tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836155691890232140.post5617734050323625942..comments2023-05-03T05:02:50.703-07:00Comments on 20 Out Of 10: Today's "Reason For Your Visit"Bradenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501547142655151969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836155691890232140.post-15924873840797500392009-05-06T12:02:00.000-07:002009-05-06T12:02:00.000-07:00Someone who is gasping and blue and calls their do...Someone who is gasping and blue and calls their doctor's office to see what they should do, probably isn't going to listen when the doctor tells them to hang up the phone and dial 911.<br /><br />These folks are the flip-side of the system abusers we see. They don't want to bother anyone. I don't think my folks would use an ambulance even if they had a bone poking out. Some people are just like that.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249614094341419955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836155691890232140.post-60086666117441442722009-05-04T12:47:00.000-07:002009-05-04T12:47:00.000-07:00Who knows what the heck the dr. told them. I can'...Who knows what the heck the dr. told them. I can't even count the number of times our nurse line has told a patient to call an ambulance, I can see it documented in the EMR, and they show up by car in the clinic with their chest pain, etc. People frequently don't listen. So then they get a charge from me, one from the ambulance, AND one from the ER. I've had people do it who were sent by ambulance to the ER from the clinic the last time they had an MI. I do not understand.ShrinkingDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867808515747730556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836155691890232140.post-55247136922564999632009-05-04T12:44:00.000-07:002009-05-04T12:44:00.000-07:00I was on a call once, to a woman in a car by the s...I was on a call once, to a woman in a car by the side of the road, who had had a seizure and stopped breathing. She had been sent to the ER by POV, from her doctor's office. This was less than a block away from his office.<br /><br />I was livid.<br /><br />She made it that day, but died a few days later.<br /><br />I hope your patient fared better.Linda Wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502645664373341448noreply@blogger.com