Comments on: Bed sores are on the rise, despite being a Medicare "never" event http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-rise-despite-being.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-rise-despite-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-88595 Anonymous Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-the-rise-despite-being-a-medicare-never-event.html#comment-88595 137, are you joking? It's like a battle to the death to see who can get a PICC line in first so Granny can get out of the hospital to a SNF. There is no hospital attending that wants someone getting long term vanc on their service sitting around waiting for the inevitable PE, pneumonia, or whatever other delightful surprise awaits. 137, are you joking? It’s like a battle to the death to see who can get a PICC line in first so Granny can get out of the hospital to a SNF. There is no hospital attending that wants someone getting long term vanc on their service sitting around waiting for the inevitable PE, pneumonia, or whatever other delightful surprise awaits.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-rise-despite-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-88570 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-the-rise-despite-being-a-medicare-never-event.html#comment-88570 Anon 137,<br/><br/>You don't get out to many nursing homes, do you? <br/><br/>Even the best are on a tight budget and, like the hospitals, could never afford the huge increase in staff that it would take to turn patients enough to prevent all bedsores. Anon 137,

You don’t get out to many nursing homes, do you?

Even the best are on a tight budget and, like the hospitals, could never afford the huge increase in staff that it would take to turn patients enough to prevent all bedsores.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-rise-despite-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-88568 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-the-rise-despite-being-a-medicare-never-event.html#comment-88568 In my experience you're more likely to get decent nursing and personal care in a nursing home than in a hospital. <br/><br/>If the end result of these no-pay events is that care is pushed to outpatient (run Granny over for those IV antibotics) homes I think many would benefit and few would suffer. <br/><br/>For all their advertising hype and fancy care centers hospitals are bad places for those too infirmed to demand decent care. <br/><br/>Not everyone has an unemployed or retired family member who can camp out and make sure their loved one isn't totally ignored in between expensive "procedures". In my experience you’re more likely to get decent nursing and personal care in a nursing home than in a hospital.

If the end result of these no-pay events is that care is pushed to outpatient (run Granny over for those IV antibotics) homes I think many would benefit and few would suffer.

For all their advertising hype and fancy care centers hospitals are bad places for those too infirmed to demand decent care.

Not everyone has an unemployed or retired family member who can camp out and make sure their loved one isn’t totally ignored in between expensive “procedures”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-rise-despite-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-88563 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-the-rise-despite-being-a-medicare-never-event.html#comment-88563 daily basis, are you high?, you think that moving people once a day is enough, try 2 x a hour is probably what's necessary or maybe 4x an hour and if you have a old immobile person, that's not a one person job. daily basis, are you high?, you think that moving people once a day is enough, try 2 x a hour is probably what’s necessary or maybe 4x an hour and if you have a old immobile person, that’s not a one person job.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-rise-despite-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-88562 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/bed-sores-are-on-the-rise-despite-being-a-medicare-never-event.html#comment-88562 That's because you have some health care workers who are not moving the "immobile" on a daily basis for circulation. That’s because you have some health care workers who are not moving the “immobile” on a daily basis for circulation.

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