Idaho Hospitals to Ration Care State Wide due to COVID-19

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by old_cold

Sounds like you're saying two different things here.
How about "worst served", not first?
"I can't breath" or "I'm having chest pains" will get you in ahead of someone sitting there with a broken thumb.

I was talking only true emergencies and their need and use of an available bed. EMTALA essentially guarantees this.

[FrankNSense]

Originally Posted by Stizzel

So now this means that even if you don't have COVID-19, get into a bad enough car accident, what otherwise might be a non issue in terms of getting life saving treatment may now end up being you having to be triaged and doctor's determining you can be saved due to lack of bed space and staff.

When pushed on your claim about car accidents possibly being turned away, you gave us this?

Originally Posted by Stizzel

I've seen this happen in my own personal life when our area experienced the winter surge and a friend of mine was told to go to the ER by a nurse line but instead went to his PCP the next day because the wait time to get seen in the ER was longer than him going to his PCP the next day.

Thank goodness it wasn't anything serious

Not fear porn, just the truth. Not sure what else to tell you.

Your friend went to the ER they didn't want to wait for a doctor in the ER so they just went to their PCP the next day. The ER likely triaged him realizing it wasn't an emergency so they were given a lower priority and they probably realized that it wasn't critical.

So yes trying to equate a car accident as the same situation as your friend is really nothing more than "fear porn". An ER is for immediate life and death EMERGENCIES, the more critical get treated first. If your friend was able to wait until they could see their PCP then they probably shouldn't have even gone to the ER in the first place. Who knows how many others were in the ER for minor issues?

[folkguitarist555]

Those not getting vaccinated are responsible for the large majority of covid cases in Idaho and nationwide. It is a possibility that they will be ushering in the destruction of America ultimately.

[Stizzel]

Originally Posted by FrankNSense

When pushed on your claim about car accidents possibly being turned away, you gave us this?



Your friend went to the ER they didn't want to wait for a doctor in the ER so they just went to their PCP the next day. The ER likely triaged him realizing it wasn't an emergency so they were given a lower priority and they probably realized that it wasn't critical.

So yes trying to equate a car accident as the same situation as your friend is really nothing more than "fear porn". An ER is for immediate life and death EMERGENCIES, the more critical get treated first. If your friend was able to wait until they could see their PCP then they probably shouldn't have even gone to the ER in the first place. Who knows how many others were in the ER for minor issues?

Hate to burst your Buble but ER visits are also a valuable tool when there is serious injury to life or limb, which if not treated in a timely fashion, can lead to life altering health consequences.

Considering that a trained registered nurse instructed my friend to go to the ER after describing the condition they were in, it's safe to assume going into the ER was necessary for their condition.

So in essence, my friends situation was a health emergency.

As well, ambulances were bringing patients to the ER and having to be on standby for up to 17 hours due to the surge of COVID-19 patients back in the winter.

Again, this is the reality that people in Idaho could easily face due to their recent COVID-19 surge. This isn't fear porn. It is what it is and should be considered an eye opener