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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: sullidog on January 28, 2012, 06:48:09 PM

Title: hospitals should give someone dialysis if they are in the er on a dialysis day
Post by: sullidog on January 28, 2012, 06:48:09 PM

Yes, When I was in the er today I wanted dialysis, but they said no, so now I'm without a treatment until Tuesday. I think that if you are in the er on a dialysis day they should give it to you, I guess dialysis isn't that important to them. I will call my neph on Monday though to see if I can make it up. This hospital I was at didn't even check my potassium levels like my neph's hospital does, the reason I didn't go to that one is because that hospital did not do my fistulagram but this hospital I went to did, my v surgeon does not practice with my neph's hospital.

Title: Re: hospitals should give someone dialysis if they are in the er on a dialysis day
Post by: willowtreewren on January 28, 2012, 06:55:45 PM

This sounds like an awful run-around!  :banghead;

 :cuddle;

Title: Re: hospitals should give someone dialysis if they are in the er on a dialysis day
Post by: kitkatz on January 28, 2012, 11:20:30 PM

It is expensive to do dialysis, so ERs often do not do it.

Title: Re: hospitals should give someone dialysis if they are in the er on a dialysis day
Post by: Riverwhispering on January 28, 2012, 11:42:00 PM

Can you imagine someone from the ER putting the needles in your arm when they haven't been trained to do dialysis?