Comment on Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt
thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Canadian. Recently injured, reasonably severely.
Ambulance on scene, admitted immediately, consult, imaging, initial treatment and out in 3 hours. Multiple regular follow ups and imaging - none of which took more than an hour.
If you’re sick or injured you get seen pretty quickly.
As someone else put it - the system is really good at solving acute problems and saving your life.
Keeping you healthy - that’s more up to you (than it should be). It’s not close to perfect but I’d pick it any day over whatever it is in Lake Americaland.
Correct. Moreover many provinces have seen flagrant de-funding and de-prioritization of health care as right wing grifters attempt to purposefully erode public healthcare in a bid to prop up private care. This has led to availability shortages which in turn cause more people to seek ER assistance than they otherwise would, and hence the long wait times.
My hope is we collectively pull our heads out of our asses and see how fucked things are in the US and reverse course.
our system here in Lake Statesiaville River is to send you down shit creek. some of us are lucky enough to get the family turding stick or a paddle.
gilokee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For real, that’s what triage is for. A lot of people go to the hospital for something they thing is serious but is actually minor. My ex started getting panic attacks at one point, and after taking him to the ER for like the third time and waiting like 2 hours he calmed down and we went home instead. People who are actually bleeding out or whatever will be seen first.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
yeah you basically never wanna do psych stuff in an ER unless the behavior is unsafe enough that they’re likely to end up there anyway. The only psych interventions ED staff know how to do is emergently drugging a person unconscious which is rarely necessary. You more likely want some kind of specific psychiatric crisis services but you still need to be able to communicate effectively enough to let them work out a basic safety plan because if you go in with “I wanna die nothing will ever get better and you can’t talk me out of that” they’re gonna get you sent to an ER.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
What in the commy sense is this?
gilokee@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
what, you think it should be first come first served?
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Just a poorly landed joke/pun on common sense