When I was sick with an infection last month, there was no way I was going to the hospital. When my wife’s chronic pancreatitis flared up 2 weeks ago, she refused to go to the hospital and touched it out while under the care of a trusted internist that saved her life several times before. If we went, both of us would be 6 feet under by now. It’s a shame that we live in an age where going to the hospital when sick is a bad idea.
There have been a lot of focus on people using the ERs as primary care. We’ve tried to educate people that the ER is for emergencies.
People are misusing it. An emergency means you can’t breathe, you are in a critical state at that moment.
Your issues should have been addressed out of the hospital. Clinics are the main way to get care. People never should have gone to an ER if they can sit there and wait.
Hospitals get patients through doctor referrals from clinic and if a patient comes in in a critical state.
For too long people have used the ERs as primary treatment.
Hospitals should be used only in an emergency. It’s good to see people realize they should try other outpatient alternatives. We have warned that hospitals are dangerous places, there are resistant bugs crawling around and actually the hospitals are closing.
They only want clinics and outpatient surgery centers. In the future there will be at home hospital models and patients will be doing more for themselves. The old model of go to a hospital when you feel sick is over, and hospitals themselves have tried to force it.
I hope you both are feeling better, that’s great you both recovered and is a testament to what I’m saying. Most people don’t need to run to a hospital when they feel sick.
When my wife was suffering with her flare-up of pancreatitis, her temperature went up to 102.7. At 3 in the morning, that's ER time. We dealt with it with meds we had on hand, ice bags, and going to her MD first thing in the morning. Even if her MD recommended admitting to one of our local hospitals, we would not have gone in this day and age.
When I was sick with an infection last month, there was no way I was going to the hospital. When my wife’s chronic pancreatitis flared up 2 weeks ago, she refused to go to the hospital and touched it out while under the care of a trusted internist that saved her life several times before. If we went, both of us would be 6 feet under by now. It’s a shame that we live in an age where going to the hospital when sick is a bad idea.
There have been a lot of focus on people using the ERs as primary care. We’ve tried to educate people that the ER is for emergencies.
People are misusing it. An emergency means you can’t breathe, you are in a critical state at that moment.
Your issues should have been addressed out of the hospital. Clinics are the main way to get care. People never should have gone to an ER if they can sit there and wait.
Hospitals get patients through doctor referrals from clinic and if a patient comes in in a critical state.
For too long people have used the ERs as primary treatment.
Hospitals should be used only in an emergency. It’s good to see people realize they should try other outpatient alternatives. We have warned that hospitals are dangerous places, there are resistant bugs crawling around and actually the hospitals are closing.
They only want clinics and outpatient surgery centers. In the future there will be at home hospital models and patients will be doing more for themselves. The old model of go to a hospital when you feel sick is over, and hospitals themselves have tried to force it.
I hope you both are feeling better, that’s great you both recovered and is a testament to what I’m saying. Most people don’t need to run to a hospital when they feel sick.
When my wife was suffering with her flare-up of pancreatitis, her temperature went up to 102.7. At 3 in the morning, that's ER time. We dealt with it with meds we had on hand, ice bags, and going to her MD first thing in the morning. Even if her MD recommended admitting to one of our local hospitals, we would not have gone in this day and age.