TTLWHKR
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Layed????
Laid!
Jon [/b][/quote]
Here I am Shaking My head Again!!
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Laid!
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TTLWHKR
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Actually... B)Originally posted by CaptainPanic@Oct 7 2005, 02:53 PM
He got laid.....
:lol:
That's one of the quirks about being married.
Inflatable women don't count.
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Actually... B)Originally posted by TTLWHKR+Oct 7 2005, 11:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TTLWHKR @ Oct 7 2005, 11:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-CaptainPanic@Oct 7 2005, 02:53 PM
He got laid.....
That's one of the quirks about being married.
Inflatable women don't count. [/b][/quote]
actually for some marriage negates the need to be undressed.
as for the inflatable for some it better than nothing, sadly.
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ROFL :lol: :lol:
TTLWHKR
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That's just wrong...
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I can remember getting calls in the Projects @ the wee hours of the morning, because "my baby gotsta cold, she gotsta go ta childirns" (This was back when the Pa Welfare System had the Green Med Cards & Blue Visa Med Cards) We would explain that which hospital was closer (McKeesport was only 2 miles away, Braddock was 4 miles & Children's was 9 miles away) and also the child with a cold is not a serious emergency to run to CHP, Wow, that tick them off!! (A few of them were Crack heads or herion Addicts, and Oakland was the place to get their goodies).
I am happy now running Country Ems, less mess to deal with & still a "few" idiots but not as many.
I am happy now running Country Ems, less mess to deal with & still a "few" idiots but not as many.
I really enjoy the pt's that call for the little stuff... ie: foot hurts times 2 weeks... so i had to calll 911 cause the car is dead.... pt. walks to the ambulance......4yo with a running nose x4days.... well I call medical control to let them know we are coming in and with what.... reply is 10-4 please place pt. in waiting rm.... YESSSSSSSSSSSSS.. love it
then pt. will start why are you putting my in a wheel chair and sitting me in the waiting room......They are working on sick ppl in the ER and will call you as soon as they can........ smile and walk away.. if i say to much I'll get into troble.. caue there is a lot to tell them....
just wish they would OK us to charge .... it's still all free..... all volunteer service
or dispatch would have IQ listed with the caller ID.... and let us know..we have a plant life IQ call
then pt. will start why are you putting my in a wheel chair and sitting me in the waiting room......They are working on sick ppl in the ER and will call you as soon as they can........ smile and walk away.. if i say to much I'll get into troble.. caue there is a lot to tell them....
just wish they would OK us to charge .... it's still all free..... all volunteer service
or dispatch would have IQ listed with the caller ID.... and let us know..we have a plant life IQ call
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well we all know jacho rules won't allow for an er to turn away so much as a finger don't we, and we ems'ers can't refuse to transport one either right?
somewhere there's 45 million uninsured Americans that have figured this out eh?
maybe we should call it Whine-11 ?
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somewhere there's 45 million uninsured Americans that have figured this out eh?
maybe we should call it Whine-11 ?
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Many Frequent Flyers!!! "My baby gotsta cold", "I have been sneezing for 5 days now & cant walk" (But yet walks to the Unit!!!) the list goes on & on. What really would crack me up though is when the Pt has something (IE: the sneezing x5days) and you would ask them "Why havent you called your Reg. Dr for this?" the Response was "I dont have any Health Insurance or cant get Welfare" I have always bit my tounge & but wanted to ask "You think We wont send you the bill directly?" Part of Human Nature or stupidity,,who knows.
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This isn't so much as JACHO not allowing an ER to turn anybody away, but a bigger and more evil monster known as EMTALA.
A private hospital that does not accept Medicare or Medicaid has the ability triage a patients wallet before triaging the patient. However, the second they start to accept state and federal money, they fall under EMTALA and nobody can be turned away until the receive their medical screening and any stablizing treatment by a physician.
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i stand corrected princess, yet of the few industrialized nations subscribing to such a tedious system where so many are left to thier own means that they should seek such avenues, can we really say we blame them?
in fact, the greater % of personal bankrupcies are from health related maladies here. That the bankruocy laws have now changed is more salt in the wound, the only saving grace, iirc ,is medical bills can't gain interest like credit cards can.
maybe some here have followed the big 3 auto makers?, as i hear the chief negotiable betwix union and corp is health related bennies, they really are going to be an upper echelon garnish as we continue to outsource and walmartize America
any 'have not' whom has had to shell out $300 after the paperwork brewhaha , i.d. check, and interogational tactics employed to scare them off, simply to get into a doc-in-the box for 15 minutes so that they can get some antibiotics for something simple like a sore throat is going to like the looks of whine-11 a whole lot better
interesting to be a fly on this mountain of manure eh?
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This isn't so much as JACHO not allowing an ER to turn anybody away, but a bigger and more evil monster known as EMTALA.
A private hospital that does not accept Medicare or Medicaid has the ability triage a patients wallet before triaging the patient. However, the second they start to accept state and federal money, they fall under EMTALA and nobody can be turned away until the receive their medical screening and any stablizing treatment by a physician. [/b][/quote]
On the other hand, though.... I've heard of systems where EMS is able to "refuse" a patient for a B.S. Complaint. The most common system I've heard of involves Taxi vouchers given out by the medics. That way, the Pt. still goes to the ED if they want to, but they don't tie up a rig.
Jon
Stevo
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an apt refusal Jon, i say give all the taxi drivers a hear channel, those that speak pigeon english ought to be a real rip in the ER....
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MedicPrincess
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and I would ask, why bite your tounge.
I can't tell you the number of times a day here in the ER I will look as someone who is walking out, or who is being admitted to an ipatient bed (depending on the type of bed), and ask that patient for their portion of the bill. If they give me that line about not having money I will tell them every time, "we are an emergency room not a free clinic. We will send them the bill directly."
I see no problem with telling them they are going to get the bill.
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While they are a pain, I have to admit I've used the ER twice in my time because I could not pay the bill THAT DAY, but had to go to the doctor that day. But I guess the ER gets more people using it as free healthcare.
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I know how you feel.
I'm off insurance right now..... I'm not "fulltime" enough at my "fulltime" job, partially because I took 2 weeks off *unpaid* to go to LA....
I've had an ingrown toenail for a few months.... the big chunk of it just came out Sunday night after I'd showered..... My foot hurts less know, and doesn't look infected (but I'm watching it closely).
With any luck, if it does get infected, I'll drop a strecher on it first, and then get it covered by the squad (Joking!!!!).
My concern now is getting a flu shot... looks like I'll be going to the GROCERY store on All Hallow's Eve to get one for $25.
Jon
I'm off insurance right now..... I'm not "fulltime" enough at my "fulltime" job, partially because I took 2 weeks off *unpaid* to go to LA....
I've had an ingrown toenail for a few months.... the big chunk of it just came out Sunday night after I'd showered..... My foot hurts less know, and doesn't look infected (but I'm watching it closely).
With any luck, if it does get infected, I'll drop a strecher on it first, and then get it covered by the squad (Joking!!!!).
My concern now is getting a flu shot... looks like I'll be going to the GROCERY store on All Hallow's Eve to get one for $25.
Jon
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The squad doesn't give them to you for free?
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I know our FD/Ems does not give them to us for free, kind of wish they would though. But yet, I have NEVER had a flu shot either as an adult.
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my one squad will give them, for free, bt they only reserved 10 shots this year, and they aren't giving the shots until mid-novemeber. I usually get my shot in early october (helped last year, I got it the day before the vaccine shortage was announced).
I'll drop $25 at the local Clemens for one. (If they would only do them at WaWa, I'd be happy :lol: )
Jon
I'll drop $25 at the local Clemens for one. (If they would only do them at WaWa, I'd be happy :lol: )
Jon