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Cardioversion is a VERY common procedure. You don't need a major medical college/university hospital to get that done.
His problem is he didn't listen the first time it was offered.
Something like this could happen anywhere. You can have the Mayo Clinic next door and it does you no good if you don't avail yourselves of the services.
Something like this could happen anywhere. You can have the Mayo Clinic next door and it does you no good if you don't avail yourselves of the services.
You are making the assumption that the Mayo Clinic will accept your insurance. The number of medical insurance plans accepted at the Mayo Clinic is very limited. The question is whether you can afford to pay the "out of network" rates.
Something like this could happen anywhere. You can have the Mayo Clinic next door and it does you no good if you don't avail yourselves of the services.
Actually for us, if we had the Mayo Clinic next door, we would go just about anywhere else for medical treatment. The worst experience we have had is with a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Something like this could happen anywhere. You can have the Mayo Clinic next door and it does you no good if you don't avail yourselves of the services.
I have been an R.N. for 39 years and go back to the days before pre hospital paramedic services were the norm in most communities. During my early days of ER nursing I worked in a small non teaching community hospital. If we had a bad trauma or other type of emergent patient we would have to transport that patient to Mass General Hospital by ambulance which was an hour drive away. An R.N. would have to escort the patient because highly trained paramedics were just emerging on the pre hospital care scene and the basic trained EMTs did not have the skills to provide the high level care required during transport.
When the ambulance would get into close proximity to Mass General ambulances were lined up a block deep trying to bring their patients to the ER. Sometimes the wait to get the patient into the ER ambulance entrance was longer than the ride to the hospital. I and several of my colleagues lost patients during that wait time. These days paramedic level of care is present in most cities and suburbs and becoming more prevalent in rural communities because these are the individuals who have the advanced skills to save your life if you become critically ill in your home or community. Once they restart you they call the chopper in to fly you away to the nearest trauma center and then it is the trauma center's job to keep you alive.
So if I were to relocate rural I would be not so concerned what the distance to the nearest hospital was but the level of pre hospital care that was available.
My rural grandparents never spent a day in a hospital... all of their kids were born at home as they were that rural... some with midwife and some with only my grandfather... they had a small family diary farm...
Early to bed and early to rise with mostly what they produced for food... the best smoked hams... fresh unpasteurized milk, homemade cheese, etc...
My Grandfather was still helping around the farm in his 90's and one day he had to sit down as he felt a little dizzy... one of the Grand-kids insisted in taking him to the big hospital a couple of hours away...
Doc said he was fit as a fiddle... but his heartbeat was irregular... said a pace maker would due the trick... Grandfather thanked the Doc but refused saying when it was his time it was his time... he passed in his sleep at 96 the day after New Years and had commented just the day before what a blessed life he had... still sharp as a tack and standing tall.
I guess when you have that belief system there is a lot less to worry about... hard work, the simple life and little stress... never owned a car... drove the tractor to town when needed... listened to the farm report at night on the radio before turning in...
I was fortunate to spend an entire summer there a few times.. when I was 4, 11 and 17... and sometimes I would trade all the big city living for a my grandparents home, the one they built in a picture perfect pastoral setting...
And, on that wonderful note, we should close this thread. I, too, know farm people - long, uncomplicated, healthy lives. No doctoring, there, either. The two male offspring have chosen highly-paid medical professions, but they also both own and live on farms with horses, cows, beef cattle, chickens, etc. - because they loved their upbringing and wanted their kids (4 per family) to have the same experience.
And, on that wonderful note, we should close this thread. I, too, know farm people - long, uncomplicated, healthy lives. No doctoring, there, either. The two male offspring have chosen highly-paid medical professions, but they also both own and live on farms with horses, cows, beef cattle, chickens, etc. - because they loved their upbringing and wanted their kids (4 per family) to have the same experience.
The rural hospital closings will likely diminish when Obamacare has been repealed. The mandatory cuts to Medicare payments for hospital services will, we may hope, be reversed.
One thing that I don't think has been brought up is that some small towns are on "retirement" lists and "livability lists" and outrank larger cities 10 or 100 times their size as far as being ideal places to live and or retire.
I'm looking at one that has a population of about 2000 and is 19 miles away from a large college town yet outranks that college town as far as overall livability. It has virtually no crime, an award winning small hospital, a nice quaint downtown and affordable housing and in a beautiful rural setting nestled between a river and mountains behind it. Perhaps a town like this with a much larger college town 19 miles away will be like having the best of both worlds.
One thing that I don't think has been brought up is that some small towns are on "retirement" lists and "livability lists" and outrank larger cities 10 or 100 times their size as far as being ideal places to live and or retire.
I'm looking at one that has a population of about 2000 and is 19 miles away from a large college town yet outranks that college town as far as overall livability. It has virtually no crime, an award winning small hospital, a nice quaint downtown and affordable housing and in a beautiful rural setting nestled between a river and mountains behind it. Perhaps a town like this with a much larger college town 19 miles away will be like having the best of both worlds.
If the college town were larger, it would have greater influence on surrounding towns. People would be commuting to escape the city problems, but they would bring these problems with them. Isolation is required.
If the college town were larger, it would have greater influence on surrounding towns. People would be commuting to escape the city problems, but they would bring these problems with them. Isolation is required.
By a much larger college town, I'm talking about a pop of about 35,000 compared to 2000. Still not huge by any standard and small enough not to have influence over the small town 19 miles away. BTW, the college town has a rather high crime rate, higher home prices but not nicer homes and almost double the property taxes. I wonder why
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These days paramedic level of care is present in most cities and suburbs and becoming more prevalent in rural communities because these are the individuals who have the advanced skills to save your life if you become critically ill in your home or community. Once they restart you they call the chopper in to fly you away to the nearest trauma center and then it is the trauma center's job to keep you alive.
