Comments on: ER "super users" and New Jersey http://gruntdoc.com/2008/07/er-super-users-and-new-jersey.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rogue Medic http://gruntdoc.com/2008/07/er-super-users-and-new-jersey.html/comment-page-1#comment-11932 Rogue Medic Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:23:59 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/07/er-super-users-and-new-jersey.html#comment-11932 They don't have clinics, so everyone goes to Cooper? I'm pretty sure they have clinics. He says, "I don't like going to the hospital, But sometimes I have no choice." Quitting smoking and drinking and drugs are possibilities that would not be considered for someone who regularly, almost once a week, has chest pain or shortness of breath. They don’t have clinics, so everyone goes to Cooper?

I’m pretty sure they have clinics.

He says, “I don’t like going to the hospital, But sometimes I have no choice.” Quitting smoking and drinking and drugs are possibilities that would not be considered for someone who regularly, almost once a week, has chest pain or shortness of breath.

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]]> By: Nurse K http://gruntdoc.com/2008/07/er-super-users-and-new-jersey.html/comment-page-1#comment-11896 Nurse K Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:20:08 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/07/er-super-users-and-new-jersey.html#comment-11896 <i>George, here talking to a social worker in Camden, is an emergency room ‘’super user,” having been admitted to ERs in the small city between 30 and 40 times in the past year.</i> Admitted to the ER eh? Is there a family practice resident writing "admit to ER" as they walk in the door? Also, the Star-Ledger should know that they're FREQUENT FLYERS in every ER that I've ever heard of, not "super users". George, here talking to a social worker in Camden, is an emergency room ‘’super user,” having been admitted to ERs in the small city between 30 and 40 times in the past year.

Admitted to the ER eh? Is there a family practice resident writing “admit to ER” as they walk in the door?

Also, the Star-Ledger should know that they’re FREQUENT FLYERS in every ER that I’ve ever heard of, not “super users”.

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