Being an emergency health care provider myself, I found his behavior and tone to be completely unprofessional. The oath we take says first do no harm, HOWEVER, telling someone in respiritory distress that they should not come in to the hospital in the case of an emergency just because they smoke cigarettes is negligent and dangerous. My first thought was to get up and leave, but as I said I couldn't breath so the best place for me to be was right where I was in the ER. Regardless of his own feelings or the day he was having, he should have composed himself before entering my room or taken himself off of my case if he couldn't handle it emotionally.
Extremely disappointed on how my mother has been treated here. The staff acts like it is a burden to do anything for my mother. She has had to asked several times for any help. Actually had to disconnect her heart moniter to get anyone in her room and even that took several minutes. One nurse out of everyone she has seen was on top of things. I've had to travel over 30 mins to this hospital to make sure she is alright. I should feel comfortable leaving her, but honestly I have dreaded it! Would not recommend this hospital to anyone.
Normally wonderful staff but, today (11/20) staff on 5th floor heart was horribly slow. Found many of them standing around having a chat while call buttons were going off. This is one POed Catholic right now.
I went to the ER last night 12/12/17 b/c I was having issues breathing. I have been on antibiotics and an inhaler for 10 days for a sinus infection and bronchial inflammation that were prescribed by a Dr at the Med care urgent Care. She told me that if I needed to use my inhaler more than once to get relief for my breathing issues I should go to the ER right away.
I pray to God I do not need to return to this very place which seems to be void of compassion, the very thing necessary for good nursing I don’t care what anyone says. I have been greeted with very firm men who could care less how I feel. No eye contact, no general concern, no real sense of how can I help you? These men in this hospital feel sterile and more like hoodlums than nurses. As bad as I feel I considered just walking out but I had already started this process. It will be my last. I am in disbelief that even the Charge Nurse who to my understanding is “management” here failed to even listen to feedback regarding this treatment on my visit today. I wouldn’t recommend any person with expectations of being treated with care and at a premium come here. Empty emergency room =long wait
He told me had been in respiritory health for over 20 years, and in my opinion it may be time for him to take an extended vacation or maybe even think about retirement b/c he obviously can no longer handle the stress of his position.
I used my inhaler twice and had no relief. I still felt like I couldn't breath, so I went to the ER. I was disgusted by the way I was treated by Dr Carroll. He entered my room, asked me if I smoke cigarettes and when I said yes he began to belittle me, raised his voice at me, and said that I was stupid for coming into the ER with issues breathing since I smoke and have asthma. He lectured me for 5-10 mins before finally telling me he would give me a breathing treatment. He never asked me for any medical history, or if I even had asthma. He just assumed and treated me like I was a drug seeker though I only asked if I could have a breathing treatment to help open up my chest and help with my breathing.
I will Not be going back to this ER, and will certainly not recommend that anyone go there if they have a serious or potentially life threatening health issue.
It was so bad that it clearly made even the nurse as uncomfortable as it made me and my mother. She couldn't stop apologizing to me for the way I was treated.
Then while giving me the breathing treatment he lectured me more about how my children were going to watch me die a slow agonizing death from suffocation and showed me pictures of someone's lungs who chain smoked for 40 years saying that my lungs looked that way.
6 hours and still waiting for my 3 year old with a venomous bite to be seen. The ER nursing staff are actually quite caring and have been the only decent experience we’ve had here. While working 120 hour weeks I don’t honestly care for spending an entire day in the ER for my child to be ignored. I will not ever come back to this hospital. Update, 7 hours and 30 minutes and we are now waiting on a discharge paper for what may be a venomous bite, may not!? “Come back if it gets worse” is the final diagnosis.
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