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An overnight stay is for observation not comfort. The hospital wants to gather as many metrics as possible to keep you alive, respond ASAP to issues and dis-cha

by tekla 3y ago

An overnight stay is for observation not comfort. The hospital wants to gather as many metrics as possible to keep you alive, respond ASAP to issues and dis-chargable to free up room for other sick patients. not give you a hotel bed.

swayvil 3y ago
Go to the hospital healthy, come out sick. I don't have a medical degree or anything but that's crazy. (Also, the nurse said nobody sleeps here. Not just the people under observation.)
- tekla 3y ago
  > Go to the hospital healthy, come out sick. This isn't whats happening. Being sleep deprived for a day is annoying, but hardly a health issue. I bet most people would rather have doctors respond to you suddenly dropping blood O2 levels to under 90% than not. > (Also, the nurse said nobody sleeps here. Not just the people under observation.) Yes, nobody sleeps because nurses and doctors are all working >14 hour shifts with on-call rotations trying to keep people ALIVE. I have many medical professionals in my family, all of them are rest deprived, trying to keep track of the myriad of patients all demanding personal constant attention.
  - swayvil 3y ago
    Actually, sleep deprivation, even for one night, is definitely a health issue. And the only reason it's accepted is because it's so common. It's the modern equivalent of drinking out of lead cups. (And of course a sleep-deprived medical professional is a health hazard to everybody involved. Only a fool thinks otherwise.)
    - tekla 3y ago
      Then leave. They're not forcing you to stay. Generally no one puts you on observation unless you need it, and by "need it", it means "needs to be disturbed to take tests" If you think sleep is a higher health factor than the reasons that the hospital want to put you under observation, then just refuse treatment. If you don't want to be disturbed by patients in the same room, you can pay for that.
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    - emerongi 3y ago
      Sleep deprivation is not as dangerous as dying from an acute condition. If you're in the hospital for one night, you're being treated by doctors who want to make sure you're not going to die for the night. If you get admitted for a longer period, it's a different environment altogether. At least this has been my experience. You get used to the beeping after one night anyway. If not, you can ask the nurse for earplugs or even sleeping pills (although sleeping pills are harder to get).
  - watwut 3y ago
    > I have many medical professionals in my family, all of them are rest deprived, trying to keep track of the myriad of patients all demanding personal constant attention. That is not exactly defense of medical system. If it keeps workers sleep deprived they will make mistakes. This just means system itself sux.
- nonameiguess 3y ago
  Why are you staying overnight in a hospital if you're healthy? The few times I've stayed overnight in a hospital, it was for surgical recovery and I definitely slept. I was on so many painkillers, I barely remember the experience. My wife did a four-day stint in the ICU when her liver failed years back, and from what I remember, she was barely conscious the first few days. I don't know if I'd call either of those experiences comfortable, but she's alive and I now have a working spine, and neither of those would have been true otherwise. So thanks hospitals.

by tekla 3y ago

swayvil 3y ago

Go to the hospital healthy, come out sick. I don't have a medical degree or anything but that's crazy. (Also, the nurse said nobody sleeps here. Not just the people under observation.)

tekla 3y ago
> Go to the hospital healthy, come out sick. This isn't whats happening. Being sleep deprived for a day is annoying, but hardly a health issue. I bet most people would rather have doctors respond to you suddenly dropping blood O2 levels to under 90% than not. > (Also, the nurse said nobody sleeps here. Not just the people under observation.) Yes, nobody sleeps because nurses and doctors are all working >14 hour shifts with on-call rotations trying to keep people ALIVE. I have many medical professionals in my family, all of them are rest deprived, trying to keep track of the myriad of patients all demanding personal constant attention.
- swayvil 3y ago
  Actually, sleep deprivation, even for one night, is definitely a health issue. And the only reason it's accepted is because it's so common. It's the modern equivalent of drinking out of lead cups. (And of course a sleep-deprived medical professional is a health hazard to everybody involved. Only a fool thinks otherwise.)
  - tekla 3y ago
    Then leave. They're not forcing you to stay. Generally no one puts you on observation unless you need it, and by "need it", it means "needs to be disturbed to take tests" If you think sleep is a higher health factor than the reasons that the hospital want to put you under observation, then just refuse treatment. If you don't want to be disturbed by patients in the same room, you can pay for that.
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  - emerongi 3y ago
    Sleep deprivation is not as dangerous as dying from an acute condition. If you're in the hospital for one night, you're being treated by doctors who want to make sure you're not going to die for the night. If you get admitted for a longer period, it's a different environment altogether. At least this has been my experience. You get used to the beeping after one night anyway. If not, you can ask the nurse for earplugs or even sleeping pills (although sleeping pills are harder to get).
- watwut 3y ago
  > I have many medical professionals in my family, all of them are rest deprived, trying to keep track of the myriad of patients all demanding personal constant attention. That is not exactly defense of medical system. If it keeps workers sleep deprived they will make mistakes. This just means system itself sux.
nonameiguess 3y ago
Why are you staying overnight in a hospital if you're healthy? The few times I've stayed overnight in a hospital, it was for surgical recovery and I definitely slept. I was on so many painkillers, I barely remember the experience. My wife did a four-day stint in the ICU when her liver failed years back, and from what I remember, she was barely conscious the first few days. I don't know if I'd call either of those experiences comfortable, but she's alive and I now have a working spine, and neither of those would have been true otherwise. So thanks hospitals.