Villages Hospital ER Experience - awful

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #16  
Old 01-06-2017, 10:04 AM
BobnBev's Avatar
BobnBev BobnBev is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Sanibel
Posts: 2,226
Thanks: 1
Thanked 356 Times in 151 Posts
Default

If I ever need to take the ambulance ride, I would INSIST to be taken to Leesburg.
__________________
Patriot Guard Riders--"Standing for Those Who Have Stood for US"!

Laughter is the best medicine, unless you're being treated for Shingles
  #17  
Old 01-06-2017, 10:12 AM
Bonny's Avatar
Bonny Bonny is offline
Eternal Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The Village of BonnyBrook
Posts: 4,322
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BobnBev;13***07
If I ever need to take the ambulance ride, I would INSIST to be taken to Leesburg.
I actually would go to the Villages. I have been there 7 or 8 times and have never had a problem.
__________________
Troy, Rochester, Hazel Park, Harbor Beach, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  #18  
Old 01-06-2017, 10:51 AM
Madelaine Amee's Avatar
Madelaine Amee Madelaine Amee is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The Villages North
Posts: 4,274
Thanks: 1,216
Thanked 1,039 Times in 373 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonny;13***15
I actually would go to the Villages. I have been there 7 or 8 times and have never had a problem.
Us too. Both emergency (via ambulance) and two major surgeries. No complaints from this household.
__________________
A people free to choose will always choose peace.

Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak
  #19  
Old 01-06-2017, 11:13 AM
graciegirl's Avatar
graciegirl graciegirl is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 40,004
Thanks: 4,850
Thanked 5,493 Times in 1,903 Posts
Send a message via AIM to graciegirl
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonny View Post
If she was next, she may have been taken in before the time it took you to go to Leesburg. Glad everything worked out.


She felt very sick, but in Triage, the people who are in most extreme condition are taken in order. There may have been a heart attack victim or a person unable to breathe or a bleeding patient taken before her.


Chapter 1. Introduction to the Emergency Severity Index: A Research-Based Triage Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

I am glad she is o.k.
__________________
It is better to laugh than to cry.
  #20  
Old 01-06-2017, 01:12 PM
NotGolfer NotGolfer is offline
Sage
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Villages
Posts: 3,893
Thanks: 2,561
Thanked 958 Times in 389 Posts
Default

In our over 7 yrs. of living here, folks will give their opinions re: care at TVRH. IF you've been dissatisfied...call the administrator. IF they are having 'issues' and enough folks call---maybe that will bring change. I do know if you're in distress you want to be treated asap. We never know what's going on behind the scenes. My spouse and I BOTH have had experiences with TVRH and the ER and all those time I can't say enough about the great care we received. Did we wait...yes! My spouse had the experience at Leesburg Hospital ER (taken by ambulance) and he too waited there. We're a growing community and these facilities also treat those who aren't "village people". In our previous community up north I would say similar things happen there---some folks are unhappy and some are satisfied. It's all a part of perception with the experience IMHO.
  #21  
Old 01-06-2017, 01:22 PM
Bunzl1951 Bunzl1951 is offline
Email Reported As Spam
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 9
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

NO, my cousin broke her ankle and was transported by ambulance. She was in ER waiting room for 3 hours before being seen after an additional 2 hours of xrays was finally released.
  #22  
Old 01-06-2017, 01:40 PM
rubicon rubicon is offline
Email Reported As Spam
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 13,694
Thanks: 0
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
Default

Being transported by ambulance or an EMS only matters if you are being transported for something like a heart attack. However i know a number of people who have called for an EMS which transported them to thru the back door only to be moved to the lobby.

I have lived here for 10 years and this ER has not improved. However perhaps the real issue is that ER's all over the nation are experiencing the same problem????
  #23  
Old 01-08-2017, 08:10 PM
perrjojo's Avatar
perrjojo perrjojo is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mission Hills
Posts: 2,294
Thanks: 226
Thanked 321 Times in 78 Posts
Default

My husband went to the ED on Jan 2nd. He was seen in 45 minutes and had a room in the ED about 30 minutes later. In the meantime he had blood work, an EKG and X-ray. He then had a room in the hospital in 5 hours from the time he entered the emergency department. All of his care givers were concerned and competent. They also constantly updated us as to how long it might be until what was next. After being admitted he received excellent, friendly and competent care. This is his 4th time ther in 6 years. Three of the four experiences were good and one was not so good. You just never know when you go in who and how many are there with more life threatening conditions than you.
  #24  
Old 01-08-2017, 08:14 PM
perrjojo's Avatar
perrjojo perrjojo is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mission Hills
Posts: 2,294
Thanks: 226
Thanked 321 Times in 78 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rubicon View Post
Being transported by ambulance or an EMS only matters if you are being transported for something like a heart attack. However i know a number of people who have called for an EMS which transported them to thru the back door only to be moved to the lobby.

I have lived here for 10 years and this ER has not improved. However perhaps the real issue is that ER's all over the nation are experiencing the same problem????
I think the administration is really trying to improve the ED experience but I agree that this is a problem everywhere. My mother in law lives in California and has gone by ambulance to her nearest hospital only to be sent on elsewhere because they could not accept anymore patients.
  #25  
Old 01-09-2017, 09:03 AM
PennBF PennBF is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,112
Thanks: 0
Thanked 755 Times in 214 Posts
Default Some Good Things

I see the number of problems associated with the Village and am thankful for the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. The Dr. assigned to our case is a Harvard Fellow, practiced at MD Anderson, Mass General and Baylor. Instills so much confidence that it is beyond expectation. When in surgery they let everyone know in the waiting room if the patient is being pre'd for surgery, in surgery, in recovery room or ready for discharge. He is kind and sees his patients right on schedule. Takes time to explain all of the facts of the case and the patients portal is completed without delay after the procedure. Think the best process for a problem is if it is an emergency, go to the Urgent Care at Sumter Landing and if further treatment is called for go to Mayo. This pretty much ensures great treatment for what ails you!! (In the villages you are 2 1/2 hours from Mayo Clinic. )
  #26  
Old 01-09-2017, 09:38 AM
Madelaine Amee's Avatar
Madelaine Amee Madelaine Amee is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The Villages North
Posts: 4,274
Thanks: 1,216
Thanked 1,039 Times in 373 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by PennBF View Post
I see the number of problems associated with the Village and am thankful for the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. The Dr. assigned to our case is a Harvard Fellow, practiced at MD Anderson, Mass General and Baylor. Instills so much confidence that it is beyond expectation. When in surgery they let everyone know in the waiting room if the patient is being pre'd for surgery, in surgery, in recovery room or ready for discharge. He is kind and sees his patients right on schedule. Takes time to explain all of the facts of the case and the patients portal is completed without delay after the procedure. Think the best process for a problem is if it is an emergency, go to the Urgent Care at Sumter Landing and if further treatment is called for go to Mayo. This pretty much ensures great treatment for what ails you!! (In the villages you are 2 1/2 hours from Mayo Clinic. )
Agree with all your information. I had major kidney surgery at Mayo ..... BUT, I was back and forth from TV to Mayo twice a year for three years for minor surgeries before the major surgery could be done. During that time I had two day itineraries at each visit and we elected to stay over night on campus which was very expensive. BUT, they saved my kidney and I now have two working kidneys, one in perfect condition, one doing about 60%, but it is still there and working. Just this past week a heard from a friend of mine in Venice whose young adult granddaughter had the same problem as me and her surgeon took out the problem kidney ............. I obviously do not know the circumstances and, therefore, maybe should not be commenting, but I walked away with two kidneys, both of which can be donated when I no longer need them!

Huge YES to Mayo in spite of the inconveniences.
__________________
A people free to choose will always choose peace.

Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak
  #27  
Old 01-09-2017, 09:43 AM
justjim justjim is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Illinois, Tennesee, Florida, Village of Caroline, Sanibel, LaBelle
Posts: 5,617
Thanks: 61
Thanked 1,297 Times in 535 Posts
Default Making a decision

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbear View Post
You are right - perhaps she could have been next but then again after another 15 minutes of nothing happening I had to make the call to either stay or go. Will never know how long I would have waited. What I didn't mention in my original post is that after I approached the Triage nurse and returned, people voluntarily came up to me telling me they had been there for hours upon hours waiting for treatment. Now I can't say the seriousness of their issues - could have been a mosquito bite for all I know - but after listening to several of them I decided to leave. Although this sounds unimaginable, one lady came up to me and said she had been there since 1 pm in the afternoon and it was now 9 pm. Have know idea what her medical need was but hearing that was the very last straw for me... Thanks to all those that read and responded...

Tbear
OP, anyone of us might have made the same decision and 'bailed" to another hospital. All we can do is hope and pray we are not put in a similar situation.

Hope all is well and your loved one has recovered.
__________________
Most people are as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abraham Lincoln
  #28  
Old 01-09-2017, 09:47 AM
golfing eagles golfing eagles is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: The Villages
Posts: 12,226
Thanks: 820
Thanked 12,910 Times in 4,143 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by perrjojo View Post
My husband went to the ED on Jan 2nd. He was seen in 45 minutes and had a room in the ED about 30 minutes later. In the meantime he had blood work, an EKG and X-ray. He then had a room in the hospital in 5 hours from the time he entered the emergency department. All of his care givers were concerned and competent. They also constantly updated us as to how long it might be until what was next. After being admitted he received excellent, friendly and competent care. This is his 4th time ther in 6 years. Three of the four experiences were good and one was not so good. You just never know when you go in who and how many are there with more life threatening conditions than you.
My wife had about that same experience early last year---but ER experiences can be hit or miss depending upon volume.
That being said, I found the ER at TVRH to be the weakest link. I've read almost all the posts on this subject for the past 2 years and there is a wide variety of opinions. Some are just incredulous---like an 80+ woman with a broken hip waiting 22 hours for pain meds. Some are overly critical like the person who left after waiting 25 minutes. The truth is probably in the middle. I've run an ER that was much busier than TVRH and ran the QA committee that oversaw ER operations for years, and there is A LOT OF ROOM for improvement here. Each ER tends to have its own "culture", and that culture derives from the top. If the physician isn't constantly pushing staff to get patients into a room, get lab and x-ray done, and get the hospitalists to admit a patient, then the whole system gets bogged down and backed up (the same is true of a private office). Sometimes you have to identify those who aren't pulling their weight and have them undergo "alternative career opportunity enhancement" Administration needs to have a vigorous QA program that tracks waiting times and time to admission. Here's a simple example---we had a rule that a patient could not go to a floor until the admitting doctor wrote orders in the ER, so they could be waiting hours for them to show. We changed that to a policy that the ER doc would talk to the admitting doc and if he could not show up in 1/2 hour then the patient would be sent to their room, and the floor nurses would bug the doc for orders. ER flow and waiting time decreased dramatically. I think administration needs to have a "come to Jesus meeting" with the ER director and most of the problems could be easily solved.
ER medicine is stressful by its very nature, but a good ER physician can make a world of difference. I've seen the posts about going to Leesburg or Ocala, or even 2 1/2 hours to Jacksonville---from a medical point of view that is dangerous and reckless, unless you yourself are a medical professional that has already correctly diagnosed the patient's condition, and even then, you have no ability to start treatment in a car. In the case of a cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome that decision could be fatal. JUST CALL 911!!!! and let the pros do their job. For my wife and I, we have no qualms about going to TVRH again.
  #29  
Old 01-09-2017, 10:04 AM
A Village Resident A Village Resident is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

WE NEED A NEW HOSPITAL BUILT!!! My Husband was brought by Ambulance with a broken hip and heart condition. He waited 19 hours in the ER at Villages Regional before being seen! Outrageous! Everyone in the Villages must call Munroe Hospital and ask them to build a new modern Hospital here in the Villages. We have plenty of Room to build one!
  #30  
Old 01-09-2017, 10:13 AM
golfing eagles golfing eagles is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: The Villages
Posts: 12,226
Thanks: 820
Thanked 12,910 Times in 4,143 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by A Village Resident View Post
WE NEED A NEW HOSPITAL BUILT!!! My Husband was brought by Ambulance with a broken hip and heart condition. He waited 19 hours in the ER at Villages Regional before being seen! Outrageous! Everyone in the Villages must call Munroe Hospital and ask them to build a new modern Hospital here in the Villages. We have plenty of Room to build one!
Huh?????

First of all, 19 hours before being seen???? If accurate, that's by far the worst wait for that condition I've ever heard of in 35 years, and that includes Kings County in Brooklyn and Bellvue in Manhattan on busy days.

Second--a new hospital???? Do you think the ER problems are due to the physical plant???? Actually, I believe TVRH is a relatively new hospital compared to say Mass General which is over 100 years old in places.
Closed Thread

Tags
leesburg, wife, hospital, villages, desk

Thread Tools

You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:49 AM.