Methodist hospital ER- not nice!

the chipster · April 2009

This is awful. ERs suck, and you might die while you wait. However, I used to work in the ER at Methodist (gulp) and you wouldn't believe how hard we worked with each individual patient. You never knew what was going on right outside of the doors, but when people came in we were dancing as fast as we could.
The nurses.
Hmm...the nurses.
They rule hospitals folks, and...they are an ignorant, willful, angry, intolerant, impatient, resentful force that is undereducated and overly unionized. Physicians act with the threat of malpractice hanging over their heads.
Nurses get away with murder.

caseopele · April 2009

I don't know, I probably wouldn't have had to spend 3 1/2 days at Methodist if the doctor in the ER had actually done her damn job. She was more interested in the fact that I don't want kids than in cleaning the 6 cat bite wounds I had.

raw · April 2009

"Methodist hospital ER- not nice!" No duh!

All American emergency room service sucks today because emergency rooms are stuffed with millions of uninsured Americans who rely on hospital walk-ins to cure all their basic health care needs. If you're bleeding bad, you could bleed to death in the waiting room these days.

brooklynpotter · April 2009

i ended up in a fancy hospital a few years ago at the beginning of what could have been a life threatening infection. my doctor was waiting there for me, and i still ended up in the ER for hours. some of that time i was lying on the floor curled in a ball.

i think chipster is partially right, and the nurses didn't help me. because once the doctors took over things happened quite rapidly

booklaw · April 2009

I'd love to hear Carnivore's opinion of the nursing profession.

carnivore · April 2009

booklaw wrote: I'd love to hear Carnivore's opinion of the nursing profession.

I'm staying out of this thread. Feel free to ask me in person some time.

redmenace · April 2009

DanielJ wrote: I think this whole discussion reflects the state of the healthcare system (emergency in particular) in this country. When incompetent people make you wait hours and hours for something that can be remedied in 30 seconds, you know that there's a problem.

On a separate note, does anyone know a GOOD emergency room? How is NYU on 1st Ave?

My guess is that if you can make it to NYU Langone, it's probably NOT an emergency. Sadly, the only good ER experience I've had was a Cedars Sinai in LA. that's too far to go also.

The only other thing I have to add is stay away from LICH if you value your life.

underhill_mt · April 2009

Nurses... they can make or break a hosp. My son was born at Methodist last month. The doctors were great. Half the nurses were great - really great - the other half were **horrific**.

One nurse in particular, when asked if my son could be brought to me since it had been almost 10 hours since my emergency c-section and I had yet to see him (I wasn't in a recovery room yet because they were all full) responded with, "You'll see your baby soon enough. Relax, it's no big deal."

Ahem. No big deal.

witch-king · April 2009

I second the opinion of the person who said don't go there after dark.

khuntiennang · April 2009

i have mix experiences with methodist.

i went to the ER for the first time when i broke my toe, it was not a very good experience, especially when dealing with the rude staff at the front counter. and waited for 6 hours before getting treated. but the PA who helped me inside was very nice.

second experience to the same ER, when i broke both of my hands two months later after my first visit. this time it wasnt as bad, although waited for 1.5 hrs before getting treated. somehow ended up with the same nice friendly PA again, who actually remembered me.

booklaw · April 2009

I was taken to Methodist's emergency room by ambulance when I lost consciousness due to a first-time-ever allergic reaction to penicillin (which I'd previously had many times over many years without any adverse reaction).

After I awoke, I spent a few hours shivering under a thin blanket while the reaction ebbed. I don't remember being treated at all, but I was watched to make sure I didn't relapse or suffer any further consequences.

All in all, I was satisfied with the care (or non-care, depending how you look at it).

Methodist hospital ER- not nice!

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