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joinerjohn
Weekends are always the worst time to go to A&E with anything.
The usual drunks litter the place.
Last time I was in A&E on a Saturday night, as I was taken through to a treatment room, there were loads of patients lying on trolleys with a large A4 card hung round their necks which had WTSU on it in large type. I asked a nurse what WTSU meant and she told me it means " Wait To Sober Up.
She went on to explain that they are not allowed to treat a patient who is drunk. I pointed one poor chap who had obviously been stabbed and was bleeding heavily, asking what happens in cases like that. She reckoned, she has to keep an eye on them, conducting triage care and if they seem like their going to die, or take a turn for the worse, then she has to alert the doctors .
Our local A&E is usually busy with these drunks at weekends. Usually a 3 - 4 hr wait minimum, although I have been there longer.
Having said that, the Health Service is now too top heavy with non medical staff. Care should be the priority, not managers and clerical staff, but that's the NHS for you. Perhaps this government will do something to redress the balance of medical staff and non medical staff. We'll have to wait and see.
PS. At the moment you'd be ill advised to go to A&E tomorrow afternoon around 3 o clock. The doctors will all be watching the England match on TV.
The usual drunks litter the place.
Last time I was in A&E on a Saturday night, as I was taken through to a treatment room, there were loads of patients lying on trolleys with a large A4 card hung round their necks which had WTSU on it in large type. I asked a nurse what WTSU meant and she told me it means " Wait To Sober Up.
She went on to explain that they are not allowed to treat a patient who is drunk. I pointed one poor chap who had obviously been stabbed and was bleeding heavily, asking what happens in cases like that. She reckoned, she has to keep an eye on them, conducting triage care and if they seem like their going to die, or take a turn for the worse, then she has to alert the doctors .
Our local A&E is usually busy with these drunks at weekends. Usually a 3 - 4 hr wait minimum, although I have been there longer.
Having said that, the Health Service is now too top heavy with non medical staff. Care should be the priority, not managers and clerical staff, but that's the NHS for you. Perhaps this government will do something to redress the balance of medical staff and non medical staff. We'll have to wait and see.
PS. At the moment you'd be ill advised to go to A&E tomorrow afternoon around 3 o clock. The doctors will all be watching the England match on TV.
