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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Well, if I went to an emergency room anywhere in Alberta and didn't check in to the triage desk, I too would never be seen. Sounds like the case here unfortunately.
The last line sums everything up.
If there were no visible signs of distress and he didn't check in... can we blame the hospital in this case? Do we start requiring everyone coming through the door to state their purpose of visitation? Emergency rooms always have family and/or friends present as well.
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I think in the current set up, you are probably right, pointing fingers is not really going to help and there might not even be a purpose to.
However, maybe incidents like this (as we all know there have been more than this one) show that we should have an employee or system of some sort that looks out for cases and people like this? How hard would it be to set up one person whose job it is to attend to people in the waiting room and check out for serious signs of deterioration? Nothing super serious or in depth, we don't want a reason to run this person off their feet. But someone who could be aware of emergencies that can't make it to the triage.
Just an idea, I know it's a complicated issue.