I am bleeping mad at a hospital here where I live! My mother's life was at stake!

[Lady Freedom]

My mother has had a heart attack when she was 35. She is now in her 50's, so when the pains in here chest, jaw, and back stated she went to the hospital. She got in between 10:30-11pm. At 4am she was still waiting for a room, they did not have here on monitors, had no way to page a nurse and was in a cold ER room with no blanket to keep her warm. She was in nothing but a gown with a slit in the top for the monitors to be hooked up to her. So my mother being VERY distraught was able to get up, get dressed, and walk out. The big kicker is no one tried to stop her, even to try and take out the IV needle out of her arm!

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[murielm99]

1. I wonder about these ERs sometimes.

About a year and a half ago, I was in the ER. I was in a bed and I had some of those thingies taped to me. They had drawn some blood.

The trouble was, I had been there for about four hours with no further attention. I was near the nurses' station. They kept having very loud conversations right outside my door. One of the nurses in particular had a loud, annoying voice. Maybe it would not have been so annoying if I had not been sick, but what the hell? It was a hospital.

After awhile, I had to pee really badly. I ripped all the things off and put on my clothes. I found a restroom, then came back and sat in a chair near my bed. No one even noticed that I had gotten up and wandered around.

I had been disoriented. The reason I was there was that I had gotten up in the middle of the night and taken all the meds that I take during the day. I am not sure why I did that. I may have been sleepwalking. I had woken up with a start after a short time, because I realized that what I had done was dangerous.

I was still disoriented when I got up to find the bathroom.

After awhile, I am not sure how long, a doc came in and let me go home. I spoke to my doctors about the incident, and got them to adjust my meds. But I understand your concern. Was this ER overworked and crowded? The one I was in was not particularly busy. They just didn't give a damn.

[madrchsod]

2. hmmmm...could that have been ksb?

[murielm99]

4. Surprisingly, no.

I have been to their ER twice with my kids, and once when I had a broken bone. They were always professional.

We had a retired aunt who lived in Ronnieland. She was a nurse. She did not have a single good thing to say about ksb. I have heard other horror stories, too.

Just from knowing people around here, and from my own limited experience, I think the nursing staff there is good, but the doctors lack something.

[Lady Freedom]

3. She was there before one woman with chest pains and they got that woman in a room...

medicated and the rest of the stuff they were suppose to be doing for my mom, in minutes. As I said that woman came in well after my mother and was possessed way faster. That was why my mom was starting to worry they were just going to let whatever happen happen to her.

I wonder if it is because she (my mom) is on that Missouri health net?

And why did the other hospital that we talked her into going to ( That took a lot because she was so upset)did it all in just a few minutes and was on a skeleton crew at that?