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Clinical filled by false emergencies: Warn up waiting 5 hours
Most consultations are not many pediatric emergency cases could be treated at medical centers and clinics do not. The peak hours occur in the afternoon where the number of patients exceeds 100% on the same date last year. (Terra.cl)
SANTIAGO, June 24 .- A notable increase in demand, which in some cases up to 100% more than in previous years this day is what we are facing the hospitals and clinics, where patients must wait up to 5 hours to be served and whose care rooms are often collapsed false emergency.
According to doctors who treat patients, many of those who come to emergency care centers are false, since their condition could be addressed in other venues, such as private medical clinics, thus avoiding collapse.
"We had an increase in demand of around 100 percent or 400 people come in instead of the 200 who came regularly, which of course leads people to delay longer to be served. Patients generally spend serious immediately, but patients with respiratory symptoms that are like the flu are expected in three or four hours, "explains the head Terra.cl Emergency Clinical Hospital of the Catholic University, Miguel Marchesse.
The doctor adds that "there is an error in the concept of people in general, by being with influenza go to the emergency department, where appointments could perfectly with your doctor or your health system."
In Davila Clinic, in recent days, the waiting time has been considerably increased. Many patients, especially children are informed on admission that once registered will have to wait five hours to be served, which are met. Among the patients themselves recognize that if that many could have gone to a particular query and not an emergency.
The chief doctor of the Emergency Clinic Alemana, Joseph Jordan, said that in normal day-care consultation takes about 5 minutes, but now in the peak hours the average is at least an hour for pediatric patients. In this place the greatest demand for care is logged in from 16:00.
A similar situation is experienced in the clinical Indisa where Terra.cl informed that the average normal consultation is 5 minutes and the peak of a normal year would be 25 minutes, but this particular year, mainly due to the flu AH1N1, the average is one hour in the peak hours to arrive three hours of waiting.
Also explain that they use a system called Triage, which prioritized the most complicated cases before the other, to go ahead and moving faster.
"Everywhere has increased demand on emergency services and although it is slow may be faster for people to ask for time. Currently the service is increasing from 11 am until 11 pm. It is more convenient for people to come to the emergency department is more comfortable and not have to request time, "said the head of Emergency Hospital of the Catholic.
Doctors say that a good alternative is to seek to go private consultations before the urgency and not react with fear, trying to lower fever and reduce the symptoms and have several hours where they can ask for a time and bring them to another site.
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Clinical filled by false emergencies: Warn up waiting 5 hours
Most consultations are not many pediatric emergency cases could be treated at medical centers and clinics do not. The peak hours occur in the afternoon where the number of patients exceeds 100% on the same date last year. (Terra.cl)
SANTIAGO, June 24 .- A notable increase in demand, which in some cases up to 100% more than in previous years this day is what we are facing the hospitals and clinics, where patients must wait up to 5 hours to be served and whose care rooms are often collapsed false emergency.
According to doctors who treat patients, many of those who come to emergency care centers are false, since their condition could be addressed in other venues, such as private medical clinics, thus avoiding collapse.
"We had an increase in demand of around 100 percent or 400 people come in instead of the 200 who came regularly, which of course leads people to delay longer to be served. Patients generally spend serious immediately, but patients with respiratory symptoms that are like the flu are expected in three or four hours, "explains the head Terra.cl Emergency Clinical Hospital of the Catholic University, Miguel Marchesse.
The doctor adds that "there is an error in the concept of people in general, by being with influenza go to the emergency department, where appointments could perfectly with your doctor or your health system."
In Davila Clinic, in recent days, the waiting time has been considerably increased. Many patients, especially children are informed on admission that once registered will have to wait five hours to be served, which are met. Among the patients themselves recognize that if that many could have gone to a particular query and not an emergency.
The chief doctor of the Emergency Clinic Alemana, Joseph Jordan, said that in normal day-care consultation takes about 5 minutes, but now in the peak hours the average is at least an hour for pediatric patients. In this place the greatest demand for care is logged in from 16:00.
A similar situation is experienced in the clinical Indisa where Terra.cl informed that the average normal consultation is 5 minutes and the peak of a normal year would be 25 minutes, but this particular year, mainly due to the flu AH1N1, the average is one hour in the peak hours to arrive three hours of waiting.
Also explain that they use a system called Triage, which prioritized the most complicated cases before the other, to go ahead and moving faster.
"Everywhere has increased demand on emergency services and although it is slow may be faster for people to ask for time. Currently the service is increasing from 11 am until 11 pm. It is more convenient for people to come to the emergency department is more comfortable and not have to request time, "said the head of Emergency Hospital of the Catholic.
Doctors say that a good alternative is to seek to go private consultations before the urgency and not react with fear, trying to lower fever and reduce the symptoms and have several hours where they can ask for a time and bring them to another site.
Derechos Reservados Terra Networks Chile S.A