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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:16 PM Original message |
Has anyone ever been in an ICU unit that was at all private? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. never. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? This guy is loaded; if he's so |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Some hospitals have private suites, etc. reserved for the wealthy. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is private in that visitors are restricted, depending on hospital |
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LastDemocratInSC (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've never been a patient in an ICU unit but my wife is an ICU nurse ... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. that's my point- the ICU is usually the least private place for a |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. ICUs in big cities are generally locked down, meaning |
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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm imagining a reporter from the Inquirer sitting in the parking lot... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. they generally only allow you to close the blinds during a brief visit |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. My Medicare mother had private ICU |
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kzootalker (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, I spent 5 days in an ICU ward |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm an RN. He probably is in an isolation room. ICUs have them. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. every isolation room i've seen was glass though- because it is dangerous |
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carolinalady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They are glass, but they have curtains that can be drawn to |
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carolinalady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. The 50 bed hospital I worked at had 5 private rooms and 3 |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. wow, that's smaller than any i've been to |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. you have your own nurse, that's a bit private |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. In my little village, our local hospital's ICU is |
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onyourleft (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, I was in a "private" ICU. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. i'm glad you're better. maybe what i've seen is a big city/crowded hospita |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes. the ICU I was in last year was completely private. MrG could |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Rooms are usually private, but as a rule, ICUs are the LEAST private |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. You're absolutely right, of course. I wondered this too. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. My only ICU experience is with the NICU. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've been in lots of hospitals with private ICU rooms |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. 5 days in ICU following a near fatal car wreck - |
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