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Warpy

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28. We had alarms on our stairwells that opened onto the units.

Reply to Freddie (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 09:39 PM

Jan 2014

because years before I worked there, a patient had gone out the stairwell, onto the roof, and jumped off. Unalarmed stairwells were near the elevators and in frequent use by excercisers.

Most of the alarms were triggered by patients and family members who thought they could smoke in a stairwell.

It seems a little odd that no one used that stairwell for 17 days. It doesn't seem odd that the hospital was so short staffed that people just didn't have the time to search the stairwells.

I'm a little surprised the woman's family didn't do it, or that they didn't file a missing person report with the cops.

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The plot thickens - dead woman in hospital stairwell - [View all] truedelphi Jan 2014 OP

That's heartbreaking get the red out Jan 2014 #1

"hysteria". I can just see the staff discussing it. "Hysteria" is a word widely used to minimize & El_Johns Jan 2014 #2

so true. nt laundry_queen Jan 2014 #24

wtf? uppityperson Jan 2014 #3

+1. nt arthritisR_US Jan 2014 #4

Fuck GPS bracelets -- staff the hospital properly and give people real care. Brickbat Jan 2014 #5

If they only had more profits sorefeet Jan 2014 #6

Not so fast friend ... GeorgeGist Jan 2014 #7

However, in the same report you cite - truedelphi Jan 2014 #11

You pay them crap, they give crap in return matt819 Jan 2014 #8

My experiences as private duty truedelphi Jan 2014 #13

how can there be a stairwell no one goes through in weeks? is that common? dionysus Jan 2014 #9

One word: Elevators RC Jan 2014 #10

I worked in a hospital Freddie Jan 2014 #12

yeah, but, don't you think, if there was a missing patient alert, they'd have checked them? dionysus Jan 2014 #16

We had alarms on our stairwells that opened onto the units. Warpy Jan 2014 #28

If it is a fire evacuation route.... jberryhill Jan 2014 #14

thanks for the explanation. dionysus Jan 2014 #15

These were alarmed stairwells that were open to the air, in the center of the building Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #30

She also had a sitter assigned to her because she kept trying to get out of the bed. Gormy Cuss Jan 2014 #17

Human beings who are "sitters" are usually paid decent money to do the job truedelphi Jan 2014 #18

wtf? they discon'd the alarm b/c it worked? elehhhhna Jan 2014 #26

Overworked and under-staffed is one thing... Octafish Jan 2014 #19

In many cases the people truedelphi Jan 2014 #21

Heartbreaking...Completely heartbreaking. Octafish Jan 2014 #29

This is just awful shenmue Jan 2014 #20

I guess I'll be the only one here to not argue "over-worked, under-paid." Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #22

Fire exit stairwell FarCenter Jan 2014 #23

yep, and when you lose a wandering patient, they should be checked elehhhhna Jan 2014 #27

As an accomplished hospital ninja, I can tell you they suck at finding people REP Jan 2014 #25