Anybody else see this?

[paramedicmike]

Check this out. I saw this linked in another forum:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/15/er.homicide.ap/index.html

What do you think?

-be safe.

[Cookie]

Heads out to roll over this. A 49 year old with chest pains, sob, nausea. But then its a female and they are the most underdiagnosed for a heart attack.

Remind me never to go to this hospital if I am ever in the area.

[JPINFV]

I love one of my local hospitals. It has some of the shortest door to balloon time in the country (offical hospital goal is 60 minutes or less, average per a Spring '05 article was 47 minutes. US national goal is 120 minutes). Their ER tries to do a 12 lead with in 10 minutes of arrival (note: Arrival at the hospital, not at the time you are brought back). They'll do a 12 lead in the family/consult room or the code room and send you back to the lobby if it's negitive and there are no open beds.

[Ridryder 911]

A couple of things wrong.. first, were was this "concerned family" when they found her slumped over? ... It is usually and standard of practice to "re-triage and re-assess patients" every so often. I believe the major problem in this story is " discrepancies in paper work" .. time will tell.

R/r 911