Tina Loflin I was in the ER due to heart issues. After hours I was admitted. It took 26 hours to get into a room. For 26 hrs I had to sit , and watch people cry in pain because they had been forgotten and their pain was unbearable, people that looked perfectly fine get in and out. only 1 nurse was kind enough to get me into a triage room for a few hrs to sleep some what comfortable. At shift change many people including myself were taken out of rooms and put back into the lobby or in beds in the hallway of the ER. I had multiple tests done within the 26 hrs thankfully. By the time I was moved into a room monitored overnight. The nurses were very kind on the 1st floor and were baffled that I had to wait so long. In the morning I had 1 test done and released within hours with only 45 seconds of the ER drs time. Couldnt ask many questions as he was in and out. Thankfully my nurse was able to assist me and lead me in the direction I needed.
I will advise if you have a MINOR issue use an urgent care as it takes less time to get a test done or be assisted. Flu was all around the hospital in which you can be seen by a Dr or urgent care. Hospitals are for EMERGENCIES. I really hope HCA gets a better hold of things and better protocols when dealing with capacity issues.
I have attached a picture of myself in a hallway while there were 2 empty rooms right next to me.
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heather burgess My husband got bit by a cat and we went to stand alone ER getting IV Antibiotics every few hours. After 15 hours, the infection was spreading faster and was getting worse. They were afraid of him developing sepsis because nothing was working. They asked if we had a preference of hospitals to have him transferred to because he needed to be admitted. We said no(lesson learned). We were sent to HCA (due to open beds maybe?) and opted into driving ourselves. We were told to just go to the desk when we walked in and tell them we have a room and give them our documents. The guy at the front desk took us to room 15, poked his head in and said "oh.. this one is looks dirty..." a disheveled guy came behind him and said "no its not. I just didnt clean the information board (where the names of the attendants are)." Honestly, his attitude and demeanor made me think he absolutely was a trainee or someone on the janitorial team. Nope! He was the RN. When we walked in, there was blood on the floor, bandaid wrappers on the floor, syringe wrappers behind the bed, and there was blood on the bed frame AND the mattress. The nurse practitioner came in while Alan(RN) was still charting. She was very apathetic and flippant about the situation: looking at our papers but asking the same things that were notated there from the last Doctors notes. I was getting a really bad feeling so I said "not to be rude, but are you sure this was cleaned ?? I see blood and trash on the floor and theres blood on the bed..." Nurse practitioner didnt say anything but Alan, without looking away from the computer said "yes. Im sure. I dont have a mop or broom here. But when Im done with this, Ill scrub the floor for you." I was seething. They both left (Alan did wipe up only the blood on the floor first) and I told my husband we were leaving. I went to the nurse station and asked for a patient liaison because this was not okay and we wanted to leave. They got the ER manager and she was very nice. She acknowledged that the room was unacceptable but mentioned things get missed and she mentioned Alan was coming off shift and was a contract nurse. She tried so hard to get us to let them have a chance and we kept saying no and that we wanted to be transferred. She told us she would but it could take 12-24 hours but she has a nice nurse if we wanted to stay. We said no, well just go on our own. She said were going to have to say we are leaving against medical advice and sign a form. My husband said "no problem. I have a serious infection and I dont want to die here."
We went to ST. Lukes and we ended up getting admitted fairly fast, but we did have to wait 11 hours in the ER for a hospital room to be opened. It was worth the 11 hour wait to be moved up stairs at ST Lukes all day no questions.
Sad I didnt get more photos. I was so angry.
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