Patient-208
No Medical Care and None of His Prescription Medications for 8 days at Sunrise Hospital
Patient-208 went to Sunrise Hospital with a bad scalp laceration. Patient was taking blood thinners which increased her risk. She was in the Emergency Room for 9 hours, and they did NOTHING to help her. She finally got medical care after she was moved to the medical surgical floor.
Patient-208 went to Sunrise Hospital with a bad scalp laceration.
Here are the comments posted by her family:
I had my mom in the Emergency Room (ER) for 9 hours with a very bad scalp laceration.
Think scalped by a knife.
On blood thinners.
She sat there with no real treatment.
It took until she was put on the trauma medical surgical floor to have any thing done.
Note to readers:
- Treating scalp lacerations in patients taking blood thinners requires immediate, sustained manual compression, ruling out intracranial injury with a CT scan, and using closure methods that minimize further bleeding.
- Delaying treatment for scalp lacerations can increase the risk of infection, significant blood loss, and poor cosmetic healing.
Patient-208 went to Sunrise Hospital with a bad scalp laceration. Patient was taking blood thinners which increased her risk. She was in the Emergency Room (ER) for 9 hours, and they did NOTHING to help her. She finally got medical care after she was moved to the medical surgical floor.