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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
Your mentioning care in the ER. No, none, nada, zero stroke patients wait in the ER unattended. NONE. Repeat NONE. You may have been told by the patient that he/she was a positive stroke patient but I guarantee you that IF they were a positive blockage or bleed stroke patient they were cared for and monitored in the ER. If they had a blockage they would have been given some sort of thrombolitic (Tpa, Heparin drip, Fragmin etc.). That is the standard of care and we follow it very seriously for stroke. You can see from the JHACHO report that we do very well in stroke care.
You can say what you want on this forum and YOU may even believe it was real but I really don't think that happened. Most people on this forum don't have the inside knowledge to argue against you, but I do. I know exactly what the stroke protocol is. I'm certified in stroke care and procedures at TVRH. And IF it did happen then it is a real one-off and should be reported to TVRH management with full names, dates etc so the event can be recorded and investigated.
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No I'm not medically qualified to diagnose a situation such as what I saw..The gentleman I was sitting with had a problem, went to his doctor, was sent to the er and he told me his doctor told him he had a stroke and needed admittance...He sat for hours...Maybe he was lying...Who knows but the other cases I MENTIONED DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICALLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS TO DETERMINE HIS ARM WAS HANGING ASKEW AND IN TEARS AND MOANING.....FOR HOURS...PERHAPS DEFENSIVE POSTURING ISN'T THE RIGHT TACK, RATHER SEEKING A SOLUTION FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.