The Danger of Treating ER Patients as Drug Seekers — Pain News Network
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By Emily Ullrich, Columnist Recently the news has been covering the story of Barbara Dawson , a Florida woman who was arrested after she refused to leave a hospital that would not treat her for abdominal pain. While being escorted from the hospital in handcuffs, she collapsed in the parking lot

The sheer level of medical malpractice in America horrifies me. What the fuck kind of asshole doctor do you have to be to immediately assume a patient in distress is a criminal and go Cop Mode on them :doomer:

  • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I am of minds on this. One, we should just give them the drugs at this point. On the other healthy people don't seek drugs so we should actually be treating them.

      • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, if you roll into the ER for pain you have some serious issues that need to be adressed and pain meds probably aren't gonan fix it.