Man, 30, dies during EIGHT HOUR wait in an emergency room after going in for a rash

Mail Online ^ | 25 January 2014 | Alexandra Klausner

[Mad Dawgg]

One New York man went to the hospital for a rash and died in the waiting room during an 8-hour-wait for care.

30-year-old John Verrier went to St.Barnabas Hospital's ER for a rash on Sunday nigh at 10 p.m. At 6:40 in the morning, a security guard discovered a dead 30-year-old John Verrier slumped over in his chair.

A worker from St.Barnabas Hospital says that he was cold, blue, and stiff and says that he may have been dead for several hours.

[Mad Dawgg]

Before Obamacare: Waiting Room

After Obamacare: Waiting to Die Room...

Hey Obama Voters. How is that Hopey-Changey thing working out?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Was it lethal case of jock itch?

[tioga]

oh, it WILL get worse.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. RIP.

[Tax-chick]

It doesn’t seem to say what he died from. Did I miss it?

[Publius]

Plague.

[SpaceBar]

It’s just starting folks.

[bigbob]

“Wsiting (for a credit check) Room”

Sad.

[SkyDancer]

Looks like the UK NHS has finally arrived in the US.

[petitfour]

Allergic reaction???

[Mad Dawgg]

It doesn’t seem to say what he died from. Did I miss it?

I am going venture "Lack of Medical Care" being he walked into the ER waiting room and died there and the average wait time is over 5 hours.

[nascarnation]

Not to judge based on appearance but that FB pic be lookin’ like a gangsta...just sayin....

[MHGinTN]

Sounds a lot like the rash some women have when they have ‘toxic shock’

[griswold3]

Damned rat infestation in NYC!

[palmer]

The rash appears to have been terminal.

[Tax-chick]

I could go into an ER waiting room, and I wouldn’t die from “lack of medical care,” because I’m not sick or injured. If the man died in a few hours, he had something wrong with him. The article says only “a rash,” with no further description.

The suggestion of an allergic reaction made above is reasonable. Maybe that was it.

[nascarnation]

Based on his pic, I would not be shocked if drugs were involved.

[Tax-chick]

I also would not be shocked. On the other hand, it could have been a food allergy.

[GeronL]

All those illegal aliens got first dibs

[Irenic]

http://www.meningococcal.org/the_rash.html ?

If it was or not??? but I thought this was valuable information...

The glass test

Some doctors and Foundations refer to the ‘drinking glass’ or ‘pressure’ test – pressing a clear tumbler firmly against the rash, to see if it fades under pressure (like a harmless rash does), or stays red, indicating a septicemic rash.
The concern with this test is that it is not 100% reliable, especially in the early stages, and can give you a false sense of security. You need to keep testing at regular intervals. However if a rash appears, along with other symptoms, it’s wise not to wait around trying to diagnose it yourself, but go straight to a doctor or hospital.