A continuation of my post from quixtar topic, this is only the beginning and unfortunately as bad as this sounds even those mistreated children are treated 20x better than adults in the same situations. My future prediction for healthcare in this once grand land that we call home, is horror stories like these are just the start and so many people who probably put it all on the line for principle, and suffered in more ways than one, the millions scared of retaliation have some unbelievable experiences to share as well. I was lucky to work with all patient populations at my first respiratory therapy job, we had a pedi er, nicu, picu, and adult icu. Rts are not known very well in the general population, but anyone familiar with the inner workings of the hospitals/the healthcare "team" understands the critical nature of our work as well as the critical shortages across the board for all depts. One of the only things I hated most about working with before the beginning of life: pre delivery/birth, all the way to stem cell unit: ending of life a whole family clan trying desperately to claim a few more moments with a loved one, is the outright favoritism towards even the unborn over an adult patient, even myself guilty despfite best efforts to remember why I was called to this field, that it was the stinky old adults who "did it to themselves" (a popular excuse to abuse and neglect the elderly. ) after a year of hating to have to triage and follow predefined levels of importance to anyone no matter their age. Unfortunately in this country we value not wisdom, or we would all be making a move toward our constituted right that all were created equal under God. Luckily children have their parents, but when we revisit babyhood in the degraded cyclical form, who is there at the hospital? Our family perhaps, maybe not, but definately not a mother ready to claw your eyes out should harm come to their young! Get ready for a sea of homeless elderly, what can we do?

Posted by: La Croix on September 22, 2010 04:26 AM