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Originally Posted by kstar
AKA_Monet:
When did she have time for follow up when she was released "hours earlier"?
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Since, I have not heard or seen her record. I am gathering that based on the differentials of her symptoms, the chronic pain she had must have been intermittent. The hospital may have given her references to offices that would see her on a sliding scale, however, it is the patients right to not go and accept those names given.
Okey, the real deal, do you think the hospital had this patient's "record" readily available to see the course of treatment without causing HIPPA violations?
If she is not part of a huge healthcare system, namely HMO's with a number, then the hospital would probably not have her record during an emergency.
If she was uninsured, how will the hospital know who she is except that lady that is bitching over there.
Emergency care stabilizes the patient. The follow-up is done after the visit. It is a matter of timing. If she came in at midnight, she would be stabilized, then seen at 7 AM by a regular physician. If she came at 9 AM, she would be seen by a regular physician maybe by 2-4 PM, no later than 6 PM. If she needed further tests like CT or MRI, she could would wait 24 hours. If she had a obviously broken bone, she would have had X-ray at emergency and then the pictures would be relayed within 30 minutes to 1 hour to a radiologist.
Path report:
If she had a gross tear in her lower abdomenal on her saggital section at least 5 cm on the decending colon, specifically at point A.1. and temperature at 98.7 F (40 C); fully loaded unmasticated fecal matter consistency of jaundiced bowel...
That is the kind of stuff written in your record. That is why I am telling everyone that it is not a joke when your doctor is telling you something... That is how detailed we get.