The ER here SUCKS. Rudest, most unprofessional staff I've ever experienced. The entire team's…read moreattitudes & care was substandard & disrespectful.
On 6/8 @ 4pm, I presented in ER w/tightness in my chest, shortness of breath, nausea, & pain radiating into abdomen & shoulder.
IV started (no initial labs drawn- standard protocol to check cardiac enzyme levels oops) Blonde,female MD quickly reviewed my symptoms. No physical exam, no auscultation, palpation or family history regarding cardiac issues taken. I have a STRONG cardiac history in my family. Told her I hadwell controlled hypertension, GERD, & combat PTSD. (Army MSN, CEN, 17 yrs, Level I Trauma, Medevac. 4 combat deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan) Woke up at 8am w/symptoms, waited till 3:30 to come after taking my GERD meds. That id be SO embarrassed if it was just gas. Could I have Simethicone to find out. (Its like Gas-X) She reassured me it would be OK if it was. Bigly, BIGLY LIE.
Hooked to monitor, vitals taken. BP very high, alarming I was in a normal sinus rhythm (I asked). 02 satbmonitor with adhesive, wrapped around my finger tightly. 02 was in 90s. Staff left room.
Being so nauseous, I vomited on the foor beside gurney. After about 1 hr, An ER tech (still not certain the gender) came in to check monitor alarms. I told her no labs were drawn. She treated me like dog shit & talked to me like I was a 3 yr old. Berating me for puking on floor. "You puke in this, not on floor" an emisis bag. OBVIOUSLY. A patient who complains of nausea is NORMALLY given one. I wasn't.
Monitor alarms still constant. O2 sat dropping to low 80s then back up.high BP. NO STAFF FOR 40 MINS.
A really short male nurse, sporting an enormous, suffocating, highly compensatory, Napoleonic Ego, arrived. I again requested Simethicone. Easy Peasy. He came back with Morphine & Zofran. Never assessed initial pain level, nor did he return to reassess it. That's Nursing 101 Folks. PAIN IS SUBJECTIVE. Pretty sure that is day one of nursing school. 02 sat to 82. Different tech came in, saw reading, finger monitor firmly in place, I was awake, strong waveform. True reading. I told her no lab draw yet. She reported it to a passing male nurse, who rolled his eyes. Finally a lab draw. Chest X-ray, plain film. Limited views only. 2.5 hrs in ER. Shift change. Monitor alarms still blaring. Blonde female nurse now, NO ASSESSMENT of me at all. (Nursing 101). Asked for Simethicone, still in pain. Morphine didn't work. My Symptoms were exactly the same. Came back with Mylanta. SOME Mylanta formulas contain simethicone. Hopefully this one did. Her attitude & treatment of me progressed to "snotty-Im-better-than-you" sarcasm. Super bitchy report that my cardiac workup was normal, cardiac enzymes fine. I was being discharged. But I still had same symptoms. A plain chest X-ray wouldn't show gallbladder issues or an Abdominal Aortic aneurysm. I needed a CT. She rolled her eyes & left. (She's the type of RN that gossips about the nurse that just left the nurses station. She's the reason for NOT becoming a nurse, & the type of RN that made me ok w/ changing careers. SUPER BITCH). Then Dr. Dickhead came in, repeated the findings. ALL STRUCTURES NORMAL ON XRAY (plain films don't show all structures btw) " Troponin came back okay 3x." (Yet only ONE lab draw. Standard is one an hour, then every 4) BLATANT LIE. Refused any further workup. LUCAS MARIN-SALCEDO, DO. Blonde Bitchy RN Didn't review d/c instructions. Why no CT of abdomen to rule out AAA or Gallbladder issues? Those could cause my symptoms. She said security would escort me out if I kept talking to her like that. okayyy tough guy.
BLATANT EMTALA VIOLATION TO D/C A PT IN ACTIVE PAIN WITH SOB! RN supervisor refused to give me any names of staff, or hospital policy that prevents her to. TOTAL BITCH TOO. No call back from Pt Advocate. SHOCKER!
MY OKC VA DIAGNOSIS- Acute Cholecystitis. Surgery pending.
LAWSUIT INBOUND. I also know why I was treated poorly. Buckle Up, this could get rocky. COSPLAY MAIL ORDER LICENSURE ER STAFF DIDNT TAKE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.
All your reviews are SO BAD! & CCMH doesn't strive to improve!