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My five-hour Atrial fibrillation didn't convert until I left the hospital ER. The hospital was so stressful with constant beeps, patients moaning or crying, sta
by sys32768 3y ago
My five-hour Atrial fibrillation didn't convert until I left the hospital ER. The hospital was so stressful with constant beeps, patients moaning or crying, staff disappearing, that it was obviously keeping my pulse high despite meds.
I honestly felt like my job was to comfort the harried staff.
When I got my meds the next day, they only cost $0 because I used up my entire $6k deductible that night.
- hondo77 3y agoDuring my hospitalization for thyroid storm/afib, they had the heart monitor alarm set to too low a heart rate for what I had. It was loudly beeping constantly. I kept asking the nurses to fix it but was given various excuses. Finally I unplugged my connection and told staff that I wasn't going to let them plug me back in until the alarm was fixed. They finally adjusted it. I watched how they did it, though. So the next time someone set the alarm too low, I waited until the coast was clear and I set it back. Good nights of sleep were back!