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In reply to the discussion: I took a friend to the emergency room at 3am Saturday morning. [View all]AndyA
(16,993 posts)54. Will keep your friend in my prayers
How lucky she has someone like you to turn to when she needs help, you are a good friend.
Emergency rooms can be so frustrating! Perhaps we expect them to run around like crazy because that's what they do on all the television shows. I know that would not help, and hospital personnel have to maintain their cool in a crisis, but is moving with a sense of urgency such a bad thing?
Seconds count, depending on what's wrong. Without seeing the patient, they have no idea what might be the matter.
Health care in America...
Let us know how your friend is doing. I'll bookmark this thread, if you'll keep it updated or link to a new thread if you start one.
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I took a friend to the emergency room at 3am Saturday morning. [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Feb 2013
OP
Give yourself a couple of pats on the shoulder, and I'm wishing some luck over to your friend..(NT)
FleetwoodMac
Feb 2013
#3
Absolutely. In case of any further emergencies, it might be worth traveling further to another
Squinch
Feb 2013
#31
They got some of that from Freud. Any pain a woman has is Hysteria. Women are just nuts, see?
freshwest
Feb 2013
#80
Sad that we're the richest nation in the world with medical infrastructure this badly run. nt
Selatius
Feb 2013
#6
Personally, I think the ACA merely forestalled the collapse of the health care system.
Selatius
Feb 2013
#10
Sounds like Jameson hospital in New Castle. I'll keep your friend in my thoughts.
diabeticman
Feb 2013
#22
Wishingthe best. Lucky there was an emergency room there at all, too bad for
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#25
Usually bodily emissions gets them to take someone out of the waiting area pretty quickly
undeterred
Feb 2013
#35
You should not have to put up with that kind of treatment. You can call the
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#59