" When a aesculapian provider need what your pain spirit level is , do n’t say a 12 ! ! ! You probably would n’t be witting if it were . Try maybe four or five . That ’s more realistic . "
1.“Getting cold or wetwill notgive you a cold. Colds are caused by contracting viruses from other people — not from being cold or wet. We are inside more and around other people in the winter, causing more colds in the winter.”
— Anonymous , 65 , California
2.“Sugar doesn’t cause kids to be hyper. There isno such thing as a sugar rush. Kids get hyper from being at a party and amped up from the environment.”
3."[It’s a lie that] health insurance companies follow the best medical practice. Just because a treatment has been reported as effective or is FDA-approved and indicated for your disease doesn’t mean it will be covered by your insurance for your medical problem. Generally, new and more expensive treatments and tests will be either denied the first time or your doctor will be grilled and tortured before they can get it for you."
" Another plebeian trend is for insurance rep to secern the affected role that the doctor ' did not ply enough data ' or ' just needs to make a 10 - minute phone call . ‘In my 20 - year experience , I have not had a 10 - minute call with insurance , except when I get put on grasp and get disconnect . Appeals are typically a multi - stage battle , and any achiever is a lottery . "
— Anonymous , Massachusetts
4.“Pediatrician here. Young women…we are not judging you. I have seen and heard it all, and what is going on with you will not surprise or shock me. I just want to keep you safe and ensure you have every opportunity to fulfill your dreams, but I can’t do that if you don’t let me help you.”
— Anonymous , 49 , Tennessee
5.“Doctors and nurses do not perform lab tests. That’s up to a totally behind-the-scenes team of specialists, without whom the patient-facing team would only be guessing. We in the lab often get calls from nurses and doctors asking what certain test results mean.”
" Most research lab techs can name and even commend the ripe antibiotic for a UTI without ever view the patient . "
— Anonymous , 38 , Texas
6.“Azithromycin (‘Zpak’ or Zithromax) is an antibiotic andWILL NOTcure your cold. Colds are viruses. No, you don’t have a sinus infection after two days of congestion. Please, please inform the country of 18–35 year-olds that a mild cough, congestion, and sore throat DOES NOT require a doctor visit. STOP IT.
" Ask any pressing care provider what their most common patient is , and they ’ll all recite you URI ( upper respiratory malady / contagion ) , which is 99.99 % of the prison term viral and willusually resolve on its own ! ! ! [ Unless symptoms aggravate or do not ameliorate ] , cease , blockade , halt go bad to urgent forethought and especially ERs for colds ! ! ! ! ! "
— Anonymous , 55 , USA
7.“ER provider here. We hate wait times as much as you do. When the ER is busy, and you’re waiting hours to be seen, try changing your perspective and being thankful for the wait. The people who don’t wait are dying or close to it. The ER’s wait is long for many reasons: overcrowding, boarding patients waiting to be admitted or transferred, and short staffing. It’s crowded because people come to see us for ‘stomach pain that’s been bothering me for years,’ STI checks, or fender benders. I’ve had people take ambulances to the ER and then tell me they only came for a work note and were lying about their chest pain. It’s crowded because your neighbors/fellow citizens abuse ER services; however, we are legally required to see and write a note to every patient who checks in, no matter their complaint.”
" We ’re crowded because the government does n’t provide adequate resources for the people who have a genial unwellness ; when hoi polloi make out in who are self-destructive or violent , we have to book them in the ER , taking up a layer , sometimes for days , while they wait to gain access to one of the few mental health beds available in the surrounding biotic community . And many times , patients like that require a one - on - one artist’s model who just sits and watches them 24/7 to check that they do n’t offend themselves . When the unlicensed staff who unremarkably do that are n’t usable to sit , we have to make paramedic and nanny do it alternatively — further stressing the section ’s resource .
We ’re crowded because you came on a Monday . Do n’t go to the ER on a Monday unless you ’re legitimately ill or dying . Otherwise , plan to look time of day . Have your " emergency " on a Saturday morning instead . also , have your emergency early in the day if possible . Most ERs have only one or two provider for the whole department at nighttime ! I work in a big , 40–50 bed ER , and from 1 a.m.–6 ante meridiem , it ’s just two of us — ONE MD AND ONE PA for ALL beds plus the wait elbow room . Come early in the morning when there ’s more stave .
Another reason your wait time is so tenacious is because not all religious service are available at every hospital . If you come to see me for a legitimate rationality that demand specialist attending , I may have to transfer you to our main hospital where the ENT , ophthalmologist , pediatric specialist , mitt surgeon , etc . , can see you . That means you posture for hours wait for an ambulance to transfer you , and the bed you ’re in is freeze until you leave . Get to know the hospitals in your surface area . If you have an middle hand brake , do n’t go to an atomic number 68 in a hospital that does n’t staff ophthalmologists on call , etc .
eventually , if you do eventually get back to a elbow room , be nice to us!While you ’ve been impatiently scroll on your earphone , we ’ve been doing our best to give every somebody the time and attention they merit — while working firmly not to rush along or miss anything that could result to a misunderstanding or damage . We ’ve been getting yelled at , cursed at , sometimes swung at , or spit on . We ’ve been delivering tough news program or managing crisis . Show your ER doctors , APPs ( Advanced Practice Providers ) , nurses , radiology staff , technical school , etc . , a little grace . "
— Anonymous , 40 , Ohio
8.“When a medical provider asks what your pain level is, don’t say a 12!!! You probably wouldn’t be conscious if it were. Try maybe four or five. That’s more realistic.”
— Anonymous , 73 , New Mexico
9.“Taking a couple of leftover antibiotics (never mind, you shouldn’t have any leftovers in the first place) doesn’t miraculously get you better — nor does it mean you now need antibiotics every time you feel sick. You started feeling better because you never had a bacterial infection in the first place. In other words, just because your infection didn’t go away in two days doesn’t mean you need an antibiotic.”
" Antibiotics are forbacterial contagion , not your virus that ’s live on longer or make you feel bad than you ’d like . "
— Anonymous , 42 , Ohio
10.“If you are coughing up or blowing out green or yellow mucus, thatdoesn’t mean you have a bacterial infection. Green is your white blood cells responding to SOMETHING, which could be a virus or simple allergies. You don’t need antibiotics just because it turned a color.”
— Anonymous , 42 , Minnesota
11."[It’s a myth] that hospice kills patients or speeds up their death. Hospice helps people to live out their remaining lives to the fullest, providing a painless, comfortable death physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
— Anonymous , 60 , USA
12.“We don’t ‘decide’ what to charge you for a co-pay. Your insurance does, over the computer, immediately when we bill the claim. They also determine how much supply you get (30, 60, or 90 days). And yes, they’re ALLOWED to do it because they pay the claim!”
— Anonymous
And finally…
13.“The hospital will never give you a blood transfusion based on a blood type found on a medical alert bracelet. The consequences of a blood typing error include death. You will always have ablood type analysisfrom the hospital before a transfusion. (An exception would be the O negative blood type, given in a truly emergent situation.)”
— Anonymous , 61 , Ohio
