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Originally Posted by 57ChevyFI
For all of the visitors of The Villages Regional Hospital ER--
If you were told the "WAIT TIME" is too long and you end up going to an URGENT CARE, treated and sent home--YOU HAD NO MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN THE FIRST PLACE
If you were "lying on a backboard" and in a collar and even asking for water-I am SO CONFUSED of the concern for lying flat while drinking--the backboard/collar are for TRAUMA or rule out trauma patients -not for people who haven't "had anything to drink/eat all day" and come to the ER with the notion the nurses and volunteers have become the wait staff at a hotel.
Wait time is LONG during SEASON. 100,000+ people for a 24 bed ER? And you are mad at the STAFF?? Why not support the staff and hospital? Yes, it needs to make changes-yes they are working to build larger hospital-but NO they will never be able to keep up and yes another Hospital is needed.
Unless you are having a Heart Attack, Stroke, Short of Breath, Head Trauma, or Unresponsive, Not Breathing or Have NO PULSE --you are not a priority. 
The following are people who can wait in the waiting room safely-until a room is ready for you, unless your presentation to the nurse is critical, all of these patients would wait in most ERs.
Saying your dying because you are having pain from a KIDNEY STONE is NOT a medical emergency. Vomiting in a waiting room-is NOT a medical emergency unless you are vomiting blood and even then has to be SIGNIFICANT amounts. -Blood tinged vomit is NOT a person that is seen right away, even if you take COUMADIN. Having a urinary catheter that you sat at home 8 hours clogged is NOT a medical emergency that means you are the next patient to come back in the ER after waiting 5 minutes. Your dental abscess NO, you sciatica pain NO, your chronic back pain NO, your red spot on your leg for two weeks NO, your abdominal pain NO-especially if your vital signs are better than the NURSE signing you in. Nose Bleed-NO even if on blood thinners, Laceration-NO, unless you have peripheral pulse missing or possible loss of limb, Dizzy-NO, Blood Sugar uncontrolled Type 2 NO, Abscess from shooting up street drugs into your veins NO. Blood in your stools NO, blood in your urine NO. Your constipation x 2 days NO. Not to mention all the minor common sense things people come to all ERs for- cough, rash, runny nose, child well checks, dressing changes because home health nurse didn't come to the house, simple bruising from falls, twisted ankle, insect bite, scabies..
Stable patients that call 911 to get the hospital quicker-and have their family arrive in the waiting room before the ambulance--may end up in the waiting room themselves. Triage is done at all hospitals at the front waiting room an the "truck" entrance. If you are stable in either area-in the Waiting Room you go.
For all the people who continue to say they would drive past the closest hospital in a MEDICAL EMERGENCY-well, you are probably not even experiencing a REAL emergency or you wouldn't be able to make that decision clearly-but good luck. Door to balloon time is trying to be 60 minutes for Heart Attack patients-meaning once you arrive in most ERs you are in the OR within 60 minutes-including calling in OR team at night for best results for saving any heart damage.
I think The Villages need a URGENT CARE 24/7 however--- There is a URGENT CARE inside the VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8am-8pm. Went there recently and was treated and discharged in less than 1 hour. |
Dear 57 Chev: Your kidding right? While I agree that people ought to give more thought as to whether they need an ER or Urgent Care the fact remains that continual testimony by many residents points to the need for improvements. And by the way all Urgent Cares are not equal. I learned that the hard way
Some posters talk about what is happening at other ER's which gives some indication that the medical community is failing and I believe the medical community, not only because of their failures, but because government and insurance companies are sticking their noses in where they don't belong
But people who live here will making comparisons with ER's in other states which is understandable but because residents rely on The Villages Hospital's ER that should be their focus
My wife and I have doctors who have privileges at Ocala because our past experience personally and with people we know here has been positive.
Make no mistake I have learned the hard way that medical people anywhere and with the best reputations within the country or the state are quite capable of making mistakes. Its the human experience. On the other hand i have been a recepient of some of the best medical people have to offer
I am glad people are speaking up and complaining because it will cause TVRH to continue to improve.
Personal Best Regards: