Posted on 11/04/2021 2:18:15 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
In a year that has been filled with so many mysteries already, I have another very odd one to share with you. Emergency rooms are filled to overflowing all over America, and nobody can seem to explain why this is happening. Right now, the number of new COVID cases in the United States each day is less than half of what it was just a couple of months ago. That is really good news, and many believe that this is a sign that the pandemic is fading. Let us hope that is true. With less people catching the virus, you would think that would mean that our emergency rooms should be emptying out, but the opposite is actually happening. All across the country, emergency rooms are absolutely packed, and in many cases we are seeing seriously ill patients being cared for in the hallways because all of the ER rooms are already full.
Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. The following comes from an article entitled “ERs Are Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Although Many Don’t Have Covid”…
‘Inside the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, staff members are struggling to care for patients showing up much sicker than they’ve ever seen.
‘Tiffani Dusang, the ER’s nursing director, practically vibrates with pent-up anxiety, looking at patients lying on a long line of stretchers pushed up against the beige walls of the hospital hallways. “It’s hard to watch,” she said in a warm Texas twang.
‘But there’s nothing she can do. The ER’s 72 rooms are already filled.’
Can anyone explain why this is happening?
If the number of COVID cases was starting to spike again, it would make sense for emergency rooms to be overflowing...
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It’s simple. Docs offices are closed. People are showing up at the ER instead. Particularly the homeless
It’s a way to over burden the system and destroy it
You’re a fool
severe reactions to the China virus vaccine?
That’s a crap load article
The hack who wrote it doesn’t have a clue
My own experience is that our PCP won’t see a patient if the patient has a sore throat, even if the sore throat has nothing to do with Covid and the reason for the appointment isn’t Covid.
When we call for an appointment, the drone on the phone hears those two buzz words, and denies care. Tells you go go to an urgent care or an ER.
I think I have that “super cold” another poster referenced. Doc’s guard at the phone wouldn’t let me in because of a sore throat and sent me to the walk-in. Walk-in was Nurse Practitioner and said I have allergies and told me to take Claritin. (Never had allergies.) Next day stuffed head, and later started deep cough. Worse today ... what to do?
I don’t recall the last time I saw an actual doctor. Since I’ve learned to not trust doctors now, maybe that’s not a bad thing. I’ve been to our local hospital’s ER, and it was a dumpster fire. I’m afraid if I go there I may not come out since it seems that today’s “healthcare professionals” want to kill us for some reason, and maybe especially those who haven’t been “vaxxed”.
And outside of palliative care did you expect them to do?
Doctors and nurses are not miracle workers. From the treatment you describe it sounds like your mom was showing signs of COVID or a pneumonia. The elderly die of flu and pneumonia every year. Not much can be done for either condition
I’m truly sorry for your loss. The hospital did not kill her. She would’ve died at home too
Didn’t kill Trump.
Bingo!
Well...don’t a lot of people now have Obama Care? (not to be sarcastic)
I do agree that we now have the same number of uninsured people as we did in 2008, with the insurance anywhere from 50-percent to 200-percent more than it was in 2008. But those who have the care and feel some urgent ‘fear’...will do the ER routine anyway.
Half of this crowd probably think they have Covid, when it’s just the plain regular cold. To be honest, it’s been almost 2.5 years for me since my last cold.
No because you’ll find they were old with preexisting conditions
Sadly when a loved one dies people look to place blame. They pick on people they don’t know because it’s easier than just dealing with the grief
They do not know the effort and care the staff take with each patient
Precisely
Years ago in LA all ERs were shuttered because they could no longer afford to handle the numbers because illegals and homeless swamped them. Cost for care became prohibitive
Well, we at least know who it is NOT - the health care workers who were fired for not being vaccinated. They are probably some of the healthiest people there are, and plan on keeping it that way.
If ER visits involve illegal aliens, the hospitals are probably getting hefty “rewards” for each one treated.
“The hospital did not kill her. She would’ve died at home too”
That’s harsh; you don’t know that.
Hospitals and doctors are killing people every day ON PURPOSE by (1) forcing mystery serum on people, and (2) withholding treatment proven to be about 100% effective. Since “First do no harm” no longer is a thing, the hospital’s “treatment” could’ve been purposely nefarious.
Hospitals are buildings. Brick and mortar. The staff cares deeply sometimes too much so
Something tells me the border crisis and this problemo are related.
When I went into my doctor’s office the signs were confusing (well, they were clear - just sent the wrong message). Anyway, I went into the backdoor with my N95 on.
They were a bit confused, but sent me to the doc. The doc complained about the confusion and that they were making things too much of a big deal.
So I went to the receptionist to pay, and she was confused as to how I got in there.
“Well - the sign said to go in the back door.”
“Oh - that is just for the employees. I was wondering why you didn’t have one of our medical masks on!! We make everybody put on one of our masks before you can enter.”
I chuckled under my breath/mask. I’m wearing a N95 mask (maybe 50% effective against Covid). She is wearing the worthless medical mask - but with her nose hanging over it!
I recall some guy on the internet - “There should be a term for wearing a mask with your nose sticking out.”
I was surprised that the doc never asked me if I had been vaxxed or not. Several months previous another doc (a one-time specialist) was reading me the riot act for not getting vaxxed.
I mentioned it to the nurse that came in later. “I almost walked out, but I figured I would get billed anyway and should at least get my results.”
She thought it was terrible that he treated me like that. “And by the way - I’m not vaccinated either! But that’s just between you and me.”
I’ve worked in hospitals for many years - most of the reasons mentioned on this thread I’ve found to be true - mostly inappropriate use of the ER - using it as a primary care provider, illegals, mental health patients, etc.
We’ve been challenged but were able to deal with these issues.
Now there is another issue. That is patients that need to be admitted to the hospital must “board” in the ER - sometimes for days - because there are no inpatient beds available upstairs - due to no nurses.
Obviously this reduces the ability of the ER to do what they do.
Get used to it - the cavalry is not on the way. It has not hit bottom yet - nurses are leaving in droves to work in physician practice offices or for agencies at much higher salaries.
ER techs, X-ray techs, all the support personnel are hard if not impossible to find - getting paid to stay home is easier.
These are the good old days.
You ain’t seen nothing yet. Oh yeah - most hospitals and healthcare systems are “woke” - many of the admin people work virtually- most are concerned about work life balance and diversity as much as patient care.
I could go on but it’s pointless.
In all of my visits of late, I have only seen 1 healthcare employee wearing an N95. All the rest were, I hope, surgical facemasks.
Apparently health systems aren’t springing for the N95s.
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