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by sgift
2965 days ago
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Yeah. Easy. When I went to an ER because I had fainted multiple times they wanted to send me away, because "that's nothing too serious" ... and I thought that sounds reasonable and wanted to go home, they are the experts after all, aren't they? A good friend told them to do their fucking job instead and they grudgingly agreed to check me, but "you will be out of here in no time, there's nothing" ... so ... they did a blood check and I waited. And waited. "Well .. we don't know, something is off, we will keep you here for the night. But it's only a precaution, there's probably nothing wrong with you!" ... next day they found Stage 3 cancer, which had spread through my whole body. I almost died, had to spend weeks in intensive care, get chemo and operations and the full program. And all of that only happened because my friend didn't take multiple "no" from the ER doctor for an answer and insisted that I get at least a rudimentary checkup by them, otherwise I would be dead. So, respectfully, your comment is bullshit. |
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Your friend was right in that the emergency room doctor should do their job, but their job isn't to be the primary physician, they're there to diagnose and treat emergencies.
If you were tachycardic, tachypneic, apneic, hypotensive, hypertensive, febrile, hypothermic, bloody, pale, in severe localized pain, slurring speech, paretic, then the ER would investigate until answers are obtained, because all of the above are concerning.
A complaint of only fainting has many non emergency causes, and you would have to provide additional information that would warrant investigation. Ordering fishing expedition tests in the ER is extremely wasteful in a non emergency situation. Imagine how many people go to the ER for nonemergency care and expensive tests are ordered unnecessarily! Because of defensive medicine, this happens way too much, which is why healthcare costs so damn much in this country.