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Ruminations on hospital visits
Dear Hospital Administrator,
I have a question for you. I'm all for seeing to the patients' comfort and care, that's your purpose. It's what you're paid to do, and in my experience, the money is worth it. But the average patient doesn't drive himself in, right? Someone's injured or sick enough for the ER, they're going to be driven in by someone, right?
So, why the hell do you make that person's life so un-fucking-comfortable? Are you afraid we'll get comfortable and start using the ER as a summer home? If I'm that person - and that's usually how it works out - I'm there as long as the patient is, holding the bucket and wiping the forehead and giving comfort while you're not in the room, and you provide me a chair that's no better than sitting on a milking stool.
I'm not asking for a leather recliner, but a chair with a wider seat, arms, a little incline to the back and, oh, I dunno, padding under my ass would go a long way toward making me cooperative and friendly after sitting there for several hours.
Lest you think me ungrateful, thanks for taking good care of my loved ones. No thanks for making my butt numb.
Regards,
- Bill
p.s. The TV is a nice touch, although I'm completely astounded that you mounted it eight feet off the ground. Why? You gettin' kickbacks from the chiropractor next door?
I have a question for you. I'm all for seeing to the patients' comfort and care, that's your purpose. It's what you're paid to do, and in my experience, the money is worth it. But the average patient doesn't drive himself in, right? Someone's injured or sick enough for the ER, they're going to be driven in by someone, right?
So, why the hell do you make that person's life so un-fucking-comfortable? Are you afraid we'll get comfortable and start using the ER as a summer home? If I'm that person - and that's usually how it works out - I'm there as long as the patient is, holding the bucket and wiping the forehead and giving comfort while you're not in the room, and you provide me a chair that's no better than sitting on a milking stool.
I'm not asking for a leather recliner, but a chair with a wider seat, arms, a little incline to the back and, oh, I dunno, padding under my ass would go a long way toward making me cooperative and friendly after sitting there for several hours.
Lest you think me ungrateful, thanks for taking good care of my loved ones. No thanks for making my butt numb.
Regards,
- Bill
p.s. The TV is a nice touch, although I'm completely astounded that you mounted it eight feet off the ground. Why? You gettin' kickbacks from the chiropractor next door?
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The chairs in our rooms for the family members are the best available at a certain price point. When you have to buy in volume, you divide the total available dollars for the chairs by the number of rooms that must be outfitted, which tells you the maximum amount the individual chairs can cost. For us, it was 15 chairs at $125 each. They are hard plastic with wire frames, and yeah, they suck.
The TV is mounted so that the person lying in the bed can view it without straining, while not taking up floor space.
Believe me, I've sat through way to many meetings about the topic of ED furniture!
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I suppose I'd get looked at sideways if I brought my own...
That icon, by the way, is pleasantly disturbing.
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At least at ours, you wouldn't. We have a lot of people bring camp stools to sit on or pillows to put on the chairs, especially if they have been to our ER before.
Yeah, the surprising little kitten is disturbing in its own little way.