os-Angeles--CA

My argument wasn't even with the nurse. It was with the PA (physician's assistant), who makes $125k per year on average: https://www.salary.com/research/sala...los-angeles-ca


What does the average plumber make?