These hospitals are getting worse and worse in patient care. They should have brought her in for additional examinations. She complained of shortness of breath and chest pain. Try to get to the bottom of that. Problems breathing should be taken seriously. Sometimes you have to be your own advocate and be respectful but persistence.
What a sad story. I'm sorry for that family's loss.
I just learned from a friends recent experience that if you arrive via ambulance you wont wait, so I guess if I ever have an emergency I will no longer be driving myself.
I drove myself in for my appendectomy. The rushed me on through because luckily my triage nurse knew what was going on immediately. If they hadn't, I likely wouldn't be here.
Yep! That's how it is at the hospital where I work. They'll take you right off the stretcher and put you in a wheelchair and place you right in the lobby if they don't deem it a true emergency. Happens all the time.To the highlighted, I'm really not sure. From what I've seen that doesn't work and I think it's a myth. It gets you maybe triaged quicker, but so many people use an ambulance as a cab that the ER folks a lot of times view it as just that.
I've seen more than I can count people coming in by ambulance, triaged and then told to have a seat in the lobby (which is honestly how it should be). ER staff know that not all who come in via ambulance are not there for a true emergency. Tashonna was obviously an emergency, but I'm not sure if an ambulance ride would have helped her or not.
Yep! That's how it is at the hospital where I work. They'll take you right off the stretcher and put you in a wheelchair and place you right in the lobby if they don't deem it a true emergency. Happens all the time.
Ironically, she probably could've lived if she had stayed, despite the wait. If she'd fallen out in the ER lobby, they may have been able to save her. NOT blaming this young lady , but I wish she had stayed, she may have still been alive.
ETA: The hospital called her an hour later, which indicates she probably had abnormal lab work and when she didn't answer when they called out to the lobby, they tried her cellphone. One more hour wait would've probably saved her life.
People don't think about it, but if you elope from the hospital and go somewhere else, you have to start over and wait there too and especially in the evenings, which are generally the busiest times.
I'm boggled by the contrast... Black lives really don't matter... just looking at the GoFundMe's for the deaths of two young women, one black (barely $5K raised since Jan5) and one white (over $65K in a matter of days) truly is something to be sad about... SMH
Wait. Who are you referring to? I mean who is the white woman and her story? Was it the same scenario?
wow! well this is how our society thinks of us.....further confirmation we're at the bottom of the totem pole unfortunately..Story A >> After Too-long Er Wait, Woman With Chest Pains Leaves...dies Later
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Story B >>>Woman Who Was Acting As A Surrogate For A Family Died While Giving Birth
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It's a mere observation, for those who care