1/5 Benjamin L. 7 months ago on Google
Hello
everyone,
I'm
leaving
this
review
to
protect
the
public,
not
to
simply
point
out
the
negatives
of
the
incompetence
of
the
hospital
staff
at
Orange
County
Global
Medical
Center.
I
was
involved
in
a
car
accident
and
was
escorted
via
ambulance
to
this
hospital.
After
they
performed
a
chest
X-ray,
the
nurses
informed
me
that
I
would
then
be
sent
for
a
CT
of
my
brain
and
neck.
I
declined
the
CT
because
I
thought
it
was
unnecessary
to
check
my
vasculature,
and
I
specifically
told
the
staff
that
I
had
prior
disc
herniation
injuries.
I
requested
an
MRI,
to
which
one
of
the
nurses
said,
"MRIs
have
WAY
(she
made
sure
to
emphasize
the
WAY
by
raising
her
voice)
more
radiation
than
X-Rays
and
CTs."
I
asked
if
that
was
true,
and
she
responded
by
saying
that
she,
an
experienced
and
educated
nurse,
and
the
trauma
doctor
on
staff
were
professionally
trained
for
traumas
and
thus
definitely
possessed
medical
knowledge.
I
continued
to
decline
the
CT,
and
then
asked
if
I
could
get
an
X-Ray
of
my
left
arm
and
my
right
thumb
instead
as
I
had
trouble
moving
my
limbs
after
the
accident
and
wanted
to
check
if
they
were
broken.
The
nurses
then
said
that
they
could
not
do
that,
and
stated
that
I
either
have
to
do
a
neck
and
brain
CT
or
I'll
be
given
a
discharge
form
to
sign
and
the
boot.
So
in
essence,
they
wanted
me
to
succumb
to
the
hospital
policy
of
whatever
they
felt
like
imaging,
or
I
would
get
kicked
out.
Long
story
short,
I
told
them
I
knew
there
was
no
radiation
MRIs
and
proceeded
to
explain
my
reasons
why,
and
afterwards,
one
of
the
nurses
stopped
talking
and
the
other
started
stuttering
to
defend
her
point.
When
they
asked
what
my
background
was,
I
shared
that
I
used
to
be
a
medical
student
myself,
and
they
proceeded
to
stop
discussing
about
the
matter.
Anyways,
I
opted
for
the
boot
and
discharged
myself
out
because
when
I
declined
the
CT,
everyone
left
me
alone
in
the
imaging
room
shirtless
and
no
one
to
assist
me.
Please
don't
choose
this
hospital.
I
noticed
that
before
leaving
the
ER,
there
were
other
families
who
were
so
confused
as
to
where
there
loved
ones
were,
and
the
staff
kept
repeating
the
same
information
over
and
over
again
with
no
resolve.
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