tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628075605226080181.post3136714759323046328..comments2023-05-06T04:55:31.261-07:00Comments on Pacific Thoughts: Awful care in the Emergency RoomSimon Hatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445464268272522308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628075605226080181.post-80494709610605699512008-11-27T18:28:00.000-08:002008-11-27T18:28:00.000-08:00My partner - a mental health consumer had multiple...My partner - a mental health consumer had multiple pulmonary embollisms recently and spent 9 +hours on guerney - several of those in a corridor in Acute Care in North Shore Hospital, before imaging showed partially collapsed lungs and large life threatening clots. He was quickly given a cleaxane injection[spelling?] moved to a monitored area then admitted later that evening. We were told that it was an atypical presentation...but he had chest pain and low body oxygen levels?? Yes please , let there be something done to triage more accurately and save people from dying in those hospital corridorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628075605226080181.post-78850648670468568542008-10-23T01:11:00.000-07:002008-10-23T01:11:00.000-07:00who knowa why these things happen...but am banking...who knowa why these things happen...but am banking on you finding out...or we going to be in deeper shit...undrfunding,overwhelming workloads...exposure to too much suffering...helplessness in ability to effect change...and so on and so forth...lose to lose for all concernedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492242878814374298noreply@blogger.com