Patient-400
No Medical Care and None of His Prescription Medications for 8 days at Sunrise Hospital
Patient-400 went to Sunrise Hospital with a spinal cord injury due to a dune buggy accident. Worst care ever received GLOBALLY!! Kept her waiting for 7 hours to have the MRI read. Rudest nurses. You have to beg for care or assistance. They check on you only once per day. Random patients kept coming into the room.
Patient-400 went to Sunrise Hospital with a spinal cord injury due to a dune buggy accident.
Patient says:
Came in to the Emergency Room (ER) at Sunrise Hospital after a dune buggy accident with pain and an arm that would not stop trembling.
They left me to sit upright without a collar for hours.
Finally, when X-ray shows damage at C-2 and to the spinal cord, I am given a collar, but NO BED for 40 more minutes.
I lay in the trauma bay for 7 hours waiting to have my MRI read.
I end up being admitted.
A slew of rudest nurses.
You have to beg for care.
Someone checks on you once a day, and then you see NO ONE unless you physically leave your room to go find a nurse down at the desk --- on their phones and playing games.
I spent the entire day waiting on a neuro consult for possible surgery to repair my injury.
They keep saying: He's coming. He'll be here today. He's on his way.
Keep in mind that I have been NPO (without food or water) since 11 a.m. the day before.
By 11 p.m. the next day, I realized no one was coming.
(Sarcastically) I came to Vegas for the weekend to lie in a bed alone.
NO ONE EVER CAME!!!
I have just been lying here with a fairly serious and dangerous injury to my spinal cord at the C-2, C-3 area and nobody cares.
That, and random patients keep wandering into my room.
This is HANDS DOWN THE WORST CARE I HAVE EVER RECEIVED GLOBALLY!!!
Patient-400 went to Sunrise Hospital
with a spinal cord injury due to
a dune buggy accident.
WORST CARE EVER RECEIVED GLOBALLY!!
Rudest nurses.
You have to beg for care or assistance.
They check on you only once per day.
Random patients kept coming into the room.
Patient-400 went to Sunrise Hospital with a spinal cord injury due to a dune buggy accident. Worst care ever received GLOBALLY!! Kept her waiting for 7 hours to have the MRI read. Rudest nurses. You have to beg for care or assistance. They check on you only once per day. Random patients kept coming into the room.
Note to readers: If you are being mistreated, harmed or ignored, you can leave and go to a better hospital.
Just say NO to Sunrise Hospital
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
Emergency Medical Care for Spinal Cord Injuries
Stabilisation right away stops more damage from happening.
Doctors keep the patient breathing and immobilise the back and neck.
They take good care of their blood pressure.
It is essential to act quickly during these golden hours.
Medication for Spinal Cord Injury: Supporting Recovery
Medication for spinal cord injury plays a vital supporting role. Some common medicines are:
- Methylprednisolone: If given early, it lowers inflammation.
- Pain killers: Take care of long-term pain
- Muscle relaxants: Control spasticity
- Bladder control medications: Stop problems from happening
These medicines don’t heal the wound. But they make things more comfortable and stop other troubles from happening.
Understanding Spinal Cord Injury Complications
Problems can happen weeks or months after the initial spinal cord injury complications.
Some common problems are:
- Painful sores from being immobile
- Infections in the urinary tract
- Leg blood clots
- Problems with breathing
- Stress and depression
- Syndromes of chronic pain
Proper care of a patient with a spinal cord injury prevents many complications. Monitoring on a regular basis finds problems early.
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